Father identified as victim in fatal car racing tragedy in Victoria

A husband and father has been recognized as one of many males who died throughout a automobile racing tragedy in Victoria's north-west yesterday.

The pair died on the second day of the Rainbow Desert Enduro occasion round 400km from Melbourne.

Gerry Hoekstra was driving when his automobile got here off the monitor and slammed right into a tree and burst into flames.

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Gerry Hoekstra (left) was driving when his automobile got here off the monitor and slammed right into a tree and burst into flames.(Equipped)

He and his navigator died on the scene.

Victoria Police senior constable Anthony Clark the loss has had "devastating" impacts in town.

"It will devastate the city, it may devastate the organisers, and likewise the group," he informed 9News.

"The group has put in an absolute tonne of labor for this occasion and this has simply been an absolute tragedy.

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The pair died on the second day of the Rainbow Desert Enduro occasion round 400km from Melbourne.(9)

"I name it the race household as a result of that is what they're, they know one another fairly nicely, and so they know the organisers fairly nicely.'"

Final 12 months, a spectator was killed when a automobile got here off the monitor on the Well-known Finke Desert Race within the Northern Territory.

Police will now take away what's left of the burnt wreckage, the components shall be forensically examined as police piece collectively what triggered the crash.