A 73-year-old Auckland man was flown to hospital with serious pelvic and neck injuries after a high-speed crash at Taupo Motorsport Park last night.
Tony Sturm's red 1960s MGB Roadster was "totally wrecked'', the track's chief executive Geoff Langham said. "It was built as a racecar with full roll cage. If it wasn't, he'd be dead.''
MG Club captain Darryl Bretherton said the car had rolled end-on-end. "Tony Sturm is one of the best drivers in our series _ he's been racing a long time. Everything he's done has always been about common sense.''
The Rotorua-based BayTrust Rescue Helicopter flew Sturm to Waikato Hospital.
