Grant Adcox (January 2, 1950 – November 19, 1989) was a stock car racing driver who died in a single car incident in the 1989 Atlanta Journal 500 in the NASCAR Winston Cup series.
Adcox's Winston Cup career started in 1974, running a handful of races for father Herb Adcox with sponsorship backing from the family's Chevrolet dealership in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
In that year's Winston 500 - considered one of the crown jewels of the sport - held at...
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Grant Adcox (January 2, 1950 – November 19, 1989) was a stock car racing driver who died in a single car incident in the 1989 Atlanta Journal 500 in the NASCAR Winston Cup series.
Adcox's Winston Cup career started in 1974, running a handful of races for father Herb Adcox with sponsorship backing from the family's Chevrolet dealership in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
In that year's Winston 500 - considered one of the crown jewels of the sport - held at the fastest track on the circuit, the Talladega Superspeedway, Adcox and his father qualified for the event. With a hundred laps in the books, a caution came out as Donnie Allison's clutch burned out and David Sisco's motor went up in smoke. Gary Bettenhausen who had pitted a lap after the leaders, and was up on jacks as young Adcox came down for service. Adcox's car hit an oil and water patch and slammed straight into the Bettenhausen Matador, crushing catch can man Don Miller between the cars. A young crew member of the Nord Krauskopf team...
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