WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — A veteran stock-car driver at a North Carolina short track died over the weekend after suffering a medical emergency while competing in a race, officials said.

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Robbie Brewer was taken to a hospital after his car hit a wall head-on during a race Saturday at Bowman Gray Stadium

The veteran stock-car driver died at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, the Winston-Salem Journal reported

Brewer, 53, was competing in a 20-lap Sportsman Series race

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

Track workers peeled away the roof to remove 53-year-old Brewer, and an ambulance took him to Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist hospital, after wh

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