Excerpt from nascar.com

The NASCAR community was left stunned Wednesday night by the news that driver Jason Leffler had been killed in an accident during a sprint-car race in New Jersey.

Leffler, 37, died in a crash at Bridgeport Speedway, a five-eighths mile high-banked dirt track in Swedesboro, N.J. He was pronounced dead shortly after 9 p.m. Eastern time, according to the Associated Press.

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I’ve interviewed Jason many times in all my years of covering this sport, and it was like sitting down and talking with a friend.  His passion for racing came through in every interview, he will be missed. -Kerry