The dream of winning a record-equalling eighth Targa Tasmania is over for North-West pairing Jason and John White after they spectacularly crashed out of the event on day two.
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Driving on the 8.4km Moorina stage, the Whites' Dodge Viper ACR Extreme hit a river of water running across the road 200 metres from the finish line, sending the car sideways and into an embankment.
"As soon as we hit the stream it just snapped sideways and snapped back the other way," Jason White told the Targa News website.
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"It is one of the only things I've been nervous about with these cars - the really wide rear tyres which act like a couple of boogie boards under your rear wheels when you hit water.
"It was on the exit of a blind corner and there was no time to prepare for it.
"It burst into flames pretty quick and there was a full engine bay fire.
"We managed to get our extinguishers on it and then Eddie (Maguire) and Zak (Brakey) turned up and put their extinguishers on it. Then one of the radiator hoses burst and extinguished most of the flames under the bonnet.
"The rest of the car is quite salvageable and it looks a lot worse than it is. There is a little bit of fire damage in the middle of the console where the wiring started to ignite.
"Apart from the bumper and a bonnet and a bit of wiring, It's just a bit of chassis damage which will probably take more in time than actual monetary damage."
Maguire and Brakey received a revised time for the stage and continue to lead the event.
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