After producing the "Lap of the Gods", Ford's record-breaking Scott McLaughlin was reduced to mere mortal status at Sunday's Bathurst 1000.
In a huge blow to his Supercars championship hopes, McLaughlin's Great Race lasted just 74 laps before he retired with mechanical issues at a wet and wild Mount Panorama.
A day after "the greatest day of my life", McLaughlin cut a shattered figure as another shot at becoming King of the Mountain slipped through his grasp.
"We really had a really good shot at it, in the wet as well," McLaughlin said.
"Unfortunately that is how it goes, it's a tough old race to win - I just have to move on.