Veteran stock-car driver Robbie Brewer dies after medical emergency during North Carolina race | Motor sport

Authorities said that a senior stock driver on the North Carolina short runway competed in a race and died after a medical emergency.

Robbie Brewer’s car hit a wall while entering a quarter mile track at the Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, while entering a stop near the starting line. Run workers robbed the roof to remove the 53 -year -old child and an ambulance took him to a local hospital, then died, Winston-Salem Journal reported.

“We are upset that Robbie Brewer has passed to a medical facility after a medical event after a medical event,” Track officials said in a statement on Sunday. He said. “Robbie was a talented and passionate racer and was a respected opponent among his peers. Our thoughts and prayers are now with Robbie’s family and friends.”

The details of the medical emergency were not released.

Brewer was competing in a 20 -round Sportsman series race on Bowman Gray, where thousands of racing fans appeared on Saturday nights on Saturday nights in spring and summer. Bowman Gray took part in the early February of the Nascar Cup series exhibition event this year’s season.

Brewer’s first career in Oval arrived in 1990 and started 260 on Sportsman Division and won the score championship in 2011.

Bowman Gray driver Brad Lewis, who is close to the racing shop Brewer, said that Brewer is like a brother for me even if we were not so far away at age ”.

“He was a wheel man, Lew Lewis said. “I will only honor the rest of the season, as long as we compete there.”