Texas driver dies at Iowa raceway

Texas driver dies at Iowa raceway

Published Aug. 23, 2010 11:29 a.m. ET

A drag racer has died of injuries from a crash at Eddyville Raceway Park in Oskaloosa, Iowa.

Track co-owner Scott Gardner says Tim Hay of Burleson, Texas, died during an Outlaw Fuel Altereds race on Saturday night. Gardner says the 49-year-old Hays lost control of his car, slammed into a safety wall and rolled over.

The racetrack says on its website that funeral arrangements were pending.

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