CEDAR RAPIDS (AP) — A female race car driver severely hurt while competing at Hawkeye Downs Speedway in Cedar Rapids has died from her injuries.
An employee of Merdoch Funeral Home in Marion says a celebration of life service for INEX Legends race car driver Joan Feller is set for Saturday.
Feller, a long-time supporter of Legends racing, was in her first season as a driver. She died Wednesday at an Iowa City hospital from injuries sustained in a crash when her car struck another stalled on the track during a July 31 race.
Feller, who was 53, was an elementary special education teacher and worship leader at First United Methodist Church in Marion, where the service is planned.
She played the piano and sang at several Eastern Iowa churches and conducted jail ministries.