TRAGEDY MARS GOODGUYS' FINALE.(Revs)(car racing)(Brief Article)

Five major incidents, including the death of a participant, marred the culmination of the 2005 Goodguys/Vintage Racing Association's season Oct. 29-30 in Bakersfield, California. Roy Moore, 76, of Santa Paula, California, died after crashing his C/Gas car at Famoso Raceway in the Seventh Fuel and Gas Finals.

In the final round of Junior Fuel competition, J.D. Zink went into a power wheelstand at the start; his dragster flipped backward, then barrel-rolled several times. Zink was cut from his car and taken to Kern Medical Center in Bakersfield for observation. Mike Boyd escaped ...

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