Gregg Hansford's Fatal Crash @ Phillip Island 1995 (Aftermath)
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Despite his successes, Gregg Hansford didn't secure regular drives, mainly driving as an independent, being 1987 his only complete season with the Shell Ultra Hi Tech Racing Team, paired with Dick Johnson at the wheel of a Ford Sierra RS500. He finally got a full-time touring-car drive in 1995, when he was hired by Ross Palmer’s team Ford Mondeo to compete in the two-litre Australian Super Touring Championship. The series was reserved to vehicles under FIA Group 2 touring-car regulations.
Unfortunately his season did not start, ending in tragedy at the opening round of the series, held at Phillips Island, state of Victoria, on Sunday, 05 March 1995.
Gregg Hansford lost control of the car going at high speed through Turn 1, hit a tyre wall and bounced back onto the track from the bank on the outside of the circuit. His car was T-boned by the Peugeot 405 of Mark Adderton, at a speed of over 125 mi/h (200 km/h) and he died moments after the impact. He was 42 years old.
His fatal crash was very similar to the accident that claimed the life of Kieth O'Dor in a German Super Touring race at the AVUS, in September of that year.
Unfortunately his season did not start, ending in tragedy at the opening round of the series, held at Phillips Island, state of Victoria, on Sunday, 05 March 1995.
Gregg Hansford lost control of the car going at high speed through Turn 1, hit a tyre wall and bounced back onto the track from the bank on the outside of the circuit. His car was T-boned by the Peugeot 405 of Mark Adderton, at a speed of over 125 mi/h (200 km/h) and he died moments after the impact. He was 42 years old.
His fatal crash was very similar to the accident that claimed the life of Kieth O'Dor in a German Super Touring race at the AVUS, in September of that year.