Gene Richards (racing driver)

Gene W. Richards, Jr. (died July 31, 1982) was a race car driver with the Automobile Racing Club of America, which primarily ran in the Midwestern United States. Richards was killed at the age of 28 in a crash during the ARCA 200 at the Talladega Superspeedway. Richards died when he spun and struck the inside retaining wall head on. He sufferered massive head injuries and died a short time later at a Birmingham hospital