Jason Leffler

[LMITOUT]

Leffler killed in Sprint Car wreck in NJ: Details are still spotty, but NASCAR Nationwide regular Jason Leffler has been severely injured in a wreck at Bridgeport Speedway in New Jersey.

Leffler was racing a Sprint Car at the track's "Night of Wings." While the details of the wreck are still yet to emerge, Leffler apparently flipped in the track's front stretch and, according to eyewitness accounts, was extracted from the car on a board. He was airlifted out of the track via helicopter.

The remainder of the night's racing was cancelled.

Leffler has spent most of his decade-plus career in the Nationwide series, running full schedules from 2006 to 2011. He has two wins, 42 top fives and 107 top 10s in the Nationwide series. He's also run 73 races in Sprint Cup, most recently at Pocono last week.

[harvey lee]

Prayers sent to the family.

Very sad.

I love racing but this is the 1 downside of it all.

[Sifty]

RIP

[slipbobbin]

RIP Lefturn. Thoughts and prayers to the family.

[Mike89]

I 2nd the RIP, he was very decent.

[Neighbor_guy]

There are much worse ways to go than behind the wheel of a 410 winged sprint car...

Like my dad said when we talked about it yesterday, "he went out doing something he loved to do"

RIP.