13 Y/0 RACER DIED - 08/30/10 18:17 S.S.
A 13 YEAR-OLD BOY DIED DOING WHAT HE LOVED. PETER LENZ, THE GRANDCHILD OF THE LENZ’S WHO OWN AND OPERATE LENZ ARTS ON FRONT STREET IN SANTA CRUZ, DIED AFTER A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT DURING HIS WARM-UP LAP AT INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY YESTERDAY (SUNDAY). HE WAS SCHEDULED TO COMPETE IN THE U.S. Grand Prix Racers Union event. LENZ WAS ALREADY A WELL-KNOWN RACER, AND HAD WON 9 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS AS WELL AS 9 REGIONAL TITLES.
PETER LENZ’S FATHER, MICHAEL LENZ, IS SAID TO BE A 1991 GRADUATE OF HARBOR HIGH SCHOOL IN SANTA CRUZ, AND PETER ALSO SPENT SOME TIME HERE IN SANTA CRUZ, ALTHOUGH HE HAD MOST RECENTLY BEEN LIVING IN WASHINGTON STATE.