Driver destroys Darracq in horrible Goodwood crash

Race driver, Mark Walker, was lucky to escape serious injury, following a Goodwood crash that destroyed a 120-year-old car.

Coming out of the final corner in a race for Edwardian era machines, he lost control of his Darracq 200hp. It subsequently ploughed into the barriers, wrecking the machine. 

Without a safety harness of any sort, Walker was thrown from the car into the wall. However, he was able to walk away from the incident, apparently unscathed.  

He was chasing down leader Julian Majzub in a Sunbeam Indianapolis at the time. At the final chicane, he ran wide onto the grass and lost control. 

The storied car had set a land speed record of 122.45mph in 1906. It last sold at auction in 2006 for £200,000 but was reduced to a wreck after the incident.

The crash cost Walker what looked likely to be a second win of the weekend, having taken out Saturday’s first race. But because he never finished the Sundary race, the overall weekend winner of the SF Edge Trophy was a 1907 Mercedes 120hp driven by Ben Collings.

The Goodwood meeting is an annual event that features historic racing cars as well as modern-day supercars and grand prix racers.