Humpy Upset: Reacting angrily to Thursday’s racing crash that killed driver Blaise Alexander, Lowe’s Motor Speedway president H.A. “Humpy” Wheeler said he’s “sick” of waiting for safety changes in stock-car racing. “Action has to be taken quickly because this could happen again tomorrow, it could happen Sunday, it could happen next week,” said Wheeler. “It has just got to stop.” Wheeler has unsuccessfully pushed to add energy-absorbing bumpers to stock cars to reduce the impact of violent crashes. “I have lost patience with the people in this industry who are dragging their feet,” he said. “I’m sick of it.” Preliminary autopsy results show Alexander, 25, of Mooresville, died from a skull fracture similar to those that killed Dale Earnhardt and at least four other NASCAR drivers in the past 17 months..(That’s Racin’)(10-6-2001)
