Veteran stock-car driver Robbie Brewer dies after medical emergency during North Carolina race

Published on August 11, 2025
Veteran stock-car driver Robbie Brewer dies after medical emergency during North Carolina race
  • 53-year-old died after being taken to local hospital

  • Brewer had been racing at track since 1990

A veteran stock-car driver at a North Carolina short track died over the weekend after suffering a medical emergency while competing in a race, officials said.

Robbie Brewer’s car struck a wall head-on while driving the quarter-mile track at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, coming to a stop near the start-finish line. Track workers peeled away the roof to remove the 53-year-old, and an ambulance took him to a local hospital, after which he died, the Winston-Salem Journal reported.

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