Article: 2 Fans From Pr. William Among 3 Killed at Race; Car Plows Into Crowd at Rural Va. Mud Track

Two Prince William residents who hoped to be in the thick of mud- racing competition next year were among three spectators killed Saturday when a four-wheel-drive car went out of control and slammed into the crowd at a rural Virginia track. Six others were injured, at least two critically.

Christopher Redmon, 21, and a 17-year-old boy, Erin Doughty, both of Woodbridge, were close friends who recently had become interested in mud-bog racing, an increasingly popular sport in which drivers race four-wheel-drive vehicles through man-made, four-foot-deep rivers of mud, their friends said yesterday.

Last month, Redmon purchased a blue Toyota 4x4 with purple painted flames and oversized tires, ...

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