LOCAL RACER DIES DURING EVENT AT LONESOME PINE RACEWAY

Monday, July 2, 2007
by Aaron Scott

A CRASH AT LONESOME PINE RACEWAY IN COEBURN VIRGINIA OVER THE WEEKEND HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF ONE OF THE MOST WELLKNOWN DRIVERS AT THE RACEWAY. POLICE SAID 58 YEAR OLD WANDA PHILLIPS WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET THE LEAD IN THE LADIES PURE FOUR DIVISION RACE SATURDAY WHEN SHE SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK WHILE BEHIND THE WHEEL. PHILLIPS WAS THE MOST PROLIFIC WINNER IN THE WOMEN'S DIVISIONS AT LONESOME PINE. THIS MARKS THE FIRST RACING FATALITY AT THE TRACK SINCE IT OPENED IN 1972. A FUNERAL SERVICE FOR PHILLIPS WILL BE HELD TOMORROW MORNING IN VICTORY LANE AT THE RACEWAY.