Rance to break All Australian record

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Please refer to point 2.

backfire
verb

/bakˈfʌɪə/
  1. 1.
    (of a vehicle or its engine) undergo a mistimed explosion in the cylinder or exhaust.
    "a car backfired in the road and shoppers ducked instinctively"
    synonyms:misfire
    "the engine backfired"
  2. 2.
    (of a plan or action) have an opposite and undesirable effect to what was intended.
    "overzealous publicity backfired on her"
    synonyms:rebound, boomerang, come back, have an adverse effect;
    have unwelcome repercussions for, cause one to be hoist with one's own petard, be self-defeating, be counterproductive;
    fail, miscarry, go wrong;
    informalblow up in someone's face;
    archaicredound on
    "Bernard's plan backfired on him"
 

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