Terry Schoonover

Terrance Schoonover

Born

December 26, 1951
New Lebanon, Ohio

Died

November 11, 1984 (aged 32)

Cause of death

Racing accident

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career

2 races run over 1 years

Best finish

85th - 1984 (Winston Cup)

First race

1984 Warner W. Hodgdon American 500 (Rockingham)

Last race

1984 Atlanta Journal 500 (Atlanta)

Wins	Top tens	Poles
0	0	0

Terry Schoonover (Terrance L. Schoonover) (December 26, 1951 - November 11, 1984) was a racecar driver. He was born in New Lebanon, Ohio.

He made his Winston Cup debut at Rockingham Speedway in 1984, driving his own #42 Chevrolet home to a 21st place finish.^[1] The next race, at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Schoonover was driving when on lap 129, he spun and struck a dirt bank on the back straightaway of the track.^[2] Schoonover did not survive the accident. He was 32 years old. His death marked the first fatality at the Atlanta track's existence.^[3]

References

^ Driver's information at racing-reference.info, Retrieved January 29, 2007
^ Schoonover on Find-A-Grave, Retrieved January 29, 2007
^ Motorsport Memorial, Retrieved January 29, 2007

Preceded by Bruce Jacobi	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series fatalities 1984	Succeeded by Rick Baldwin

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Name	Schoonover, Terry
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Date of birth	December 26, 1951
Place of birth	New Lebanon, Ohio
Date of death	November 11, 1984
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