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Tony Roper (racing driver)

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32: 387:. Roper's Ford made contact with Grissom's front bumper causing it to take a sudden hard-right turn, which then caused the truck to impact the concrete wall of the tri-oval. An unconscious, unresponsive Roper was extricated from his truck, taken to the infield care center at TMS, and subsequently airlifted to Dallas's 391:. Roper was determined to have a severe neck injury which prevented the flow of blood to his brain. He was put on a ventilator, and succumbed to the injury the day after the race, aged 35. 2836: 2811: 2681: 435:
Roper's death would be one of 5 deaths within the span of two years that would lead NASCAR to implement and mandate the HANS device in every single car and driver.
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and Shirley Medley. Growing up his family was heavily involved in auto racing, as his father was a noted competitor in
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The Tony Roper Scholarship Fund was founded after Roper's death. As of now, it is still running to this day.
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Roper was the third NASCAR driver to perish from racing related injuries in 2000, the first two being
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and other stock car racing series. Roper started racing in 1986. For the next six years he raced in
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in 1997. Roper's was the first racing fatality recorded at Texas Motor Speedway.
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on October 13, 2000, Roper was involved in an accident when he attempted to pass
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on Midwest dirt and asphalt tracks. In 1992 he finished in second place for the
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gymnasium, where he graduated from. More than 600 people attended.
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Springfield, Missouri
Dallas
Texas
O'Reilly 400
Texas Motor Speedway
NASCAR
Xfinity Series
1999
1999
Diamond Hill Plywood 200
Darlington
2000
Touchstone Energy 300
Talladega
Poles
NASCAR
Craftsman Truck Series
1998
1995
Sears Auto Center 125
Milwaukee
2000
O'Reilly 400
Texas
Poles
stock car racing
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
Texas Motor Speedway
Springfield, Missouri

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