Automobile Racing Accidents New York State

Longtime stock car racer John Delphus (J.D.) McDuffie, 52, was killed Sunday when his car became airborne and smashed into a tire-wall and guardrail just five laps into the Budweiser at the Glen NASCAR Winston Cup race. It appeared in television replays that McDuffie's left front tire came off, triggering a 160-m.p.h. slide off the Watkins Glen International track at the end of the long straightaway--the fastest part of the 2.428-mile, seven-turn road course.

Longtime stock car racer John Delphus (J.D.) McDuffie, 52, was killed Sunday when his car became airborne and smashed into a tire-wall and guardrail just five laps into the Budweiser at the Glen NASCAR Winston Cup race. It appeared in television replays that McDuffie's left front tire came off, triggering a 160-m.p.h. slide off the Watkins Glen International track at the end of the long straightaway--the fastest part of the 2.428-mile, seven-turn road course.

Driver Tom Kendall of La Canada, Calif., who broke his right thigh bone and both ankles when his Chevy Intrepid slammed into a tire wall during the Continental VIII IMSA Camel GT race Sunday at Watkins Glen, N.Y., was in satisfactory condition after nine hours of leg surgery.

Auto racer Tom Kendall of La Canada, recuperating from a Sunday crash at Watkins Glen, N.Y., was upgraded to good condition after undergoing nine hours of surgery to treat his broken right thigh bone and two broken ankles.

Auto racer Tom Kendall of La Canada, recuperating from a Sunday crash at Watkins Glen, N.Y., was upgraded to good condition after undergoing nine hours of surgery to treat his broken right thigh bone and two broken ankles.

Driver Tom Kendall of La Canada, Calif., who broke his right thigh bone and both ankles when his Chevy Intrepid slammed into a tire wall during the Continental VIII IMSA Camel GT race Sunday at Watkins Glen, N.Y., was in satisfactory condition after nine hours of leg surgery.