Horror Crash! 😱 Legend’s Son Rushed to Hospital After Car Torn Apart on First Lap 🏎️💥

A MOTORSPORT legend's son was rushed to hospital after a first-lap crash left his car "torn to pieces".

Clay Richards, the son of five-time Bathurst 1000 champion Steven and grandson of seven-time winner Jim, was involved in a nasty accident during the Toyota 86 Series just up the road from Sydney, Australia, on Friday.

The brutal crash came less than a minute into the race at Turn 1 of lap 1 in a Friday afternoon support race of the GR Cup, which was subsequently abandoned.

Several Toyota 86 cars made contact with each other as Richards was sandwiched in and got crunched in between two cars with nowhere to go, leaving his car sitting still on the track.

Another car driven by Harrison Blanchard then hit him from behind and caused significant damage to his car.

Commentator Chad Neylon said, "Absolutely smashed into the side of the car, and we’ll instantly jump to a safety car here.

"Look at the damage on that car, it is torn to pieces."

An ambulance swiftly arrived on the scene, which took Richards to Orange Hospital.

He later posted an update on his social media page, revealing he was knocked unconscious in the collision.

Sharing a picture as he sat fully clothed on a hospital bed, he said: "Had a nasty shunt too, the day which sent me to the ER.

"For those who don’t know, I was involvemulti-carri car pile-up up which knocked me out.

"Feeling a lot better, though with slight headaches, but got released from the hospital tonight.

"Big thank you to the medical staff who looked after me at the scene and in the medical center.

"As well as the staff and paramedics at Orange Hospital."

GR driver Alice Buckley had added on commentary: "Not something you see very often in this category, there is a tendency for incidents to happen on the straight after turn one.

"But never in an 86 have I seen that happen.

"Happened really quickly. We were lucky not to end up with a car on their roof over here."