Brazilian racing driver Rommel Toscan, 30-year-old, was a regular on the Campeonato Gaúcho de Marcas e Pilotos (Rio Grande do Sul State Makers and Drivers Championship), competing in the Class B since two years. In 2014 he managed to take a class victory in the 12 Horas de Tarumã, partnered with Luiz Sérgio Sena, Jr. and Daniel Elias. In 2015 he finished 14th in points.

Rommel Toscan lost his life as a result of an accident which happened at Autódromo Internacional de Tarumã, during the second round of the series on Sunday, 20 March 2016. He drove his black Chevrolet Celta #88, entered by team Giocar Racing. Toscan collided with Aírton Dill's car, after a slight contact with another driver. Both cars did not slow down on the approach to the fast Curva Três, but went straight at high speed, crashed hard into a tyre barrier and flipped over.

The race was immediately stopped and Toscan was transported to Hospital de Viamão where he succumbed to his injuries shortly after admission. Aírton Dill received minor injuries in the accident.

Rommel Toscan was the second Brazilian driver to die in March 2016; just one week before his death, Marcos Mocelin passed away at Cascavel hospital from injuries suffered in a very similar accident on 28 February of that year at the Autódromo Internacional Zilmar Beux in Cascavel.

A Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, native, Rommel Toscan ran a company specialized in equipment and system for water treatment in Estância Velha, where he resided with his wife and a son. His deceased father, Robson Toscan, had been a racing driver. Rommel Toscan was interred at the Cemitério Jardim da Memória in Novo Hamburgo, Brazil.

R.I.P