RICHMOND —
A Jackson County man is suing a local motorsports track claiming it was negligent in protecting him and other spectators from flying debris.
Harold S. Cunagin, of Tyner, filed the suit against Mayhem Motorsports LLC in Madison County earlier this month. He alleges in the complaint that on July 16, 2011, he was a spectator at Richmond Raceway when he was struck in the face by flying debris, suffering “severe and permanent bodily injury.”
Cunagin states that the Richmond Raceway's “failure to take reasonable and necessary steps and precautions to protect its spectators from foreseeable dangers” contributed to his injuries.
Cunagin is asking the court to order the raceway to pay for his past and future medical bills and also award him compensation for his pain, suffering and inconvenience, according to the complaint.
The same night Cunagin claims he was injured, a Frankfort man crashed during a race and later died at the University of Kentucky Medical Center, according to the track promoter, Joey Tackett.
Billy Carroll Wooldridge’s car inexplicably accelerated, jumped a barrier, traveled across the in-field and re-entered the dirt track via an exit ramp before spinning around and coming to a rest, Tackett told the Register last year.
There was speculation at the time that Wooldridge had suffered a heart attack. The lawsuit does not state whether the accident was related to Cunagin's injuries.
Two people were injured in May after being struck with flying debris at the raceway, according to Carlos Coyle, assistant director of Madison County EMS. Both required treatment at local hospitals.
Amanda Thomas Tackett is listed with as the owner of Mayhem Motorsports LLC in its 2012 annual report filing with the state.
Richmond Raceway, 328 Greens Crossing Road, is a 0.3 mile oval clay track that schedules races almost every weekend from late March to late September, according to its website. It has a seating capacity of 2,500 and had its first event in 1966.
Sarah Hogsed can be reached at shogsed@richmondregister.com or 624-6694.
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