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Two fans electrocuted outside Talladega track
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Associated Press
Posted: 3 hours ago



TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) - Two NASCAR fans were electrocuted in a campground outside Talladega Superspeedway when a flagpole they were erecting touched power lines.


Donny Lynn Wright, 42, of Remlap and Keith Alan Stell, 39, of Birmingham died Monday, said track spokeswoman Kristi King. Talladega County Coroner Jerry Castleberry pronounced them dead at the scene.

The Aaron's 499 race will be run at the track on Sunday. Fans commonly use poles to fly flags touting their favorite driver.

Witnesses said Wright and Stell were attempting to anchor a flagpole when it was caught by wind and pushed into power lines running along a road outside the track.

"They were trying to pull the flagpole back off the lines," said James Snider, who was sitting about 30 yards away from the victims' camp site. "I heard a loud pop that sounded like a firecracker, and I went running because the power lines fell. They were both lying on the ground, and two women were trying to get to them to get them away from the wires."


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[gilligan]

i bet they were kurt busch fans...

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Americana at its best.

This is why we are in Iraq, so Iraqis will have the freedom to be this fucking stupid. Do you think these guys had mullets?

[stoned jude]

its sad but i bet they did have mullets

[gilligan]

if they got to the track 6 days before the race, and the race is in alabama, then i think the mullet factor would be high for them.

i bet they look like this guy i saw at the atl race this yr. he was a fine example of a mullet.