Greg Hodnett, a veteran Pennsylvania sprint-car racer, died Thursday night following a crash in a race at BAPS Motor Speedway.
The 49-year-old Hodnett was a five-time champion at Williams Grove (Pa.) Speedway. He was the 1993 World of Outlaws top rookie and won 20 World of Outlaws races in his career.
He was competing in a track-sanctioned race for 410 sprints on the 0.4-mile high-banked dirt track previously known as Susquehanna Speedway..
"To me, Greg represented the true gentleman competitor in the pit area," said World of Outlaws CEO Brian Carter in a news release on Hodnett's death.