Tim Slade fell into the latter category in Sunday's Bathurst 1000 after his crash on the exit of The Cutting ended the winning hopes of the Brad Jones Racing entry less than a minute into the event.

Slade was contacted by Scott Pye and the left side of his Commodore made heavy contact with the wall, bringing out the safety car much earlier than most fans would have anticipated.

Team principal Jones said Slade was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time and was unfortunate to have little room move after the contact.

"It's a very long day and he was mixed up with Scott Pye there. It's not a great spot and he didn't really have anywhere to go once there was a bit of contact," Jones said.

"I felt like the pace is going to be a bit hard here, the cars are going to be a little bit loose because of the conditions we've got because you're going to be chasing the car in the cool for the evening later on.

"Just disappointing for all the guys at Freightliner and Alliance and all our partners that are involved in our car. It's frustrating but we'll get it back and have a look and hopefully we can get out and have a bit of a run around and have some miles."

Unfortunately for the team that wasn't the case, as the car stayed in the garage.

It adds to what's been a tough year in Supercars for Slade who has picked up one podium position this year and has failed to finish inside the top 10 across his last 15 races.

Slade wasn't the first driver to have a dramatic moment in Sunday's main event.

The Kostecki Brothers Racing entry had to start the race from pit lane after a cool box failure on the formation lap.

Brodie Kostecki had dry ice pumped into his helmet on account of the failure and brought his car to a stop at the top of the mountain.

The stop delayed the start of the race and forced the field into another formation lap.

The Kostecki entry was able to rectify the issue and get out on track.

From lap four until lap 102 the race was run without a safety car, the longest run under green in Bathurst 1000 history.

The safety car didn't have to budge until Todd Hazlewood collided with the outside wall at Reid Park.