LOS ANGELES, USA – Bobby East, a former NASCAR and United States Auto Club (USAC) driver, died this Wednesday at the age of 37 after being stabbed at a gas station in Southern California (USA), local media such as the Los Angeles Times reported on Saturday. .
Police in Westminster, a city about 30 miles southeast of Los Angeles, said the suspect in East’s murder, a homeless man on parole named Trent William Millsap, was shot dead by authorities on Friday after clashing with officers. that they were trying to arrest him in an apartment located in the city of Anaheim.
For now it is not known what motivated the stabbing attack in which the former American pilot lost his life.
East was a three-time USAC champion (2004, 2012 and 2013). Following his first title, East tried his hand at NASCAR for a few years between 2005 and 2008 before returning to USAC.
