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The 8 year old was participating in her first solo run and was attempting to gain her racing license when she lost control of her car and crashed into a concrete wall, life support was turned off the following day. [81] Nicky Bogdan (USA) 1958-10-12 Drag racing Great Lakes Dragway: Race Veered left off of the track and plowed through a field [82]
Race Hudson John McVitty (USA) [7] April 21, 1956 150-mile race Langhorne Speedway: Qualifying Chevrolet Clint McHugh (USA) [8] June 9, 1956 250-mile race Memphis-Arkansas Speedway: Qualifying Oldsmobile Cotton Priddy (USA) [9] June 10, 1956 Race Chevrolet Bobby Myers (USA) [10] September 2, 1957 Southern 500: Darlington International Raceway: Race
He is the father of racer Scott Kalitta, killed in a drag racing crash in Old Bridge Township, New Jersey, in 2008. [6] He is the uncle of racer Doug Kalitta . On November 14, 2016, Kalitta was honored at the season-ending Mello Yello Awards Ceremony with NHRA 's first ever Lifetime Achievement Award.
The driver, Chris Darnell, 40, of Springfield, Missouri, was killed. Darnell’s father, Neal, posted on Facebook that the truck had some sort of mechanical failure .
Senior race [2] 11 May 1929 Walter Brown Marine Gardens: Consolation handicap [3] 18 May 1929 John Proctor Stockdale Farringdon Park Preston: Junior scratch race [4] 18 June 1929 George Rowlands Audenshaw Speedway: Junior mile race [5] 13 July 1929 Dennis Atkinson Cleveland Park Stadium: English Dirt Track League [6] 18 August 1929 John Seith
Since its opening in 1959, Daytona International Speedway has seen 41 on-track fatalities: 24 car drivers, 12 motorcyclists, 3 go-kart drivers, 1 powerboat racer, and 1 track worker. The most notable death was that of Dale Earnhardt, who was killed on the last lap of the Daytona 500 on February 18, 2001.
Two men in Texas are accused of racing sports cars on Saturday and causing a fiery crash that killed four people from one family, authorities said.
Two people were shot and killed at a raceway in Iowa just as a concert was about to begin, authorities said Sunday. The shooting happened Saturday night at the I-29 Speedway in Pacific Junction ...