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Jason Leffler dies
I haven't seen this mentioned yet.
Y! SPORTS New Jersey state police have announced that NASCAR driver Jason Leffler has died as a result of injuries suffered in a wreck at Bridgeport Speedway in New Jersey, according to the Associated Press. Leffler was 37. Leffler was racing a Sprint Car at the track's "Night of Wings" when his car apparently flipped on the front stretch of the 5/8-mile, high-banked dirt oval. "Jason's left rear tire blew coming out of turn 4 and it made his car spin directly toward the wall," Connor Ferrell, who was at the race, wrote to Yahoo! Sports. "He did 3 or 4 flips before his car came to a stop." According to eyewitness accounts, he was extracted from the car on a board and airlifted out of the track via helicopter. The remainder of the night's racing was cancelled. According to state police, Leffler was pronounced dead at 9:02 p.m. ET. Leffler, from Long Beach, Calif., spent most of his decade-plus NASCAR career in the Nationwide series, running full schedules from 2006 to 2011. He had two wins, 42 top fives and 107 top 10s in the Nationwide series. He's also run 73 races in Sprint Cup, most recently at Pocono last week, and 56 races in the Camping World Truck Series, where he posted one victory. "NASCAR extends its thoughts, prayers and deepest sympathies to the family of Jason Leffler who passed away earlier this evening," NASCAR said in a statement. "For more than a decade, Jason was a fierce competitor in our sport and he will be missed."
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06-14-2013, 09:07 AM
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Nobody mentioned it here because everyone is "above" NASCAR. Very sad. He was back in sprint cars since he lost his ride with Nationwide. Racers gotta race I guess. Left behind a little boy.
Sad thing of a celebrity dying is that you see them on TV and such, then they are gone and you can be sad but you really never knew them and they'll not talk about him on TV any more. Not sure how to articulate this. A singer dies and leaves music behind...etc. |
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06-14-2013, 12:13 PM
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Jason was one of Long Beach's finest racers although he hasn't lived locally for many years. Mentored by Parnelli Jones.
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06-14-2013, 12:34 PM
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