Veteran racer Lingenfelter dies on Christmas day
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By Rob Geiger, NHRA.com
12/26/2003
John Lingenfelter
Longtime NHRA racer John Lingenfelter passed away Thursday evening Dec. 25 at Adams County Memorial Hospital in Decatur, Ind. He was 58.
The owner of Lingenfelter Performance Engineering for the past 30 years, Lingenfelter was a decorated drag racer who most recently competed on the Summit Sport Compact Series.
Lingenfelter had been in a semi-comatose state since November 2002 when he entered into a coma during surgery that was necessary due to a racing accident in Pomona, Calif., in October 2002