Track officials told deputies the vehicle was traveling at an estimated 140 mph when the driver lost control and hit both walls of the track, causing the vehicle to flip onto its roof.

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The driver, only identified as a man in his early 40s, was cut out of the vehicle and taken to Florida Hospital East where he was pronounced dead.

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Austin Walters died from an overdose in 2021 after taking a Xanax pill laced with fentanyl, his father said. A new law named after Austin and aimed at preventing deaths from fentanyl has resulted in its first convictions in Georgia, prosecutors said. (Family photo)

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