The evening’s races were abandoned. Prayers and thoughts are with Justin Owen’s friends and family.

Justin Owen, a NASCAR Sprint car driver died after the Lawrenceburg Speedway accident.

According to Lawrenceburg emergency personnel, a driver-related issue has forced the cancellation of a racing event on Saturday night at Lawrenceburg Raceway.

First responders were able to extricate him from the vehicle he was locked in, however, he died after being airlifted or brought out of the Racetrack by a Taken by Life unit.