Friday 21 June 2013

NJ: Mechanical problem caused fatal race car crash (The Associated Press)

A Jason Leffler sticker is seen on Carl Edwards' car after qualifying, Friday, June 14, 2013 for Sunday's Quicken Loans 400 auto race at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Mich. The death of NASCAR driver Leffler at a dirt-track race near Philadelphia earlier this week has brought more attention to small, local tracks, where some big names like Tony Stewart still show up to race on occasion. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- New Jersey state police say a mechanical problem is to blame for the dirt-track racing crash that killed NASCAR driver Jason Leffler last week.




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