A businessman who has been jailed for racing another motorist who died after losing control at 90 mph and crashing on the A38 in Somerset. David Knight had been driving his teenage son in his Audi Quattro car on a 60mph stretch of road near Wellington when he began racing with Elliot Sparks who was test driving a distinctive Toyota Chaser car.
Taunton Crown Court heard that eyewitnesses saw 46-year-old Knight's car speeding along the outside lane of the A 38 dual carriageway at White Ball Hill one evening in March 2021. One driver told the court: “His car was flying - 100mph plus and still accelerating."
He said 35-year-old Mr Sparks chased after the Audi and quickly caught up as the two cars were nose to tail adding: “They were racing." Mr Sparks, who was not wearing a seat belt, lost control of his car on a bend and skidded off the road and struck two trees, throwing from the car.
