Kevin Grubb Ex-NASCAR driver was found dead in motel room
Kevin Grubb Ex-NASCAR driver was found dead in motel room
Ex-NASCAR driver Kevin Grubb died tragically on Wednesday in a Richmond hotel, apparently for a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. This is the first major event since Aaron Fike’s revelation in April 2008 that he raced while on heroin.
Kevin Grubb had run in Nationwide for eight seasons, with undistinguished results. Over 174 races, he had 10 top 5 finishes and 32 top 10s. But he also had substance abuse problems, and was suspended in 2004 after testing positive for a banned substance. When he was reinstated, one of the conditions of the return was that he had to submit to drug testing anywhere, at any time. But in 2006, he declined to submit to testing following a race at Richmond International Raceway, and NASCAR suspended him indefinitely.
Grubb’s death should awaken everyone in NASCAR — fans, media, officials, tracks, drivers’ families — to the tragic implications of a checkers-or-wreckers lifestyle tainted by drugs.
