( CNN ) -- Officials will conduct an autopsy Monday on Mark Niver , a drag racer who died when the parachute came off the back of his dragster -- sending him slamming into the netting at the end of the track . Niver , 60 , crashes into net at end of track when parachute comes off . Death is second of the year in National Hot Rod Association series . - July 18 : A Cessna 152 Skymaster (registration NC8805C) lands on runway 31 after a flight from Las Vegas to Phoenix with no one aboard and proceeds to crash near the town of He won his first race two years ago .
Niver , 60 , crashes into net at end of track when parachute comes off . Death is second of the year in National Hot Rod Association series . - July 18 : A Cessna 152 Skymaster (registration NC8805C) lands on runway 31 after a flight from Las Vegas to Phoenix with no one aboard and proceeds to crash near the town of He won his first race two years ago .