Sonny Easley, best known for competing in the NASCAR Winston West Series and a handful of Winston Cup Series events, died


Sunday 15th January 1978

Sonny Easley, best known for competing in the NASCAR Winston West Series and a handful of Winston Cup Series events, died. Easley tallied nine Winston West victories over his career, including a victory in the first stock car race ever held at the Laguna Seca Raceway road course. He finished 2nd in Winston West points on two different occasions, in 1973 and 1975. In 19 career Cup starts, Easley had a best finish of 5th place at the January 16, 1977 Winston Western 500 at Riverside International Raceway. During practice for a NASCAR modified sportsman race at Riverside on January 15, 1978, Easley was killed when his 1968 Camaro slid across the track into a trailer and pickup truck near pit road. A pit crew member for Tiny Keith, Douglas Grunst, was also killed in the incident.


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