Saturday's crash came almost exactly a year after Stewart suffered a compound fracture to his right leg in a sprint car race in Iowa.

Saturday's crash came almost exactly a year after Stewart suffered a compound fracture to his right leg in a sprint car race in Iowa.

Sprint car driver Justin Owen of Harrison, Ohio, died from injuries he suffered when his car crashed during a race in southeastern Indiana.

Justin Owen was the reigning track champion at Lawrenceburg Speedway with two feature wins and the title in 2022, USAC said.

Sprint car driver Justin Owen has died after sustaining fatal injuries during a crash in the qualifying rounds of the Sprint Car Championship.

Justin Owen, a 26-year-old Harrison native and sprint car racing competitor, has died following a Saturday night crash during a qualifying race, USAC Racing said in a statement.

Notable accidents this year: March: Dale Wondergem Jr., 68, and Marcus Johnson, 14, are killed when a car careens off Marysville Raceway Park and onto pit road in California.