Tributes after rally driver Mark Tapper dies aged 44

Tributes after rally driver Mark Tapper dies aged 44

New Zealand’s motor racing community is mourning the loss of star rally driver Mark Tapper. The 44-year-old’s death was reported on Tuesday afternoon by...

Tributes flow following the death of rally driver Mark Tapper - NZ Autocar

New Zealand’s motor racing community is in mourning following the loss of rally driver Mark Tapper.According to an item in RallySport Magazine, Tapper died shortly after his 44th birthday.Compatriot Hayden Paddon said the news was a “shock to the whole rally community”. He remembered him as “a legend of a driver and a human being”.“I would say he was one of the most gifted rally drivers in NZ – never afraid to commit that little more, keep it a …