1983 Barry Reece Castle Combe Saloon Car Accident

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1983 Barry Reece Castle Combe Saloon Car Accident

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Barry Reece raced a 850cc special saloon, more or less a Hillman Californian in plastic. He had an horrific accident at Snetterton with it in 1984 (late '83?).
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Barry Reece raced a 850cc special saloon Maguire Stilletto, more or less a Hillman Californian in plastic. He had an horrific accident at Castle Combe 17 September 1983.
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http://wrda.co.uk/results_archive/News% ... index.html

A link there to some relevant newspaper clippings.
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Some more info Jesper Hvid
The 1980 Barry won the BARC Wendy Wools 1000 Special Saloon Car Championship outright and also took his class once again in the BRSCC SW series at Castle Combe. In all, he notched up 14 wins with an engine built by himself and his brother Philip, although a further improvement came towards the end of the year when he acquired a short-stroke, eight-port head Arden motor: "It made a hell of a difference," admitted Barry. "On our first outing at Croft, we suddenly lopped two seconds off the lap record!" Looking back on this very successful year, Barry recalled only one non-finish: "We failed to score points in only one meeting – due to an engine blow-up at Croft when I selected first gear instead of third".

Reece never recovered from a huge crash on Saturday 17 September 1983 during practice for a Special Saloon meeting at Castle Combe. His car collided at full speed with Ken Davies' Davrian at the very fast Folly bend, with both cars then hitting the Armco. Reece sustained multiple fractures of the legs, arm and chest, and head injuries, while Davies being also hospitalised with less serious injuries. After the accident Barry Reece suffered permanent cerebral dysfunction and went into a coma. He passed away five years later.
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