Two sprint cars crashed during an auto race Saturday night at Perris Auto Speedway , sending one hurtling into the stands and the other into the track’s infield, where two bystanders were struck and killed, authorities said. The driver of the car that flipped into the stands suffered minor injuries, said Jeff Delahunty, a spokesman for the Riverside County Fire Department. The two people killed in the infield were identified as Paul Bagley, 74, of Hesperia, and his wife, Helen, 72. “`It is just a terrible accident,” said Riverside County sheriff’s Deputy Dennis Gutierrez. The Perris Auto Speedway, which features dirt track racing, is about 40 miles east of Los Angeles.( Guardian Unlimited/AP and Press Enterprise/AP )(4-27-2003)
