Driver killed in sprint car crash at Williams Grove Speedway
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AUG 14, 2015 at 10:52p ET
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AUGUST 15, 2015
Local racer Jim Campbell Jr. was killed in a sprint car crash Friday night at Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania.
The Cumberland County Coroner's Office said Campbell, from Feasterville, died after striking the wall on the half-mile banked clay oval. Medical units were called to the scene and racing was cancelled for the rest of the evening.
The crash took place during the night's hot laps, in which drivers are given a chance to warm up their race cars before the night’s racing events. It was “Kids Night” at the speedway.
Campbell’s crash marks the latest of a series of sprint car crashes, including Thursday night when Kevin Swindell was airlifted to hospital after a crash in the Knoxville Nationals. Swindell's car flipped, hit the outside wall and landed on its wheels at the World of Outlaws event.
Williams Grove Speedway Cancels Friday Racing After Fatal Crash,
August 15 Saturday Series Program Is Also Cancelled
8/14/15
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Mechanicsburg - Williams Grove Speedway cancelled its racing program midway through practice laps on Friday night after a racing accident claimed the life of sprint car driver James “Jim” Campbell Jr., of Feasterville.
The accident took place in the third corner of the speedway during warm ups.
The staff and management of Williams Grove Speedway express and extend sincere sympathy to the Campbell family at this difficult time.
Williams Grove Speedway
Williams Grove Speedway, home of American Sprint car racing since 1939, is a 1/2 mile banked clay oval track that hosts the 410 Sprint car racing.
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AUGUST 15, 2015
Driver James Campbell Jr. Dies in Crash at Williams Grove Speedway
by Jillian Sederholm
A driver was killed after his car crashed into a wall at an American sprint car race track in Pennsylvania on Friday.
Sprint car driver James "Jim" Campbell Jr. was killed in an accident during practice laps at the track in Mechanicsburg, Williams Grove Speedway said in a statement. The accident took place in the third corner of the speedway during warm ups on what was promoted as "Kids Night" at the racetrack.
The speedway cancelled the night's races as well as Saturday events "out of the utmost respect for the Campbell family as well as for all speedway employees, staff, management and emergency personnel as they all attempt to deal with the tragedy at hand," the statement said.