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Three men have died in two days during an annual motorsport event in Australia

by souhaib
April 25, 2021
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Three drivers are killed in two days during famous Australian car race – but no changes to the rules are expected because the deceased ‘knew the risks’

  • A special tribunal will investigate three deaths in two days at the Targa Tasmania
  • Shane Navin, from NSW, died when his car rolled on the Lyell Highway on Friday
  • Leigh Mundy, from TAS, and QLD co-driver Dennis Neagle were killed Saturday
  • Their 2019 Porsche 911 GT3 RS hit a tree near Cygnet, in the state’s south 
  • Targa Australia chief executive Mark Perry described the deaths as a ‘tragedy’
  • but he said ‘every driver knows the risks’ and the event is unlikely to change  

By Australian Associated Press

Published: 11:27 BST, 25 April 2021 | Updated: 13:39 BST, 25 April 2021

A special tribunal will investigate three deaths in two days during a motorsport event in Tasmania, but organisers insist the annual fixture will continue.

‘Everyone who gets in these cars appreciates the risks involved,’ Targa Australia chief executive Mark Perry told reporters on Sunday.

Tasmanian driver Leigh Mundy and Queensland co-driver Dennis Neagle were killed on Saturday when their 2019 Porsche 911 GT3 RS hit a tree near Cygnet in the state’s south.

On Friday, veteran competitor Shane Navin, 68 from NSW, was killed when his red 1979 Mazda RX-7 rolled on the Lyell Highway in the state’s remote west. His co-driver, Glenn Evans, was uninjured.

Much-loved racer and experienced car racer Shane Navin (pictured) has died in a horror crash at the Targa Tasmania rally on Friday 

The 68-year-old rally driver from New South Wales rolled his 1979 Mazda RX7 amid heavy rain and slippery conditions

The 68-year-old rally driver from New South Wales rolled his 1979 Mazda RX7 amid heavy rain and slippery conditions

Perry described the deaths as a tragedy that had rocked the motorsport community.

‘We can all learn, and we will learn, from this,’ he said.

In accordance with Motorsport Australia protocol, a tribunal will investigate the circumstances of the three mens’ deaths, but Perry did not expect a change to future events.

‘The future remains bright from our perspective. The event has got a very long history of success,’ he said.

‘It’s trying times and we will work through it but we still feel there is big demand for this sort of activity – thousands of cars travelling hundreds of thousands of kilometres, thousands of officials, it’s an industry within itself.

‘This is a set back no doubt, but we will work through it.’

Similar Targa events are staged in Victoria and Queensland and the routes are endorsed by an international motorsport body each year.

Leigh Mundy (pictured) died on Saturday  in the state's south during the motorsport event

Queensland co-driver Dennis Neagle (pictured) was also killed in the horror crash near Cygnet

Leigh Mundy (pictured left) from Tasmania,  and his Queensland co-driver Dennis Neagle (right) were killed in a horror crash on Saturday

Their 2019 Porsche 911 GT3 RS hit a tree (pictured) near Cygnet in the state's south

Their 2019 Porsche 911 GT3 RS hit a tree (pictured) near Cygnet in the state’s south

The latest fatalities take to five the number of people killed in the Tasmanian event’s 26-year history.

In 2013, 71-year-old NSW driver John Mansell was killed when his Porsche ran off the road and into a tree.

Melbourne navigator Ian Johnson died in 1996 after a crash in the state’s northwest.

Tasmanian Premier Peter Gutwein said the future of Targa Tasmania would be the subject of further discussions.

‘What we need to do is understand what has occurred and work with Targa Tasmania, but also the police, in terms of what a future event looks like,’ he told reporters on Sunday.

What is the Targa Tasmania rally? 

The six-day race is a world-renowned rally that takes place on public roads right across Tasmania.

Drivers will traverse about 2000km during the race that first began in 1992.

There are several categories for vehicles, but the rally is most well known for it’s souped-up classic cars.

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