Bobby East

Bobby East, one of the most prolific drivers of his era and a three-time USAC National Champion driver in USAC Silver Crown and Midgets, died Tuesday after ...

His first career triumph with the USAC National Midgets in 2001 at Schererville, Indiana’s Illiana Motor Speedway made Bobby the youngest USAC national feature winner ever at the time, at the age of 16. The peak of East’s USAC Silver Crown career came when he teamed up with Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing and delivered consecutive series championships in 2012 and 2013. East, a native of Torrance, Calif., who made his home throughout his racing career in Brownsburg, Ind., captured 56 career USAC-sanctioned feature victories, 48 of them in national divisions.

NASCAR's Bobby East has died after being stabbed in the chest at a 76 gas station in California on Wednesday. Police are searching for suspect Trent William ...

His three winning performances in 2001 made him the winningest USAC National Midget Rookie in more than a quarter century. "His first career triumph with the USAC National Midgets in 2001 at Schererville, Indiana’s Illiana Motor Speedway made Bobby the youngest USAC national feature winner ever at the time, at the age of 16. "East was phenomenal in USAC National Sprint Cars as well, most notably on pavement tracks," the USAC said in a Friday statement.

NASCAR driver Bobby East was stabbed to death this week by a homeless man at a California gas station, and his killer is still on the loose, ...

Emergency responders tried to keep him alive, but East died at a local trauma center. The USAC in a statement called Bobby East “one of the most prolific drivers of his era.” Star NASCAR driver Bobby East was stabbed to death this week by a homeless man at a California gas station, and his killer is still on the loose Saturday, authorities said.

NASCAR driver Bobby East was fatally stabbed this week by a drifter during a bloody altercation at a California gas station, police and media reports say.

Cops were called to the scene and reportedly performed life-saving measures on East until paramedics arrived. East reportedly got into a war of words with Millsap while the racecar driver was pumping gas. 11:05 AM PT -- Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... a SWAT team executed a search warrant at an Anaheim-area apartment Friday -- two days after East was stabbed -- where officers were informed Millsap may be holed up.

East was a three-time USAC national champion, and raced for team owners Jack Roush and Tony Stewart.

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East was filling up his vehicle at a 76 gas station in Westminster, Calif., at around 6 p.m. Wednesday when he was confronted by a man and stabbed in the ...

On Friday, police said in news release that an officer-involved shooting took place at an Anaheim apartment where the West County SWAT team responded to serve a warrant for Millsap. It’s unclear whether Millsap was arrested or killed. My love and thoughts are with his parents Bob and Janice, and the entire East family. Police announced that Trent William Millsap, 27, was a suspect in the stabbing. He competed in dozens of races for NASCAR as part of its Xfinity Series and Camping World Truck Series between 2005 and 2008, according to racing news site Frontstretch. Deadline also reported that East was the one fatally stabbed. “Officers attempted life saving measures until OCFA paramedics arrived and transported the victim to a local trauma center, where the victim succumbed to his injury.”

Bobby East, a three-time USAC national champion driver, has died. He was 37.

He was just 16 in 2001 when he became the youngest driver to win a feature USAC National Midget race. “Very sad to hear of the tragic incident involving Legend USAC driver Bobby East. He was one heck of a wheelman,” tweeted former Truck Series champion Todd Bodine. He won 15 USAC races in 2004 and soon dabbled in a short NASCAR career.

East won three championships in USAC and competed full-time in the NASCAR Truck Series in 2006.

After making his last NASCAR start in 2008, East returned to USAC competition and built his racing legacy there, winning two Silver Crown championships in 2012 and 2013. The son of USAC Hall of Fame car builder Bob East, Bobby East enjoyed his greatest racing success in USAC while also briefly racing in NASCAR for several years in the 2000s. Officers were sent to the gas station and East was rushed to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Former NASCAR driver Robert "Bobby" East was fatally stabbed Wednesday at a Southern California gas station, authorities said.

Thoughts and prayers to his family." “NASCAR is saddened to learn of the tragic death of Bobby East," the sanctioning body for stock car racing said. It's not clear why he was in Westminster, about 33 miles south of San Dimas. "He and his family were true racers. Prayers for justice and peace." He earned his chops behind the wheel in multiple United States Auto Club, or USAC, races and series.

A man who allegedly fatally stabbed professional race car driver Bobby East at a Southern California gas station was later killed in a police shooting as ...

As authorities attempted to arrest Milsap, he allegedly became confrontational, was shot and later died at a hospital, according to police. A police K-9 that was deployed at the scene also sustained a non-life threatening gunshot wound, police said. Police responded to the gas station Wednesday evening and found East suffering from a wound to the chest, police said.

Race car driver Bobby East, 37, was killed at a gas station this week, police said. The suspect was later killed during a confrontation with police.

In a write-up about East, the club named him “one of the most prolific drivers of his era.” “He just wanted to make a living at it,” Bob East said. “In an open wheel car, there was no one better.” On Friday, a SWAT team attempted to take Millsap into custody. East was 37. Around 6 p.m., police officers were called to a 76 gas station and found East suffering from a stab wound to his chest.

The racing world reacts to the tragic death of former NASCAR Camping World Truck and USAC racer Bobby East. East was 37 years old when he was fatally ...

His first career triumph with the USAC National Midgets in 2001 at Schererville, Indiana’s Illiana Motor Speedway made Bobby the youngest USAC national feature winner ever at the time, at the age of 16. "In an open wheel car, there was no one better. The three-time US Auto Club (USAC) champ was 37.