On August 4, 2013, driver Mike Stevens was in involved in a four car accident in with two laps remaining in the Exit Realty 100 at Oyster Bed Speedway in Oyster Bed Bridge, P.E.I.

As Stevens remained upside down he began to remove his safety equipment, and in his effort he inadvertently strangled himself.

The race was stopped immediately and Stevens was transferred to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.

[1] The tour currently races on four different paved oval short tracks throughout the Maritimes; Riverside International Speedway and Scotia Speedworld in Nova Scotia, Petty International Raceway in New Brunswick and Oyster Bed Speedway in Prince Edward Island.

[3] Since 2008 the series has played host to the IWK 250 at Riverside International Speedway in support of the IWK Health Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, which has quickly become their biggest and most high-profile race.