Listen to this article A yet-to-be-named driver was killed in Mount Roland yesterday on just the second day of running for the 2022 edition of famous tarmac rally. The death follows three fatalities from two seperate crashes at last year’s Targa Tasmania, which prompted an investigatory tribunal and a raft of recommendations and changes ahead of this event. Late last night organiser Targa Australia and governing body Motorsport Australia opted to downgrade the event to non-competitive, with competitors able to continue but forced to stick to posted speed limits on the closed sections of road. The death has unsurprisingly sparked question marks over the future of Targa Tasmania as a fully competitive event. According to Targa CEO Perry there are too many unanswered questions over the nature of the crash to make any predictions as to what that future may look like. However he admits there is now significant uncertainty over whether it can continue in its current guise as a fully competitive tarmac rally. “It definitely rattles the cage,” he told media this morning. “I’ll be as open and transparent as I can. I can only be honest to say …

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