Robbie Brewer’s car struck head-on a wall on the quarter-mile (0.40-kilometer) track at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem and came to a stop near the start-finish line.

Racing is one of the most dangerous sports in the world, and that danger was all too real for one veteran driver competing in a short track race over the weekend. 53-year old Robbie Brewer reportedly suffered a "medical emergency" while driving at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem,

Veteran Bowman Gray Stadium racer and multi-time champion Robbie Brewer has died at age 53 after a crash during Saturday night's Sportsman division race.