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Watson and Cudmore Crash out of Targa Tasmania

On Monday we introduced you to David Watson and Ian J. Cudmore who started the Targa Tasmania in a 2004 Golf R32. We can now report, sadly, that the pair have crashed out of the race. The good news is that neither Watson nor Cudmore were seriously injured in the off.

Sadly the R32 didn’t fare as well. Although we don’t have a full report at this point, we do know that the damage was substantial. In a post on the Rennenhaus Facebook, to which the pair were uploading videos, the car was described as being on its way to “car heaven.”

The accident happened today during the Castra stage. According to a local paper, Watson and Cudmore were trying to make room to let a competitor to pass, when they hit a patch of loose gravel and launched off a bank. The R32 nose-dived into the ground and rolled, smashing all of its windows. The Golf was one of four cars to crash on the same roughly 150 foot stretch of road.

Up until today the car had been performing well. In a video they posted to their Facebook page after the second day of competition, the pair agreed that their car, despite being less powerful than many entrants, was perfectly suited to Targa racing.

We hope you’ll join us in expressing our heartfelt condolences to Watson and Cudmore. You can watch some of yesterday’s action below.

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