Roy Trantham | |
Birth Date: | 10 February 1941 |
Birth Place: | Asheville, North Carolina, U.S. |
Death Place: | Palm City, Florida, U.S. |
Death Cause: | Leukemia |
Total Cup Races: | 5 |
Years In Cup: | 1 |
Best Cup Pos: | 60th (1968) |
First Cup Race: | 1968 Southern 500 (Darlington) |
Last Cup Race: | 1968 National 500 (Charlotte) |
Cup Wins: | 0 |
Cup Top Tens: | 1 |
Cup Poles: | 0 |
Roy Trantham (February 10, 1941March 17, 2014) was an American stock car racing driver. A veteran short-track driver, he also competed in five NASCAR Grand National Series races.
A native of Asheville, North Carolina,[1] Trantham was a veteran of short-track racing in the southern Appalachians, and made his debut in the NASCAR Grand National Series in the 1968 Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway.[2] He finished 34th in the event, and went on to run four more Grand National races that year, posting a best finish of tenth at Martinsville Speedway.[3]
Following his racing career Trantam moved first to the United States Virgin Islands, then to Palm City, Florida, where following a battle with leukemia he died on March 17, 2014.[4]