Winston-Salem, NC-A veteran driver of stock-car in a short North Carolina track died during the weekend after having undergone a medical emergency when he was in competition in a race, officials said.
Robbie Brewer’s car hit a wall on the track of a quarter of Mile (0.40 kilometer) head-on at the Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem and stopped near the Fine departure line.
The track workers took off the roof to remove the 53-year-old brewer, and an ambulance took him to the Baptist hospital in Wake Forest Health, after which he died, the Winston-Salem Journal reported.
“We are saddened by the death of Robbie Brewer after being transported to a medical establishment in the region following a medical incident on track,” said leaders of the track on Sunday in a statement. “Robbie was a talented and passionate runner, and a very respected competitor among his peers. Our thoughts and prayers are with Robbie’s family and friends at the moment.”
Details of the medical emergency have not been published.
Brewer participated in a 20 -round sports series race in Bowman Gray, where thousands of racing fans occur every week on Saturday evening in the spring and summer for races through four divisions. Bowman Gray was also the place of the Nascar Cup Series exhibition event this year in early February.
Brewer’s first career start to The Oval came in 1990, and he made nearly 260 departures in the Sportsman division, winning the points championship in 2011, the newspaper reported.
Bowman Gray Brad Lewis driver, whose racing shop is near where Brewer lived, said that Brewer “was like a big brother for me even if we were not so far from age.”
“He was a wheel from start to finish,” said Lewis. “I will not only honor the rest of the season, but as long as we run there. We will miss it.”
