


Ashlea Albertson, a driver for Tony Stewart Racing, died in an apparent road rage accident in Indiana early Friday morning.
She was 24 years old.
“Today, I lost a teammate. @AshDogRacing had an infectious personality and could light up any room,” Stewart tweeted Friday night.
“She was a great race car driver that was involved in a road rage accident and lost her life. In the past, I’ve also gotten caught up in road rage. I hope that we can honor Ashlea by controlling what we can control on the highway. Losing her is a sobering reminder of how precious life is. Please join me in keeping her family and friends in your prayers.”
Albertson was a racer of TQ Midget cars, and her final race was Aug. 11.
Albertson was a passenger in a GMC Terrain driven by a 31-year-old male, while a 22-year-old male was driving a black Malibu.
Both vehicles accelerated, so as to prevent each other from passing, when the Malibu veered into the lane of the Terrain, and the Terrain lost control and spun and the two vehicles collided, state police told NBC affiliate WTHR.
The Terrain rolled over, and Albertson was ejected from the vehicle.

An investigation to see if criminal charges will be brought from the incident is ongoing.
“Every race day she would call me and say have you had your coffee today dad? It’s race day. I didn’t get that call today but I did get that coffee and tell everybody else it’s race day,” Ashlea’s father, Todd Albertson, said Saturday, according to WHTR.
“Society we have to do better. We have to do better taking care of each other. She lost her life not on a racetrack where we thought she might, but in the middle of a highway because we can’t control our anger.
“She’s a daughter. She’s a sister and she’s friends with everybody here.”