World champion drag boat racer killed in Oklahoma

 
From Staff and Wire Reports, smunn@opubco.com
Published: August 8, 2010

A drag-boat racer from Michigan was killed when his boat crashed during a Southern Drag Boat Association race on Grand River near Chouteau.

St. Louis Drag Boat Association president Fred Welshens said Sunday that championship driver John Haas was on his second qualifying pass at the Mid-America Summer Nationals when his boat "made a couple of funny moves and crashed" on the water about 2 p.m...


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