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New York Post
12-08-2025
- Automotive
- New York Post
Stock car racing veteran dead in crash after mid-race medical emergency
A North Carolina stock car driver died on Saturday night after suffering a medical emergency, and his car struck a wall head-on during a race at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem. Robbie Brewer had been a veteran stock car driver and had been taking part in a Sportsman Division race when the incident happened. The 54-year-old driver had been coming around turn three when he didn't make turn four and hit the wall straight-on, according to the Winston-Salem Journal. Advertisement 3 Track crew members rip the roof off of Robbie Brewer's car to remove him after a medical emergency in the first 20-lap Sportsman Series race at Bowman Gray Stadium, Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025, in Winston-Salem, N.C. AP The car came to a stop near the start-finish line, as the chief flagman, Randy Smith, was the first out to the crash. The track's crew had to peel the roof off the car to extract Brewer, the report stated. Race officials did not say what the medical emergency had been. Advertisement Courtney Marquette, Brewer's daughter, mourned the loss of her father in a post on social media, confirming his death. 3 Robbie Brewer's car skids down the front stretch after a wreck on the restart on lap 16 of the first 20-lap Sportsman Series race at Bowman Gray Stadium on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025, in Winston-Salem, N.C. AP 'I didn't just lose my dad, many people just lost a best friend, mentor, talking buddy or someone they could have a good time with,' she wrote. Track officials described Brewer as a 'talented and passionate racer, and highly respected competitor among his peers' in a statement. Advertisement He had been taking part in a 20-lap race on Saturday night and it was believed to be the first time since 2002 that a driver had died at the track, the Winston-Salem Journal reported. 3 Track crew work to remove Sportsman Series driver Robbie Brewer from his car after suffering a medical emergency on the restart on lap 16 of the first 20-lap Sportsman Series race at Bowman Gray Stadium, on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. AP 'The atmosphere in the stands was a mixture of how you feel coming up on a terrible crash on the interstate and being in church,' said race fan Tom Radulovic, who was in the stands when the crash occurred. 'There was silence and reverence with some folks clearly praying.' Track historian Justin Mincey said Brewer made nearly 260 career starts on the Sportsman Division and recorded his best season in 2011 when he won the points championship.
Winnipeg Free Press
11-08-2025
- Automotive
- Winnipeg Free Press
Robbie Brewer dies after medical emergency during race at Bowman Gray Stadium
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — A veteran stock-car driver at a North Carolina short track died over the weekend after suffering a medical emergency while competing in a race, officials said. Robbie Brewer's car struck head-on a wall on the quarter-mile (0.40-kilometer) track at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem and came to a stop near the start-finish line. Track workers peeled away the roof to remove 53-year-old Brewer, and an ambulance took him to Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist hospital, after which he died, the Winston-Salem Journal reported. 'We are saddened by the passing of Robbie Brewer after he was transported to an area medical facility following an on-track medical incident,' track officials said Sunday in a statement. 'Robbie was a talented and passionate racer, and highly respected competitor among his peers. Our thoughts and prayers are with Robbie's family and friends at this time.' Details of the medical emergency weren't released. Brewer was competing in a 20-lap Sportsman Series race at Bowman Gray, where thousands of racing fans turn out weekly on Saturday nights in the spring and summer for races across four divisions. Bowman Gray also was the locale for this year's preseason NASCAR Cup Series exhibition event in early February. Brewer's first career start at the oval came in 1990, and he made nearly 260 starts in the Sportsman Division, winning the points championship in 2011, the newspaper reported. Fellow Bowman Gray driver Brad Lewis, whose race shop is near where Brewer lived, said Brewer 'was like a big brother to me even though we were not that far apart in age.' 'He was a wheelman through and through,' Lewis said. 'I'm not only going to honor him the rest of the season but for as long as we race out there. He'll be missed.'
