A 54-year-old Canterbury rally driver died yesterday after he failed to take a corner and his car hit a tree in Hanmer Forest.
Royce Watson missed the corner at the finishing line of the Hanmer Rally event.
His co-driver, 23, was flown to hospital where he was in a serious but stable condition last night.
The crash happened about 1pm on a forestry road left-hand bend at the end of a Straight 'n' Paint Rally Hanmer 2013 special stage.
Watson died at the scene.