A report into three deaths during the Targa Tasmania rally earlier this year makes recommendations including dramatic changes to the route and warns the cost of the race will rise significantly.
Tributes flooded in for the men who died at the Targa Tasmania motorsport race
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 in Cygnet, in the south of Tasmania
Mr Mundy walked his daughter down the aisle only months before tragic death
News 24th Apr 2021 5:40 PM
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LATEST, 4.45pm: Targa Australia CEO Mark Perry said the past two days had been a tragic time. This has been a devastating few days for the Targa family, he said. We feel greatly for the family and friends who have lost those so precious to them. A further statement will be made once the next of kin process has been completed by police.
4.25pm: AN eyewitness to a tragic fatal crash during Targa Tasmania on Saturday has described the impact of the collision as sounding like an explosion. The resident of Lower Wattle Grove, near Cygnet, said he was watching the cars come past late on Saturday morning when he saw the driver lose control.
News 24th Apr 2021 5:40 PM | Updated: 7:53 PM
Premium Content TARGA Tasmania s 620 competitors are coming to terms with the loss of three family members in 24 hours and pondering the future of the state s iconic event after a Porsche hit a tree at Cygnet on Saturday in what an eye witness said sounded like an explosion. Sadness at death of NSW driver Shane Navin on the state s West Coast on Friday was compounded by a double fatality on the final day on Saturday. All drivers and navigators went into day six wearing black armbands in honour of Navin, whose co-driver Glenn Evans escaped with only minor injuries, and all cars had a strip of black tape across their headlights as a mark of respect.