LAWRENCEBURG, IN — An Ohio man died after crashing his car during a championship event at Indiana’s Lawrenceburg Speedway.
Justin Owen, a competitor in sprint car ranks for over a decade, was racing in the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car International Championship when his car made contact with the outside wall and flipped multiple times, according to a social media post by USAC.
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Owen, 26, a Hamilton County native, was the reigning track champion at Lawrenceburg Speedway, scoring two feature wins and the title in 2022.
“USAC expresses its deepest condolences to Justin’s family, team and many friends throughout the racing community,” USAC said.
Notably, in 2019, Owen collected three victories one at Series at Pennsylvania’s Lernerville Speedway, once at Indiana’s Paragon Speedway and again at Lawrenceburg’s Night of Champions event.
USAC said the remainder of the championship event has been canceled.