Roy Trantham
{{Infobox NASCAR driver
|name = Roy Trantham
|image =
|caption =
|birth_date = {{birth date|1941|02|10}}
|birth_place = Asheville, North Carolina, U.S.
|death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|03|17|1941|02|10}}
|death_place = Palm City, Florida, U.S.
|death_cause = Leukemia
|achievements =
|awards =
|Total_Cup_Races = 5
|Years_In_Cup = 1
|Best_Cup_Pos = 60th (1968)
|First_Cup_Race = 1968 Southern 500 (Darlington)
|Last_Cup_Race = 1968 National 500 (Charlotte)
|Cup_Wins = 0
|Cup_Top_Tens = 1
|Cup_Poles = 0
}}
Roy Trantham (February 10, 1941{{spaced ndash}}March 17, 2014) was an American stock car racing driver. A veteran short-track driver, he also competed in five NASCAR Grand National Series races.
Career
A native of Asheville, North Carolina,"[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1876&dat=19640606&id=8X4sAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-MwEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2537,702162 Trantham Wins Late-Model Feature Race]". Spartanburg, SC: The Spartanburg Herald. June 6, 1964. Page 11. Accessed 2014-03-30. Trantham was a veteran of short-track racing in the southern Appalachians, and made his debut in the NASCAR Grand National Series in the 1968 Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway."[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=950&dat=19680830&id=u0BQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=e1cDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4202,6689471 Red-Clay Wizard Pushed Into Big Speedway Debut]". St. Petersburg, FL: The Evening Independent. August 30, 1968. Page 3C. Accessed 2014-03-30. He finished 34th in the event, and went on to run four more Grand National races that year, posting a best finish of tenth at Martinsville Speedway.[http://www.racing-reference.info/rquery?id=trantro01&trk=t0&series=W Roy Trantham - NASCAR Sprint Cup Results]. Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. Accessed 2014-03-30.
Following his racing career Trantam moved first to the United States Virgin Islands, then to Palm City, Florida, where following a battle with leukemia he died on March 17, 2014."[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/citizen-times/obituary.aspx?pid=170251957 Roy Trantham (1941 - 2014) Obituary]". Asheville, NC: Asheville Citizen-Times. Accessed 2014-03-30.
References
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External links
- {{Racing-Reference driver|Roy_Trantham}}
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Category:Racing drivers from Asheville, North Carolina