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Post by scrub-buster on Apr 8, 2023 12:11:25 GMT -5
Today is the opening night at the Lawrenceburg speedway. My wife is a big dirt track racing fan so we will be there. She's got me into it now. I like it a lot better than Nascar on TV. www.lawrenceburgspeedway.com/ |
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Post by scrub-buster on Apr 8, 2023 18:13:33 GMT -5
There was a terrible wreck on the first couple hot laps. They cancelled the event after that. They announced they were going to air care him out but that never happened. A group of police cars escorted the ambulance out. It didn't look good.
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Post by greghopper on Apr 8, 2023 18:21:58 GMT -5
There was a terrible wreck on the first couple hot laps. They cancelled the event after that. They announced they were going to air care him out but that never happened. A group of police cars escorted the ambulance out. It didn't look good. Sounds like a Death… not good! |
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Post by greghopper on Apr 8, 2023 18:23:28 GMT -5
Today is the opening night at the Lawrenceburg speedway. My wife is a big dirt track racing fan so we will be there. She's got me into it now. I like it a lot better than Nascar on TV. www.lawrenceburgspeedway.com/Any race at that place is good…. Watch out for the rocks though! |
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Post by featherduster on Apr 8, 2023 18:37:28 GMT -5
Sad situation for the team, family and race fans.
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Post by greghopper on Apr 8, 2023 18:52:28 GMT -5
Justin Owen is the driver… Video…. youtu.be/NH1oYK_iuLETop of roll cage hits concrete wall it looks like… |
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Post by scrub-buster on Apr 8, 2023 19:45:41 GMT -5
That was a hard hit for sure.
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Post by scrub-buster on Apr 8, 2023 20:33:59 GMT -5
I'm seeing a lot of comments saying he passed away but nothing official yet.
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Post by Woody Williams on Apr 8, 2023 20:43:47 GMT -5
Sad..
Prayers for all
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Post by Huntnfreak on Apr 8, 2023 21:01:11 GMT -5
I was planning on going tonight, but I decided to stay home….glad I did!! Prayers for everyone!! 😢
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Apr 8, 2023 21:06:57 GMT -5
Justin Owen is the driver… Video…. youtu.be/NH1oYK_iuLETop of roll cage hits concrete wall it looks like… Video is no longer available either. |
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Post by scrub-buster on Apr 8, 2023 21:39:43 GMT -5
I was planning on going tonight, but I decided to stay home….glad I did!! Prayers for everyone!! 😢 It was over before it even began. |
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Post by scrub-buster on Apr 8, 2023 21:40:07 GMT -5
We saw an official announcement that the driver passed away.
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Post by greghopper on Apr 8, 2023 21:58:51 GMT -5
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Post by genesis273 on Apr 8, 2023 22:05:37 GMT -5
I'm not really a race fan so I'm not familiar with him but, I hate seeing people pass away in such a manner. I'm sure his passing will impact many.
Prayers for his family, friends and the racing community.
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Post by scrub-buster on Apr 8, 2023 23:27:19 GMT -5
From the Lawrenceburg speedway Facebook page:
JUSTIN OWEN SUCCUMBS TO INJURIES IN USAC SPRINT CRASH AT LAWRENCEBURG
Lawrenceburg, Indiana (April 8, 2023)………Justin Owen, a competitor in the sprint car ranks for more than a decade, succumbed to injuries sustained in a qualifying crash during Saturday night’s USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship event at Indiana’s Lawrenceburg Speedway.
The remainder of the event was canceled following the incident involving the 26-year-old Harrison, Ohio native after his car made contact with the outside wall and flipped multiple times in turn three.
Owen was the reigning track champion at Lawrenceburg Speedway, scoring two feature wins and the title in 2022. It was Owen’s first crown at the 3/8-mile dirt oval in southeastern Indiana where he’d long been a regular competitor in the sprint car division for the past several seasons.
Among his greatest achievements were a victory in the season-closing Dick Gaines Memorial during his Lawrenceburg championship season in 2022. Back in 2019, Owen collected three victories, one with the Buckeye Outlaw Sprint Series at Pennsylvania’s Lernerville Speedway, once at Indiana’s Paragon Speedway and again at Lawrenceburg’s Night of Champions event. In 2016, he was victorious with BOSS at Lernerville.
With USAC, Owen made two feature starts, both at Lawrenceburg in 2019 and 2021.
USAC expresses its deepest condolences to Justin’s family, team and many friends throughout the racing community.
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Post by hornzilla on Apr 9, 2023 16:33:03 GMT -5
Coming from someone that races sprint cars. This is very sad. Unfortunately the sport we love and live for can be so violent. As a driver we accept that risk. We don't talk about it. But understand that it's there every single time we pull those belts tight.
Prayers to his family, fiance, team and fans. It's harder on all the family than the drivers. I can see it on my wife's face when we run the big tracks like The Burg. Terre Haute, The old Flora and Eldora. Godspeed Racer.
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Post by Woody Williams on Apr 9, 2023 18:41:40 GMT -5
Hornzilla,
I thought about you when I read this.
Thank you for your perspective.
Something can be said for “he died doing what he loved”.
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Post by scrub-buster on Apr 9, 2023 20:17:21 GMT -5
Coming from someone that races sprint cars. This is very sad. Unfortunately the sport we love and live for can be so violent. As a driver we accept that risk. We don't talk about it. But understand that it's there every single time we pull those belts tight. Prayers to his family, fiance, team and fans. It's harder on all the family than the drivers. I can see it on my wife's face when we run the big tracks like The Burg. Terre Haute, The old Flora and Eldora. Godspeed Racer. Let me know the next time you run at Lawrenceburg |
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Post by Mack Apiary Bees on Apr 9, 2023 20:19:57 GMT -5
Justin was close to our family. My sons good friend, his aunt teaches with my wife and his parents live just up the road. He was getting married this summer. It was a lot of our conversations today. Prayers
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