- Sonny Easley
Infobox NASCAR driver
Name = Sonny Easley
Birthdate = birth date|1939|6|5|mf=y
Birthplace =Virginia
Died = death date and age|1978|1|15|1939|6|5|mf=y
Birthplace = flagicon|USAVan Nuys, California
Cause of Death = Accident (Modified practice)
Best_Cup_Pos = 38th - 1976
Cup_Wins = 0
Cup_Top_Tens = 5
Cup_Poles = 0
First_Cup_Race = 1972 Riverside
Last_Cup_Race = 1977 Ontario
Awards =Saugus Speedway track champion [ [http://www.everret.com/SAUGUS68EASLEY.html Saugus Speedway Photos] ]
Years_In_Cup = 6
Total_Cup_Races = 19Lynwood Lacey "Sonny" Easley (
June 6 ,1939 -January 15 ,1978 ) was an Americanracecar driver who is best known for competing in theNASCAR Winston West Series and a handful of Winston Cup Series events.Easley tallied nine Winston West victories over his career, including a victory in the first stock car race ever held at the Laguna Seca Raceway road course. [ [http://www.ultimateracinghistory.com/race.php?raceid=6899 Tuborg Classic Results] ] He finished 2nd in Winston West points on two different occasions, in 1973 and 1975.
In 19 career Cup starts, Easley had a best finish of 5th place at the January 16, 1977
Winston Western 500 atRiverside International Raceway .During practice for a NASCAR modified sportsman race at Riverside on January 15, 1978, Easley was killed when his 1968 Camaro slid across the track into a trailer and pickup truck near pit road. A pit crew member for Tiny Keith, Douglas Grunst, was also killed in the incident. [ [http://www.historicracing.com/drivers_alpha.cfm?start=1&page_no=1&driverID=5230 HistoricRacing.com bio] ] [ [http://www.motorsportmemorial.org/focus.php?db=ct&n=2689 Motorsport Memorial obituary] ]
Easley was a 2003 inductee into the
West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame . [ [http://stockcarreunion.com/inductees/2003inductees.html Stock Car Reunion bio] ]External links
* [http://www.ultimateracinghistory.com/racelist2.php?uniqid=268 Race Results, Ultimate Racing History]
* [http://racing-reference.info/driver?id=easleso01 Race Results, Racing-Reference.info]References
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