Cotton Priddy

Thomas "Cotton" Priddy
Born	unknown Louisville, Kentucky
Died	June 10, 1956
Cause of death	Race-related crash
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career
3 races run over 2 years
Best finish	131st - 1953 NASCAR Grand National season
First race	1953 untitled race (Daytona Beach Road Course)
Last race	1956 untitled race (Memphis-Arkansas Speedway)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0

Thomas "Cotton" Priddy was a NASCAR Grand National (now Sprint Cup Series) race car driver from Louisville, Kentucky, USA.^[1] He was the driver who died at the Memphis-Arkansas Speedway during a race on June 10, 1956.^[1] Priddy posthumously collected $50 in winnings ($404.05 in today's money) from that race.^[1] Before that he would race two races in the 1953 season.^[1] With zero victories, zero finishes in the top five, and zero finishes in the top ten, Priddy had only seventy-three laps of experience - the equivalent of 200.5 miles (322.7 km).^[1] Earning only a grand total of $125 at the time of his death ($1,010.14 in today's money), his earnings were paltry even back in those days.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f} Cotton Priddy career information at Racing Reference

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Name	Priddy, Cotton
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Place of birth	Louisville, Kentucky
Date of death	June 10, 1956
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