Former NASCAR driver Bobby East fatally stabbed in California
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NASCAR's Bobby East has died after being stabbed in the chest at a 76 gas station in California on Wednesday. Police are searching for suspect Trent William Millsap.
Racecar driver Bobby East, 37, was fatally stabbed at a California gas station. (Rusty Jarrett/Getty Images) NASCAR's Bobby East was fatally stabbed on July 13, 2022. (Richie Murray – USAC Media) The Westminster Police Department is searching for suspect Trent William Millsap, who fled the scene before police arrived. (Westminster Police Department) Millsap had an outstanding parole warrant, according to police. (Westminster Police Department) Millsap is considered armed and dangerous. ( ) Audrey Conklin is a digital reporter for FOX Business and Fox News. Email tips to audrey.conklin@fox.com or on Twitter at @audpants.
"East was phenomenal in USAC National Sprint Cars as well, most notably on pavement tracks," the USAC said in a Friday statement. "He tallied 15 wins in the series, with the first coming in 2003 at Ohio’s Mansfield Motorsports Speedway. He also prevailed at the Milwaukee Mile in 2005 in what remains as the last USAC Sprint Car race held on a one-mile track."
Police found East on the ground suffering from a "serious chest wound" upon arrival and transported him to a nearby trauma center, where he was pronounced dead.
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