Justin Owen, 26, of Harrison, Ohio, died Saturday night after the crash at Lawrenceburg Speedway.
Sprint cars compete in a race in Pennsylvania. Justin Owen, 26, a sprint car driver from southwest Ohio, was killed in a crash Saturday during a sprint car race in Indiana. LAWRENCEBURG, Indiana — An Ohio man competing in a sprint car race Saturday night was killed when his car crashed during the event.
The car driven by Justin Owen, 26, of Harrison, Ohio, made contact with the outside wall and flipped multiple times during a qualifying race at the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship event at Lawrenceburg Speedway.The speedway says in a news release that Owen was a regular competitor for the past several seasons at the track, which is a 3/8-mile dirt oval in southeastern Indiana. In 2022, Owen was the reigning track champion, with two victories and a title.
In 2019, Owen had three victories, one with the Buckeye Outlaw Sprint Series at Pennsylvania’s Lernerville Speedway, once at Indiana’s Paragon Speedway, and at Lawrenceburg’s Night of Champions event.If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation.
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