Sprint Car Crew Member Perez Passes Away After Explosion
by Richard Manfredi
Tyson Perez, a crew member for former ASCS National Champion Travis Rilat, died today at the University of Washington’s Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, three days after being admitted with severe burns following an apparent methanol explosion at a Washington shop. Susan Gregg-Hanson, director of media and public relations for UW Medical, said that Perez died in the morning as a result of burns suffered in the explosion.
Rilat had competed in the Fred Brownfield Memorial on Friday and Saturday nights at Grays Harbor Raceway in Elma, Washington. Rilat was 21st in the preliminary feature on Friday night and failed to qualify out of the B-main on Saturday night. (more…)