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, a well known race car driver in the Carolinas, died following a crash at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Robbie Brewer, a veteran short track racer in the Carolinas, died Saturday night after a crash while racing in the Sportsman division at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem. He was 53. Coming to a restart with four laps to go in the first of two 20-lap features for the Sportsman division,