| Thomas "Cotton" Priddy | |||||||
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| Born | unknown Louisville, Kentucky |
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| 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) | ||||||
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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] 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]