Speedway spectator, 57, killed by shrapnel after driver crashed into wall

[Ray Stadia 1,071]

Looking at the Metro online today, they have a headline  'Speedway spectator, 57, killed by shrapnel after driver crashed into wall', but of course it's in America and relates to one of their car race meetings. Probably won't help our version of 'Speedway'!

[Deano 1,318]

unfortunately the car version is more well known than our own motorcycle version over here. Very few now have heard of Motor Cycle Speedway.

[martinmauger 584]

I recall a spectator being tragically killed at an F1 race, I believe in the early 2000's, when following a pile-up an errant wheel went through a gap in the armco barrier into a spectator area.  It was such a multi-million to one occurance: imagine on a speedway track part of a bike going through the one gap in each and every every speedway fence, the small 2" - 3" gap where the tapes pass through to the outer starting gate post.  That is the equivelant of what happened....

[Pieman72 588]

This happened at Santa Pod about 15 years ago a bolt flew off and killed a spectator about 10 meters away. The HSE launched an investigation and it was deemed Santa Pod were not culpable and additional fencing would be impractical. Accidents can and do happen with motorsports even with strong safety measures.