Topics: East end residents spinning out over Supercars crash video

Michael Parris
Updated November 14 2019 - 12:03pm, first published 10:00am
CLOSE CALL: John Iafolla's Toyota misses a tractor, hits a ute and performs a headstand at Sandown.
CLOSE CALL: John Iafolla's Toyota misses a tractor, hits a ute and performs a headstand at Sandown.

Footage of a race car flying off the track at Sandown last weekend, spinning end over end and landing on the back of a ute certainly caught the attention of some living beside the Newcastle Supercars track.

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Michael Parris

Michael Parris

Journalist

Michael Parris reports on politics for the Newcastle Herald. He started at the Herald in 1994 after working in the ABC Newcastle newsroom. Michael spent much of his career as a sub-editor before moving into political reporting in 2017. He was a finalist in the Sports Australia national media awards for his stories about a male-only tennis club in Newcastle. He has covered NSW and federal elections, state and federal budgets and local politics. He has also written extensively about the COVID-19 pandemic with a special focus on data analysis and the effects of lockdowns on the Hunter community.

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