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JAMES Courtney knew he was gone before the computers did.
Only 19 laps from his maiden Gold Coast 600 win - in front and "doing it easy" - the Holden Racing star suddenly found himself turning the steering wheel far too easily for too little result.
"I could feel something was wrong," Courtney told The Daily Telegraph last night. "There was massive play with the wheel, you could move it a lot without anything really happening.
"So I got on the radio and told the boys but they came back and said, as far as they could see, everything was okay. Then three laps later ... you know, it just stopped wanting to turn altogether."
And to confirm, just like that, Courtney had given up certain victory, ask the bloke who was behind him.
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Quizzed about his reaction to seeing said Holden car go into the wall, eventual winner Dave Reynolds replied: "Yeeeeees.
"Jamie was pushing hard and full credit to him. He was a lot quicker than me. If he hadn't made that mistake I don't think I would've caught him.
"He was taking big risks with the chicane where I was trying to conserve the car, trying not to break it. It's unfortunate for James though ... I don't think I would've caught him."
The unfortunate malfunction caps off a horror few weeks for Courtney, whose co-driver Greg Murphy crashed out, first, in the Bathurst 1000 and then again on Saturday in the first race of the Gold Coast 600 weekend.
Asked if he could believe his recent luck, Courtney said: "Ah, not really, no.
"But I'd rather we go out like this, at the front fighting with the right guys, than wobbling around at the back of the field.
"We were leading and there's nothing more Murph or I could've done. But it's disappointing to end like this because we were doing it so easy, cruising out in front ... it's incredibly frustrating."
Murphy agreed.
"Things like this, they happen,v the veteran shrugged. "But is it bad luck? I suppose today it was because you can't blame it on anything.
"After crashing yesterday our guys worked all night to get this car right today. They deserved better. Deserved something.
"Then you look at the way James has driven all weekend, put the car up the front all the time. Tomorrow we'll wake up and move on but today ... today is miserable."
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