Fatal incident occurs during Delaware County drag race

EARLVILLE, Iowa (KCRG) - On May 28, 2023, at about 10:32 a.m., emergency crews responded to a report that a drag race car at the Tri State Raceway, located at 2217 270th Avenue, in Earlville, had been involved in an accident.

Responders found and located a severely injured driver who was transported via ambulance to Regional Medical Center in Manchester where they were pronounced dead.

According to investigators, the drag race car had just finished a race, but the vehicle did not slow down or deploy its parachute. The vehicle continued through a sand trap safety area and left the dragstrip, flipping into an adjacent cornfield.

Officials identified the driver as 74-year-old Gary McMann.

The incident remains under investigation.