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Veteran stock-car driver Robbie Brewer passed away after a medical emergency during a race at Bowman Grey Stadium in Winston-Salem.
Track crew members rip the roof off of Robbie Brewer’s car to remove him after a medical emergency in the first 20-lap Sportsman Series race at Bowman Gray Stadium (Picture credit: AP)
A veteran stock-car driver at a North Carolina short track passed away over the weekend after experiencing a medical emergency during a race, officials said.
Robbie Brewer’s car hit a wall head-on at Bowman Grey Stadium in Winston-Salem and came to a stop near the start-finish line.
Track workers removed the roof to extract the 53-year-old Brewer, and an ambulance transported him to Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Hospital, where he later passed away, the Winston-Salem Journal reported.
“We are saddened by the passing of Robbie Brewer after he was transported to an area medical facility following an on-track medical incident,” track officials said Sunday in a statement. “Robbie was a talented and passionate racer and a highly respected competitor among his peers. Our thoughts and prayers are with Robbie’s family and friends at this time.”
Details of the medical emergency were not released.
Brewer was competing in a 20-lap Sportsman Division race at Bowman Grey, where thousands of racing fans gather weekly on Saturday nights during the spring and summer for races across four divisions.
Bowman Grey also hosted this year’s preseason NASCAR Cup Series exhibition event in early February.
Brewer’s first career start at the oval was in 1990, and he made nearly 260 starts in the Sportsman Division, winning the points championship in 2011, the newspaper reported.
Fellow Bowman Grey driver Brad Lewis, whose race shop is near Brewer’s home, said Brewer “was like a big brother to me even though we were not that far apart in age.”
“He was a wheelman through and through,” Lewis said. “I’m not only going to honour him for the rest of the season, but for as long as we race out there. He’ll be missed.”
(With AP Inputs)
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