New Zealand Superstock Teams Championship
Deaths
Deaths
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There have been two deaths at the Superstock Teams Racing championship.

On 9 February 2009, Peter Barry, aged 44, was flown to Wellington Hospital in a critical condition with severe head injury. He succumbed to the injuries six days later at 6pm, February 12\. Barry was driving a block car for the Kihikihi Kings versus the Hawkes Bay Hawkeyes when he lost consciousness from multiple hits between cars and the concrete wall. Barry's car continued to move slowly along the track for three quarters of a lap before a flag marshall stopped it. The coroner accepted fatalities were relatively rare in superstock racing, although the likelihood of injury was not. It was inherently high risk and violent, especially in teams' racing, where drivers crashed into each other on purpose. The coroner raised concerns about the [HANS](/wiki/HANS "HANS") (head and neck restraint system) device, a safety item compulsory in many [motorsports](/wiki/Motorsports "Motorsports"). The [HANS](/wiki/HANS "HANS") device is now a primary piece of safety equipment used by every driver when racing.

In 2022 the Championships were not completed after Stephen Penn who was driving for the Manawatu Mustangs crashed and sustained injuries leading to his death on the track. 


What happened in 2022 at the Superstock Teams Racing championship?