Rick Newsom
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Rick Newsom was a NASCAR
Winston Cup driver from Fort Mill, South Carolina
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Newsom competed in 82 Winston Cup races from 1972–1986.
He was killed in a private plane crash on August 16, 1988.
NASCAR
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Winston Cup driver from Fort Mill, South Carolina
Fort Mill, South Carolina
Fort Mill is a fast-growing suburban town in both York and Lancaster counties in the U.S. state of South Carolina, and a suburb of the city of Charlotte, North Carolina, and Rock Hill...
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Newsom competed in 82 Winston Cup races from 1972–1986.
He was killed in a private plane crash on August 16, 1988.