Ruey Whiting, 28-year-old hot rod driver from Pasadena, Calif, was killed at Carrell speedway yesterday when his feet broke through the floor boards of the world's fastest roadster and struck the track.
Whiting, a marine corps veteran of the Korean war discharged only a couple of months,was warming up his car during trial runs when a rear wheel suddenly flew off.
The impact of the wheel flying off drove his feet through the floorboards onto the track while the car was roaring at top speed,
Whiting, a marine corps veteran of the Korean war discharged only a couple of months,was warming up his car during trial runs when a rear wheel suddenly flew off.
The impact of the wheel flying off drove his feet through the floorboards onto the track while the car was roaring at top speed,
Ruey Whiting, 28-year-old hot rod driver from Pasadena, Calif, was killed at Carrell speedway yesterday when his feet broke through the floor boards of the world's fastest roadster and struck the track.
Whiting, a marine corps veteran of the Korean war discharged only a couple of months,was warming up his car during trial runs when a rear wheel suddenly flew off.
The impact of the wheel flying off drove his feet through the floorboards onto the track while the car was roaring at top speed,
Whiting, a marine corps veteran of the Korean war discharged only a couple of months,was warming up his car during trial runs when a rear wheel suddenly flew off.
The impact of the wheel flying off drove his feet through the floorboards onto the track while the car was roaring at top speed,
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