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Driver dies from injuries at Iowa raceway

By Rob Gray
The Des Moines Register

KNOXVILLE, Iowa — Easy-going. Self-reliant. A friend to all.

These qualities were used to describe Chad McDaniel, a Midget car driver from Concordia, Kan., who died early Saturday from injuries sustained in a crash late Friday at Knoxville Raceway.

“He helped anybody that needed help,” his father, Eugene McDaniel, said. “Spectacular person.”

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