Talmadge Prince
Born(1938-02-16)February 16, 1938
Cullman, Alabama, U.S.
DiedFebruary 19, 1970(1970-02-19) (aged 32)
Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S.
Cause of deathRacing accident
NASCAR Cup Series career
1 race run over 1 year
First race1970 Daytona 500 Qualifier 2 (Daytona)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0

Talmadge "Tab" Prince (February 16, 1938 – February 19, 1970) was an American stock car racing driver.

Early life

Talmadge Prince was born February 16, 1938, in Cullman, Alabama. He was the fourth of six children born to William Taft Prince and Marie Cryer Prince. In 1969 he bought a 50% share of a Chrysler/Plymouth dealership in Dublin, Georgia. He financed the purchase using the proceeds from the sale of his business, PBR Electronics, to his older brother, William Lloyd Prince.[1]

Talmadge was married twice. In 1959 he married Jeanette Ellen Looney. They had two children. He married his second wife, Nell Sutton, in 1969. They had one son who was born after his death. [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 Series event, the Daytona 500.[2] 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 two sons and a daughter.[2][1] His crash was similar to Harold Kite's fatal crash in 1965.

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

NASCAR Grand National Series results
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 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 NGNC Pts
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 CLB ONA MCH TAL BGS SBO DAR HCY RCH DOV NCF NWS CLT MAR MGR CAR LGY NA 0

References

  1. 1 2 3 ["Frank A. Prince"]
  2. 1 2 Kelly, E.R. "Motorsport Memorial - Talmadge "Tab" Prince". Retrieved 22 December 2013.
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