socaldart
Inland Mopars Car Club
Just seen on news Jason Leffler died in dirt car wreck during practice.
RIP Jason Leffler
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805moparkid
Slant and AFX Guy
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Damn.
Dart_Doctor
Asa style
Wow only 37 years old praryers for his famliy . Another one has been called home.
Dart_Doctor
Asa style
Jason Leffler, a versatile driver who won championships in open-wheel divisions and attempted at least one full season in each of NASCAR's three national series, died Wednesday night after a crash in a 410 sprint car race at Bridgeport Speedway in New Jersey.
Leffler, 37, was pronounced dead shortly after 9 p.m., the New Jersey State Police said. Sgt. Adam Grossman told USA TODAY Sports that Leffler had to be extricated from the car after striking a wall around 8:30 p.m. He was transported to Crozer-Chester Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
He was running in second place in the first heat race of the program at the 0.625-mile, high-banked dirt oval when his car flipped several times on the front straightaway, according to eyewitness Chris Taitt, 40, of West Deptford, N.J. Taitt said Leffler's car hit the wall twice and "then it was flopping all over."
After state police arrived on the scene, the track announced the rest of the races had been canceled.
Leffler made 73 starts in the Sprint Cup Series, finishing last in his final event after completing eight laps Sunday at Pocono Raceway. He won twice in the Nationwide Series and once in the Camping World Truck Series.
Leffler, 37, was pronounced dead shortly after 9 p.m., the New Jersey State Police said. Sgt. Adam Grossman told USA TODAY Sports that Leffler had to be extricated from the car after striking a wall around 8:30 p.m. He was transported to Crozer-Chester Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
He was running in second place in the first heat race of the program at the 0.625-mile, high-banked dirt oval when his car flipped several times on the front straightaway, according to eyewitness Chris Taitt, 40, of West Deptford, N.J. Taitt said Leffler's car hit the wall twice and "then it was flopping all over."
After state police arrived on the scene, the track announced the rest of the races had been canceled.
Leffler made 73 starts in the Sprint Cup Series, finishing last in his final event after completing eight laps Sunday at Pocono Raceway. He won twice in the Nationwide Series and once in the Camping World Truck Series.
Dart_Doctor
Asa style
copied that from usatoday . thay have a pic of the car but i didnt want to post that some may not want to see it .
I thought you said you didn't believe in all that stuff?
Frankie
Member #9641
oh boy...
Prayers and condolences to the family friends and crew.
Prayers and condolences to the family friends and crew.
O my!! prayers sent out to the family and all his friends and all the pit crews that was around him, I remember him winning at Dover in 2003 , yes I had to look it up and find the car owner and he did it in a Mopar.. wow he was only 5 years older them my son, I will keep him in my thoughts as my day moves forward, he was a race car driver and had driven in all series Truck, Nation wide and Cup, even drove indy cars.....
Mopar car owner Jim Smith Jason drove for at dover in the cup series and won that race
Mopar car owner Jim Smith Jason drove for at dover in the cup series and won that race
66340SEDAN
FABO Member #3649
Sad to hear this, those Sprint cars can wreck pretty bad, his car looked bad...RIP Jason
66340SEDAN
FABO Member #3649
Here is a link with the story. He has a son who is 6 or 7 years old, so sad he lost his daddy at that age, prayers sent to his family
http://www.autoweek.com/article/20130612/NASCAR02/130619930
http://www.autoweek.com/article/20130612/NASCAR02/130619930
A tribute to Jason from me as he wins at Dover driving his Dodge truck to victory in 2003
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2e2lt6ArIE"]2003 MBNA America 200 - Jason Leffler Wins - YouTube[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2e2lt6ArIE"]2003 MBNA America 200 - Jason Leffler Wins - YouTube[/ame]
RIP Jason!
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