What happened to Wayne Smozanek? Unfortunately, the "Street Outlaws" star gave up the ghost in February 2022.
Most drag racing enthusiasts are almost certainly accustomed to the Discovery Channel’s hit display Street Outlaws: No Prep Kings. Over the years, the sequence has shed a light on street racing tradition during more than a few cities within the U.S. Not only are those racers able to realize boulevard cred and bragging rights for their feats, they’re additionally in a position to carry home cash prizes, which makes the stakes even upper. That mentioned, many of the racers had been ready to make a reputation for themself — including Wayne Smozanek.
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Fans of the display knew Wayne to be the owner of Performance Center Auto Repair in Jupiter. Fla. Wayne also had a deep affinity for monster vans and was an enduring fixture at drag racing occasions, which led him to being solid at the collection. However, enthusiasts spotted that Wayne has been MIA and feature transform apprehensive. So, what took place to Wayne Smozanek? Here’s what we know.
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Wayne Smozanek sadly passed on to the great beyond from headaches because of COVID-19 in February 2022.
“It is with a heavy center that I've to let our family, friends, racers and lovers know that Wayne Smozanek has kicked the bucket! We are truly devastated and heartbroken. He is already neglected ... and I promise his legacy will survive,” the submit reads.
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Before Wayne passed, Wendy shared along with her Facebook family that she, the reality star, and their son Will tested sure for COVID-19 in a December 18, 2021 Facebook publish. Although Wendy and Will had been able to go home and get rest, Wayne was admitted into the clinic after it was found that he had pneumonia, a commonplace complication of COVID-19.
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Since that point, Wendy provided lovers with updates about Wayne’s situation. On December 25, 2021, Wendy shared that Wayne despatched her a few textual content messages in regards to his situation. And at the time, there was no alternate in his condition.
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Wendy and Will persisted to stay strong as they were cleared to talk over with Wayne within the medical institution — but simplest from a distance, since Wayne was in the ICU.
On December 29, 2021, Wendy shared that Wayne’s condition began to reinforce and shared her due to everyone that has been praying for Wayne’s complete recovery. She also went into detail to give an explanation for Wayne’s timeline in the clinic.
“COVID-19 is tough ... however Wayne is more challenging! He has been in the clinic since Friday, Dec. 17, 2021 and within the ICU since Sunday, Dec. 19. That is roughly 11 days in ICU and 13 days in the clinic. We don't have any time on when he's going to cross the finish line and get released, but we're taking a look ahead to on a daily basis and the next day to come we pray that his quantity stays consistent," Wendy wrote.
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Unfortunately, December 31, 2021, and then took a turn for the worse as Wayne’s oxygen numbers began to drop and was later put on a ventilator in mid-January 2022. Wendy continued to ask followers for prayers, but unfortunately, Wayne later passed away.
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Season 5 of ‘Street Outlaws: No Prep Kings’ will pay homage to Wayne Smozanek.
Dealing with a loss is always difficult. However, Team X is determined to race their hearts out in order to secure a win and honor Wayne’s legacy.
In a Season Five clip, shared by means of Wendy, members of Team X can all be seen speaking about Wayne and sharing their sentiments on his passing. The gentleman all agreed that Wayne was a perfect man that was always there whenever somebody was in need.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the circle of relatives and family members of Wayne Smozanek.
Catch new episodes of Street Outlaws: No Prep Kings Mondays at 8p.m. EST on The Discovery Channel.
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