John Wes Townley killed in shooting: report
Former NASCAR competitor John Wes Townley has passed, the Athens Banner-Herald reported Sunday (Oct. 3.). He was 31.
Townley was killed in a double-shooting in Athens, Georgia Saturday, according to the report.
Townley competed in the NASCAR Xfinity Series and Camping World Truck Series on and off from 2008 to 2016.
The Watkinsville, Georgia native earned one win in the truck series at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2015.
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Dominic Aragon is currently the editor-in-chief for The Racing Experts.
From Grants, New Mexico, USA, Aragon started watching NASCAR in 2004 and has been covering the sport since 2009. Aragon is a 2012 graduate of Grants High School and a May 2016 graduate of the University of New Mexico with a B.A. in Mass Communications & Journalism. Aragon has worked in local and national media, as a musician, and an educator. He is co-author of the 2024 book "All of It: Daytona 500 Champion Tells the Rest of the Story" with racer Geoff Bodine.
Aragon, his wife Feliz, and son Christopher currently reside in Grants, New Mexico, USA.
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