Corey Comperatore will be honored on Friday evening at Don Martin’s Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pennsylvania, following his tragic death at a Trump rally in Butler on July 13.
Sprint car driver Spencer Bayston, part of the CJB Motorsports team, will be racing in a vehicle adorned with wings bearing a tribute message and a picture of Comperatore. Comperatore died heroically, shielding his family from bullets fired by Thomas Matthew Crooks, who attempted to shoot former President Donald Trump during his speech.
Bayston posted, “Racing in honor of Corey Comperatore tonight [at] Lernerville. I never had the pleasure to meet Corey, but any man who protects his family from danger and puts others’ safety first is a true American Hero.”
The front wing of Bayston’s vehicle reads, “Corey Comperatore, True American Hero.” In a Facebook post, CJB Motorsports announced, “Those of you at Lernerville Speedway, stick around after the race. The front wing will be presented to Corey’s Fire Company for them to display.”
The event’s partners include TrueTimber Camo, JRC Transportation, Nyce Crete and Landisburg Block and Concrete, FillPools.com, High Performance Lubricants, Vahlco Wheels, C&S Lawn and Landscape, Ecynbro Trucking, Fine Line Auto Body, and Highlands’ Power Sports, according to CJB Motorsports.
The race will commence at 7:30 PM, with hot laps starting at 6:30 PM.
Comperatore, a former volunteer firefighter in Pennsylvania, attended the Butler rally with his family when shots rang out. One bullet struck Trump in the ear, while other bullets hit the crowd. Comperatore was fatally struck in the head. Marine vet David Dutch and James Copenhaver were critically injured but survived.