I just read on CP24 the a 73 year old driver was killed today while racing at Dunnville.

"(Dunnville, ON) The Ontario Provincial Police, Haldimand County Detachment along with Haldimand County EMS and Fire responded to a serious single car crash at the Dunnville Autodrome, Port Maitland Road, Dunnville, Haldimand County.
Saturday, July 19th at approximately 10:40am, a 1991 green Mazda Miata operated by Sidney Paine, age 73, of Mississauga, ON was at the Autodrome touring the track. The driver was rounding a corner and for unknown reasons left the track and collided into a building. Bystanders attended the driver and performed CPR until EMS arrived.
The coroner attended and Mr. Paine was pronounced deceased at the scene.
Haldimand County OPP is continuing to investigate along with the assistance of OPP Technical Traffic Collision Investigators.
A post-mortem is being held Sunday."

My condolences to his friends and family.
Godspeed

 

Wow…73 years of age, now that’s what I call an enthusiast, not sure how he would have hit a building or if that cause the death unless he died at the wheel and drove into one of the hangers.

RIP

 

terrible, but I'm not sure it's really a tragedy.

He was 73 and doing what he loved.

If I die at the wheel of a sports car at that age, I think I'd be OK with that, and I bet he was too. I can think of about 100,000 worse ways to go.

RIP, Sidney.

 

I wonder who was hosting the event and the legal implications... no waiver is ironclad.

 

I would be willing to bet he had a heart attack while driving, I dont think he would have died from driving off the track, especially at Dunnville. But again one never knows.

 

I've never raced there, but I saw it from the air when skydiving. In my memory I thought the buildings were a decent distance from the track?

 

That was what they said on CHCH last night, heart attack.

Because I thought the same thing as Jim - you'd have to litteraly DRIVE off the track with your foot still planted in it for a while to hit the buildings.

The worst part is this adds fuel to the fire for all the local ***** who bitch and moan about the tracks "disruption"

RIP - we know you probably left with a smile