{"id":1557743,"date":"2022-07-16T13:49:05","date_gmt":"2022-07-16T17:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1557743"},"modified":"2022-07-16T13:49:12","modified_gmt":"2022-07-16T17:49:12","slug":"nascar-driver-stabbed-to-death-while-pumping-gas-in-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nascar-driver-stabbed-to-death-while-pumping-gas-in-california\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR Driver Stabbed To Death While Pumping Gas In California"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnascar-driver-stabbed-to-death-while-pumping-gas-in-california%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1557743&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">U.S. Auto Club (USAC) national champion and former NASCAR driver Bobby East was tragically stabbed to death in California on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The 37-year-old was attacked at a gas station in Westminster, which is about 40 minutes outside crime-riddled Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe victim was found on the ground suffering from a serious stab wound to the chest area,\u201d Westminster Police said in a statement, the Daily Mail <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-11020379\/NASCAR-icon-Bobby-East-37-MURDERED-California.html\">reported<\/a>. \u201cOfficers attempted life saving measures until OCFA paramedics arrived and transported the victim to a local trauma center, where the victim succumbed to his injury.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bobby East, one of the most prolific drivers of his era and a three-time USAC National Champion driver in USAC Silver Crown and Midgets, passed away on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>He was just 37 years old.<\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/59ka4ZAcYw\">https:\/\/t.co\/59ka4ZAcYw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf8 John Mahoney <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7n34s3zOtw\">pic.twitter.com\/7n34s3zOtw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 USAC Racing (@USACNation) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USACNation\/status\/1548042437410443264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The alleged attacker, 27-year-old\u00a0Trent William Millsap, is a transient who frequents the area, according to police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Millsap, who has distinct tattoos all over his body, left the scene before authorities arrived, The Independent <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nascar-star-bobby-east-stabbed-152522854.html\">said<\/a>. He is considered armed and dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEast raced in 42 NASCAR national touring series races between 2005 and 2008, with two top 10s in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series,\u201d Front Stretch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontstretch.com\/2022\/07\/15\/former-nascar-driver-bobby-east-dead-at-37\/\">reported<\/a>. \u201cHe was the 2004 USAC National Midget Series Champion, also winning back-to-back USAC Silver Crown Series championships in 2012 and 2013.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/usacracing.com\/news\/silver-crown\/item\/11394-bobby-east-3-time-usac-national-champion-passes-away-at-37\">USAC Racing<\/a> said it was East\u2019s 2004 season that started his ascent to the top. \u201cEast was phenomenal in USAC National Sprint Cars as well, most notably on pavement tracks,\u201d the site outlined. \u201cHe tallied 15 wins in the series, with the first coming in 2003 at Ohio\u2019s Mansfield Motorsports Speedway. He also prevailed at the Milwaukee Mile in 2005 in what remains as the last USAC Sprint Car race held on a one-mile track.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>East is the son of legendary car builder Bob East.<\/p>\n<p>The beloved driver was mourned by fans and fellow drivers via social media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVery sad to hear of the tragic incident involving Legend USAC driver Bobby East. He was one heck of a wheelman. Thoughts and prayers to his family,\u201d said Todd Bodine, an analyst for Fox Sports and\u00a0two-time NASCAR champion.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Very sad to hear of the tragic incident involving Legend USAC driver Bobby East. He was one heck of a wheelman. Thoughts and prayers to his family<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Todd Bodine (Official) (@Team_Onion) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Team_Onion\/status\/1548315931918495747?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Californians have been dealing with increasing dangerous crime, largely due to soft-on-crime policies in major cities, specifically Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>Controversial Los Angeles County District Attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/newsom-ducks-judging-george-gascon-as-soft-on-crime-da-faces-recall\">George Gasc\u00f3n<\/a>, largely blamed for the rising crime in the city, is currently facing a recall\u00a0election effort to oust him from office, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/newsom-ducks-judging-george-gascon-as-soft-on-crime-da-faces-recall\">The Daily Wire<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.recalldageorgegascon.com\/\">website<\/a>\u00a0to recall Gasc\u00f3n says the\u00a0DA\u2019s \u201cpro-criminal agenda has turned Los Angeles into a nightmare,\u201d adding that the liberal is unwilling to charge juvenile criminals as adults, \u201ceven rape, murder or other heinous crimes, even if days shy of turning 18.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/recall-this-piece-of-garbage-soft-on-crime-los-angeles-da-gascon-slammed-after-thug-on-probation-kills-two-cops\">\u2018Recall This Piece Of Garbage\u2019: Soft-On Crime Los Angeles DA Gasc\u00f3n Slammed After Thug On Probation Kills Two\u00a0Cops<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Auto Club (USAC) national champion and former NASCAR driver Bobby East was tragically stabbed to death in California on Wednesday. The 37-year-old was attacked at a gas station in Westminster, which is about 40 minutes outside crime-riddled Los Angeles. \u201cThe victim was found on the ground suffering from a serious stab wound to the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1574019,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1557743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1557743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1557743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1557743\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1574019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1557743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1557743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1557743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}