Rally driver crashes car into sea after borrowing dad's prized vehicle

Rally driver George Miedecke was allowed to race his father’s prized car on two conditions – he didn't come second ... or crash it.



Unfortunately the 25-year-old didn’t finish at all when he lost control of the cherished vehicle – and ploughed it into the sea. Mr Miedecke was loaned the 1970 Ford Capri Perana after his racing car father, Andrew, pulled out of a competition after injuring his back.

But he drove the classic motor off the road on a tight corner at 130kph (80mph) before hitting the ocean and colliding with a competitor’s Subaru WRX STI which had crashed just moments earlier.


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‘It was a tight corner and obviously somehow we got it wrong,’ said Mr Miedecke, who was unhurt along with co-driver Daniel Willson. Mark Perry, organiser of the Targa Wrest Point rally in Tasmania, Australia. added: ‘This is what we would call a spectacular crash.’