The 67-year-old had been positioned at marshal post two on the approach to Paddock Hill Bend on 31 July, 2021 during a British Automobile Racing Club meeting at the Kent venue.
Simon Beament’s Ford Escort RS2000 made contact with another car down the start-finish straight in the Pre-93 and Pre-03 Touring Car race, and was sent into the barrier on the outside of the circuit before flipping over into the marshal’s post.
In a statement at the inquest held on Wednesday at Maidstone’s County Hall, Beament said: “As I caught up with a black BMW car on the track, I remember feeling a tap on the right side of my car. I then felt a second tap and a third tap.
“My car did not change line, but it then went into the barrier and rolled two or three times.
“As I took my hands off the wheel after the crash I felt a bone coming through my left leg.”
The race was immediately stopped and Beament was taken to hospital following the incident after sustaining a broken leg, while emergency services…
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