Cause of death Racing accident | Name Talmadge Prince | |
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Died 1970, Daytona Beach, Florida, United States | ||
Talmadge "Tab" Prince (February 16, 1938 – February 19, 1970) was an American stock car racing driver.
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Early life
Prince was born in 1938 in Cullman, Alabama. In 1969 he took over control of his brother's Chrysler dealership in Dublin, Georgia.
Racing career
Prince started racing cars in the early 1960s, racing sprint and Late Model Sportsman cars on short tracks in the American South. In 1970, he entered his first NASCAR Grand National (now the NASCAR Sprint Cup) event, the Daytona 500. Prince's career only lasted a very unfortunate 18 laps.
Fatal accident
In the second of the two 125 mile qualifying races for the Daytona 500 he blew an engine on his Dodge Daytona and went into a slide. Bill Seifert, who was following behind Prince, got into oil, lost control, and crashed head on into the driver's door of Prince's car. Prince was killed instantly. He was buried at the Roselawn Cemetery in Decatur, Alabama, and was survived by a son and daughter.
NASCAR
(key) (Bold - Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics - Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
