Mark Porter dies after sickening crash
The former New Zealander died from injuries suffered in the smash, which also involved Adelaide driver David Clark in the Fujitsu V8 Supercar development series race near the Reid Park section of the Mt Panorama circuit.
Porter, who turned 31 last month and lived at Hope Island, suffered abdominal and head injuries.
He had been on life support in Sydney's Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.
His wife Adrienne and their son Flynn, 12 months, had rushed to Sydney on Friday following the accident.
The Porters had moved to Australia from New Zealand more than two years ago.
The family put out a brief statement last night asking that their privacy be respected.
Clark struck Porter's race car at high speed in a side impact collision on the driver's side.
Earlier yesterday afternoon, Clark, who had been placed in an induced coma, regained consciousness. He is recovering in the Nepean Hospital, near Penrith, with his injuries listed as a punctured right lung and fractures to the pelvis, right arm and leg.
The death was the first at the Bathurst racing circuit since that of transport businessman Don Watson in 1994.
It comes at a time when the Australian motor racing community is still mourning the death of renowned driver Peter Brock, a nine-time winner of the Bathurst 1000, in a rally crash near Perth on September 8.
Porter was to have driven in the Bathurst 1000 yesterday with the Albury-based Jones Ford team.
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