Talmadge Prince
| Talmadge Prince | |||||||
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| Born |
February 16, 1938 Cullman, Alabama, U.S. | ||||||
| Died |
February 19, 1970 (aged 32) Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S. | ||||||
| Cause of death | Racing accident | ||||||
| Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
| 1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
| First race | 1970 Daytona 500 Qualifier 2 (Daytona) | ||||||
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Talmadge "Tab" Prince (February 16, 1938 – February 19, 1970) was an American stock car racing driver.
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.[1]
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.[1] 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.[1]
Motorsports career results
NASCAR
(key) (Bold - Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics - Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Grand National Series
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | NGNC | Pts | ||||||||
| 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | ||||||||||||||
| 1970 | Talmadge Prince | 78 | Dodge | RSD | DAY | DAY 28 |
DAY DNQ |
RCH | CAR | SVH | ATL | BRI | TAL | NWS | CLB | DAR | BLV | LGY | CLT | SMR | MAR | MCH | RSD | HCY | KPT | GPS | DAY | AST | TPN | TRN | BRI | SMR | NSV | ATL | N/A | 0 | ||||||||
| CLB | ONA | MCH | TAL | BGS | SBO | DAR | HCY | RCH | DOV | NCF | NWS | CLT | MAR | MGR | CAR | LGY | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- 1 2 3 Kelly, E.R. "Motorsport Memorial - Talmadge "Tab" Prince". Retrieved 22 December 2013.
External links
- Talmadge Prince driver statistics at Racing-Reference
| Preceded by Don MacTavish |
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Fatal Accidents 1970 |
Succeeded by Friday Hassler |