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Second generation stock car racer Tony Roper,
35, of Fair Grove, Mo., was pronounced dead at 11:55 a.m. ET Saturday at
Parkland Hospital. Roper was injured when he crashed after coming into contact
on Turn 4 with the No. 43 Dodge Motor sports Dodge driven by Steve Grissom.
Information released at the track said Grissom and Roper were involved with the
No. 44 Maurice Petty and Associates Dodge driven by Mark Petty. Roper's truck
slammed head-on into the front stretch wall after making contact with Grissom;
then it was struck a second time by Grissom's truck. Roper was initially taken
by ambulance to the infield care center before being airlifted. The fatality
was the second in the six-year history of the NCTS and the first since driver
John Nemechek died of head injuries suffered in a race at Homestead-Miami
Speedway in Homestead, Fla., in March 1997.
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