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Two Superbike racers die in Laguna Seca crash

ESPN.com | July 20, 2015

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  • Associated Press

MONTEREY, Calif. -- Two Spanish racers were killed in a chain-reaction crash on the first lap of a World Superbike race at Mazda Raceway at Laguna Seca.

Monterey County Sheriff's Officer spokesman Cmdr. John Thornburg on Monday confirmed the deaths in Sunday's crash. The Monterey Herald reports thunderstorms had drenched the track ahead of the race.

Race organizers MotoAmerica identified the dead as 35-year-old Bernat Martinez and 27-year-old Daniel Rivas Fernandez.

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