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The incident happened during the second leg of the Adelaide 500 when Todd Hazelwood came in for a stop.
Hazelwood was released from his bay with the water pipe still attached to the car which pulled the attached canister from its mounting.
It also pulled the air spike operator onto the ground while the water canister landed in the fast lane.
Race control immediately announced the incident would be investigated post-race and later handed down a $5000 fine.
“Following the race, and after an admission by Matt Stone Racing, the stewards imposed a fine of $5000 and the loss of 30 teams’ championship points on Matt Stone Racing for a breach of pitlane safety protocols after the car controller of car #35, Todd Hazelwood, dropped car #35 when the driver’s w …