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PRISON AND MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS IN FINES.
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TRAGEDY AT THE TRACK
AS A BELOVED RACE CAR
DRIVER DIES AT BOWMAN
GRAY STADIUM.
CHARLES BECK
BETTER KNOWN AS
"BUBBA" WAS A FIXTURE
IN THE RACING
COMMUNITY AT BOWMAN
GRAY.
HE FIRST STARTED
RACING AT THE TRACK IN
1956...ESTABLISHING A
47 YEAR CAREER AND AT
AGE 66 HE WAS THE
OLDEST DRIVER IN THE
RACING SERIES.
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ACCORDING TO
OFFICIALS AND DRIVERS
AT THE TRACK BECK WAS
INVOLVED IN A SINGLE
CAR CRASH ON THE FINAL
LAP OF THE SECOND
MODIFIED EVENT.
IT APPEARED THAT HE
WAS SLUMPED OVER THE
WHEEL AS HE LOST
CONTROL OF HIS
VEHICLE.
THESE PICTURES
ARE FROM EARLIER IN
THE SEASON....
BECK WAS
PRONOUNCED DEAD AT
BAPTIST HOSPITAL
SATURDAY NIGHT. HE
IS SURVIVED BY HIS
WIFE KAY AND THREE
CHILDREN...INCLUDING
HIS SON DAVID WHO
SERVED AS HIS CREW
CHIEF.
BECK'S BODY WILL GO
TO THE MEDICAL