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James "Jim"
Campbell Jr. died when his car crashed on Friday night on the
third corner of the clay track at Williams Grove Speedway in
central Pennsylvania, about 115 miles west of Philadelphia, the
facility said on its website.
The organization had been scheduled to host a "Kids Night"
promotion and a Saturday racing series, which were canceled.
Witnesses described a multi-vehicle crash that began when one
car hit a wall and caught fire, according to WHTM-TV in
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
The death follows a year of heightened scrutiny on the dangers
involved in motorsports racing after NASCAR star Tony Stewart
struck and killed a fellow driver in sprint-car race in New York
last August.
Stewart was not charged in the incident, which was not part of
the NASCAR series, but the fatal incident prompted NASCAR to
introduce new safety rules.
(Reporting by Letitia Stein in Tampa, Fla., editing by David
Evans)
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