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‘Suffocating’: Kai Allen reveals in-car oxygen scare
The Grove Racing driver revealed on the Fox Sports broadcast that his helmet air fan system malfunctioned during the immediate build-up to the Darwin finale.
He swiftly unplugged the system once he realised he was breathing carbon dioxide and went on to finish the race sixth.
However it was after the race that symptoms began to set in, Supercars medical delegate Dr Carl Le putting Allen on oxygen at the circuit.
Allen has since been undergoing further treatment in a hyperbaric chamber to prepare for the Townsville 500.
“On the Sunday [in Darwin] I had a little issue with the dry ice system,” Allen explained.
Allen reveals Darwin carbon dioxide poisoning
KAI Allen has revealed a health scare of his own from last month’s Darwin Triple Crown.
The Grove Racing ace reported dealing with carbon dioxide intake as part of a systems malfunctioning on the Sunday at Hidden Valley.
Driver welfare had already been a major topic from that particular day, with Brodie Kostecki (illness) and Thomas Randle (heat stress) having had to be replaced in their respective cars.
Kostecki himself had a carbon dioxide drama way back on Supercars debut, during the formation lap for the 2019 Bathurst 1000.
“I had a little issue with the dry ice system,” Allen said in a pre-recorded interview which aired this morning on the Townsville 500 broadcast.
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Vale Robbie Francevic
New Zealand motorsport legend and Australian Touring Car Champion Robbie Francevic has died aged 84.
Francevic, born in Auckland, enjoyed a highly successful career in his homeland in a variety of categories before being encouraged to take on the Australian Touring Car Championship in 1985.
Starting his career in a range of modified Fords in his homeland in the 1960s, Francevic attempted to break into stock cars in America, before turning his hand to Formula 5000 open wheelers through the following decade.
However, it was New Zealand car owner and former racer Mark Petch who entrusted Francevic with his Volvo 240T when local touring car regulations shifted to the international Group A formula in 1985.
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