Lloyd Seay
American stock car racing driver (1919ā1941) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Carl D. "Lightning" Lloyd Seay (December 14, 1919 ā September 2, 1941) was an early stock car racing driver from Georgia. NASCAR founder Bill France Sr. described Seay as the "best pure race driver I ever saw".[1] He was shot to death by his cousin Woodrow Anderson over a moonshine operation. His last name was pronounced as "See".[2]
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Lloyd Seay | |
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Born | Carl D. Lloyd Seay (1919-11-14)November 14, 1919 |
Died | September 2, 1941(1941-09-02) (aged 21) Burlsboro, Georgia |
Related to | Roy Hall (cousin) |
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Seay came from a racing family. His cousin Roy Hall was a racer who was the subject of the Jim Croce song "Rapid Roy, that Stock Car Boy".[3] Another cousin, Raymond Parks, was the owner of NASCAR's first Strictly Stock Series championship car.