LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – NASCAR fans will sue after suffering crash debris injuries at Daytona. Several NASCAR fans announced plans to sue for purported injuries suffered during the NASCAR Nationwide race at Daytona last Saturday February 23, 2013. During the Kyle Larson car crash, a tire and other debris landed into spectators’ seats.

Matt Morgan, of the Morgan and Morgan law firm, confirms to news Monday that he is suing on behalf of two fans. MyFoxOrlando which reported news of the case does not indicate the names of the defendants.

“At 8 a.m., we met with NASCAR, we reviewed all of the repairs that we made last evening,” speedway president Joie Chitwood said in a statement last weekend. “We worked late into the evening and are prepared to go racing today.”

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LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – The Kyle Larson car crash video from today’s Nationwide race shows the Daytona terror. The Kyle Larson crash at the NASCAR Nationwide race in Daytona Saturday February 23, 2013 left multiple cars substantially damaged. At least six fans are injured.

Initially, Florida’s Halifax Health Center was uncertain about the extent of the injuries. But local news is now reporting that at last six individuals are injured. One fan suffered burns. But ESPN is reporting news of far more serious injuries suffered by fans.

Saturday’s Nationwide Series race at Daytona International Speedway erupted into chaos as Larson’s car went airborne and landed into the stands during the final lap of the Drive4COPD 300. Larson was not the cause of the initial trouble. Rather, Regan Smith turned after being pushed by Brad Keselowski Saturday.
Larson’s car hit the gate, tearing a section of the gate off, and ripping off much of Larson’s front end. Parts of his car flew as far as nine rows up into the stands, reports Nick Bromberg.

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ST LOUIS (LALATE) – Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s big wreck Friday halted practice runs at Daytona. Earnhardt Jr.’s big wreck also impacted Jeff Gordon and Kasey Kahne, part of Hendrick Motorsports.

Friday’s test laps were halted Friday after Earnhardt Jr. generated a 12 car pileup accident. WTHR-TV reports that the accident was so bad that it “essentially shut down” the three day test run. While details about Gordon’s car were not yet released to news, local news WTHR reports that Kahne’s car suffered “substantial damage”.

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ST LOUIS (LALATE) – A Jeff Gordon, Clint Bowyer NASCAR fight (video below) between the racers and their crews interrupted at the AdvoCare 500 at Phoenix International Raceway Sunday. Police responded to the Jeff Gordon and Clint Bowyer incident and NASCAR officials quickly reacted.

The fight erupted after Bowyer and Gordon impacted each other on lap 305 Sunday. Jeff Gordon told news after the race “Things just got escalated over the year, and I’d just had it.” He added “Clint has run into me numerous times, wrecked me, and he got into me on the back straightaway and pretty much ruined our day. I’ve had it, fed up with it and I got him back.”

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ST LOUIS (LALATE) – “NASCAR corpse” companion Linda Chase apologized to Charles Zigler’s family this week. Charles Zigler has been dead since December 2010. But roommate Linda Chase tells news that she didn’t have anyone else to watch NASCAR with. So she kept Charles Zigler’s corpse around her home after his death to watch NASCAR live on television. How long did she do this for? Eighteen months, claims prosecutors.

Linda Chase tells news that she and Charles Zigler had the time of their life in 2011 and through 2012 watching NASCAR together inside their Jackson, Michigan home. She said she would talk to him. And, even though Mr. Zigler had not much to say since December 2010, Chase claims he was still “the only guy who was ever nice to me”.

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