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Very sad story here. Shelly was an R.N. and a dragstress participating in an exhibition race and she ran head on into a truck containing her son Brian, who died of his injuries later.
Former Division 4 champ Shelly Howard dies in accident
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Former two-time Division 4 Top Alcohol Dragster driver Shelly Howard died Saturday, April 2, as the result of injuries suffered in an exhibition pass at a non-NHRA track in Tulsa, Okla., in an incident that also claimed the life of her son Brian.
According to Will Hanna of InsideTopAlcohol.com, Howards dragster suffered a blowover wheelstand, which sent the car out of control, eventually striking her support vehicle in which her son was riding.
Howard, a three-time national event winner and Division 4 champion in 2001 and 2003, was runner-up the last two years at the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals. She was the 2004 Jegs Allstars champion and finished third last season in Division 4 points. This season she already had won the Division 4 Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series opener at Houston Raceway Park.
Howard, who began racing in 1978, scored her first and final national event victories at the Mopar Parts Mile-High Nationals in Denver, in 1998 and 2001, respectively, and she also was victorious in Topeka in 2001. She also finished second in Division 4 in 2002 and third in 1999 and 2000. She had recorded eight divisional event wins.
Howard, a registered nurse, is survived by her husband, Dr. Paul Howard, and daughters Jennifer and Tracy.
The NHRA staff extends its sincerest condolences to the Howard family and its friends
http://www.nhra.com/apcm/templates/news_template.asp?articleid=3703&zoneid=8
Former Division 4 champ Shelly Howard dies in accident
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Former two-time Division 4 Top Alcohol Dragster driver Shelly Howard died Saturday, April 2, as the result of injuries suffered in an exhibition pass at a non-NHRA track in Tulsa, Okla., in an incident that also claimed the life of her son Brian.
According to Will Hanna of InsideTopAlcohol.com, Howards dragster suffered a blowover wheelstand, which sent the car out of control, eventually striking her support vehicle in which her son was riding.
Howard, a three-time national event winner and Division 4 champion in 2001 and 2003, was runner-up the last two years at the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals. She was the 2004 Jegs Allstars champion and finished third last season in Division 4 points. This season she already had won the Division 4 Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series opener at Houston Raceway Park.
Howard, who began racing in 1978, scored her first and final national event victories at the Mopar Parts Mile-High Nationals in Denver, in 1998 and 2001, respectively, and she also was victorious in Topeka in 2001. She also finished second in Division 4 in 2002 and third in 1999 and 2000. She had recorded eight divisional event wins.
Howard, a registered nurse, is survived by her husband, Dr. Paul Howard, and daughters Jennifer and Tracy.
The NHRA staff extends its sincerest condolences to the Howard family and its friends
http://www.nhra.com/apcm/templates/news_template.asp?articleid=3703&zoneid=8