Another race car driver is dead, but that cold fact won't discourage a single racer from competing this weekend.
Jason Leffler died Wednesday night after a crash at a New Jersey dirt track, leaving behind 5-year-old son, Charlie, who friends said idolized his father. Leffler was 37.
Those outside racing might wonder what Leffler, who drove his only NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race this season last weekend at Pocono, was doing in Wednesday night's race in the first place. Leffler wasn't a superstar, but he wasn't a local short track racer, either. So why do drivers like Leffler risk everything to enter a minor league event?
