TALK about a roller-coaster day.
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Adopted Bathurst son Grant Denyer would have been on top of the world on Sunday morning, waking with the knowledge that he had been nominated for Australian television's top prize - the Gold Logie - for the second year running.
The Family Feud host will come against The Project presenters Waleed Aly and Peter Helliar and actors Jessica Marais, Samuel Johnson and Rodger Corser at Australian TV's nights of nights on April 23.
He will also be in the running for the Best Presenter gong for his work with Family Feud and The Great Australian Spelling Bee - proof, if we ever needed it, that Denyer has become one of the biggest names in the industry in this country.
But the keen racing driver was brought back to earth with a thud just hours later when he crashed in during a rally near Melbourne.
Denyer suffered relatively minor injuries but was taken to hospital for further checks while his co-driver Dale Moscatt suffered a suspected broken leg.
Denyer, when he is not in Melbourne filming the show, lives on a property near Perthville with his wife Chezzi and two young children.
Parade wishes him a speedy recovery from the crash and we wish his the best of luck when the Gold Logie winner is announced next month.
1000 reasons we deserve a Logie
TALKING of the Logies, Grant Denyer won't be Bathurst's only hope on the big night.
The Ten Network's coverage of the 2016 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 is also in the running to win the Best Sports Coverage Logie - but it's up against a hot field.
Also nominated are the 2016 NRL grand final (Nine), 2016 AFL grand final (Seven), KFC Big Bash League (Ten) and 2016 Rio Olympic Games (Seven).
That’s a smorgasbord of sport for any real fan and picking a winner won’t be easy.
The Bathurst 1000 has a proud record as an innovator in sports coverage but the Olympics is hard to top for the Logie when it rolls around every four years.