Koala gets its claws into V8 Supercar star
News source: Sunshine Coast Daily 24 July 2007
Ford V8 Supercar star Mark Winterbottom thought the koala was the wise choice.
On the Sunshine Coast yesterday to visit the Australian Wildlife Hospital and launch Ford Performance Racing's (FPR) Queensland roadtrip with team mate Steve Richards, Winterbottom turned down the offer to hold a snake and instead got clawed by a koala.
Perhaps the koala was having a dig at Winterbottom on behalf of all the unfortunate creatures who have come off second best in a showdown with a screaming V8 Supercar.
Then again the miffed marsupial could have just been a Holden fan.
But plenty of other animals are set to benefit from the financial support given to Wildlife Warriors by the likes of FPR sponsor Orrcon Steel once construction of the $5 million wildlife hospital begins.
It will be the biggest wildlife hospital in the world.
