Guido Falaschi killed in Turismo Carretera crash

22-year-old TC 2000 driver Guido Falaschi was killed yesterday in a high speed incident at Balcarce in the Argentinean Turismo Carretera series.

Falaschi, who was racing for the HAZ Racing team in Turismo Carretera and was racing this season for Sportteam in the TC 2000 Championship, was killed in a multi-car accident at the Autódromo Juan Manuel Fangio in Balcarce, Buenos Aires.

In the final few laps of the race, race leader Mauro Giollambardo’s Ford was fighting off Guido Falaschi for the lead, when the two came across the spinning backmarker of Leonel Laurrari. Both drivers took avoiding action, with Falaschi losing control of his Ford Falcon and spinning across the infield.

After collecting the tyre wall, Falaschi’s car then bounced back on to the track where he was first collected by Guillermo Ortelli’s Chevrolet, which subsequently sent him into the middle of the track when he was then hit in the side by Nestor Girolami’s Torino, who was unable to see Falaschi’s car through the debris and dust.

Falaschi was extracted to Balcarce Hospital, but was declared dead 40 minutes later.

Nestor Girolami was also admitted to the hospital, and was kept in intensive care overnight with bruising to the spine.

Pictured above is Falaschi winning his first TC 2000 race back in July for Sportteam at Rio Hondo.