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Motorsports Australia will establish a special investigatory tribunal to examine two fatal crashes in which three people died at Targa Tasmania at the weekend.
Veteran competitor Shane Navin, 68, was killed after his 1979 Mazda RX-7 rolled on Friday morning on the Lyell Highway in Tasmania’s remote west. Emergency crews were unable to revive Navin. His co-driver, Glenn Evans, escaped uninjured.
The next day, Leigh Munday, 68, from Hobart, and Queenslander Dennis Neagle, 59, died after their 2019 Porsche 911 GT3 RS hit a tree at Wattle Grove Road, near Cygnet, in southern Tasmania.
Targa is an annual multi-day rally held in Tasmania, where competitors race across 2,000km of public roadways. This year’s event began on 19 April.
Australian FI Grand Prix in Melbourne postponed until November because of coronavirus
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The Australian Grand Prix has been shifted from its traditional March timeslot.
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The Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix has been postponed until November, with race organisers saying the coronavirus pandemic meant it is not feasible to hold the race in March.
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The Victorian Government welcomed the move to shift the date of the grand prix
The Formula 1 season will begin in Bahrain in late March
The race, held in Melbourne s Albert Park Circuit, will be contested on November 21, subject to World Motor Sport Council approval.
Australian motor racers united
All forms of major Australian motorsport are about to have a united future.
Car, motorcycle, kart and drag racing will all be unified for the first time, through the newly-created Australian Motorsport Council.
The AMC will represent more than 335,000 participants, 1000 affiliated clubs, 460 licensed racetracks and 18,000 trained officials across the country.
The four groups responsible for the umbrella group are Motorsport Australia, Motorcycling Australia, Karting Australia and the Australian National Drag Racing Association.
The only notable absentee is speedway racing, but its operation is controlled by a number of category-specific groups.
The new Council is not replacing any of the functions of its member groups, but is instead focussed on presenting a united front for the future development of all forms of motorsport.