Cotton Priddy
| Thomas "Cotton" Priddy | |||||||
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| Born | August 29, 1928 Louisville, Kentucky |
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| Died | June 10, 1956 (aged 27) Rural West Memphis, Arkansas |
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| Cause of death | Race-related crash | ||||||
| NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career | |||||||
| 3 race(s) run over 2 year(s) | |||||||
| 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) | ||||||
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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]
Career [edit]
Priddy posthumously collected $50 in winnings ($422.22 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 ($1,055.54 in today's money), his earnings were paltry even back in those days.[1]
Priddy's best finishes were on road courses with an average finish of 20th place while dirt tracks would be his Achilles heel with an average finish of 28th place.[2]
References [edit]
- ^ a b c d e f Cotton Priddy career information at Racing Reference
- ^ Cotton Priddy racing information at Driver Averages
