Sprint car driver from Ohio helps 80 people as organ donor after dying at racetrack
“I knew he was going really fast, and the impact was violent,” Justin’s father, Scott Owen, said. “He couldn’t steer after impact and just went straight to the wall.”sprint car international championship when the crash occurred. His vehicle flipped multiple times.Justin Owen was recently promoted at work, engaged and coming off his best racing season winning the Lawrenceburg Championship.“I wake up, and the next thing you know, you’re just lying on the floor crying,” Scott Owen said.
Racing was part of Justin Owen’s life from a young age. His father said the two raced every weekend since his son was 6.Now, Scott Owen wants people to remember his son for what he did off the track, the way he made people laugh and brightened every room he entered.“He is helping 80 people,” Scott Owen said.
The Owen family said a funeral for the 26-year-old is scheduled for Thursday at the Spring Grove Cemetery. “He joked and said, ‘If I die, I want to die in a racecar,’” Scott Owen said. “We were obviously kidding around and never thought it would happen.”
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