Bobby East

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Robert John East (December 17, 1984 – July 13, 2022) was an American professional stock car racing driver.[1] He raced in USAC, ARCA, and NASCAR. During his career in the latter two, East was a member of Ford's driver development program.

Racing career

In 2001, East became the youngest driver at 16 years old to win a feature USAC National Midget event[2] at the Illiana Motor Speedway in Schererville, Indiana.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

East competed full-time in the USAC National Midget Series where he was the champion in 2004 driving the Steve Lewis Racing No. 9. The car's chassis was built by his father, Bob East, who is a renowned short-track car builder of midgets, sprints, and silver crown machines. The title gave him the distinction of being the youngest national champion in the series' history at age 19.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

East was the most victorious driver during the 2004 USAC season with 15 victories among the series' three divisions. He wound up in victory lane seven times in national midgets, five times in national sprint cars, and once each in the Silver Crown, Western States Sprint Car, and Speedrome Regional Midget Series during the season. The highlights of the season were winning the Hut Hundred and the Turkey Night Grand Prix. During this prestigious time he attained the nickname 'Beast' among his loyal fans, which is an amalgamation of the first letter of his first-name 'B' combined alongside his last-name 'East', which is unlike his kind demeanor and character to those that know him, but better describes his victorious 2004 season on Team Lewis placing 1st overall in his No. 9 car.

East then moved on to racing stock cars. He first attempted to qualify for three races in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series in Roush Racing's No. 33 Ford, but failed to qualify for two of those races. In the one where he did qualify (at Phoenix), he wrecked late in that event and finished 30th. Additionally, he drove the No. 21 for Wood Brothers/JTG Racing at the Homstead season-finale, but failed to qualify for that race, too. Also that year, East made his ARCA Re/Max Series debut, where he competed at Talladega in October 2005, driving the No. 29 Ford for K Automotive Racing. A few weeks later, he made his NASCAR Busch Series debut at Memphis in the No. 46 for ST Motorsports and had a solid race, finishing 17th.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

In 2006, East competed nearly full-time in the same truck, where he was teammates in the team's driver development program with fellow rookie Marcos Ambrose, who drove the team's No. 20 truck. East would finish the year 23rd in points despite missing the first two races of the season.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

In 2007, East ran part-time in the Busch Series with Brewco Motorsports, splitting time in the team's No. 27, No. 37 and No. 43 cars. During the season, Brewco became Baker Curb Racing after a change in ownership.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

East returned to the Truck Series part-time in 2008, reuniting with Roush to driving their No. 09 Zaxby's Ford F-150. This included him winning the pole for the race at IRP. Roush also tasked East with qualifying Cup Series Carl Edwards' Nationwide (formerly Busch) Series No. 60 car for the race at Memphis, the same track he made his debut at three years earlier. However, East was not able to qualify very high in the field, placing 34th, although Edwards would go on to win the race after making his way through the field to the front, taking the lead on lap 69 and staying there for the rest of the race. This effort would end up being East's last outing in NASCAR.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Personal life

East was born in Torrance, California, and had also been living in Brownsburg, Indiana.[3] Following the conclusion of his motorsports career, East experienced depression, used alcohol, and was diagnosed with schizophrenia by medical professionals. His parents believed these were caused or exacerbated by chronic traumatic encephalopathy from repeated head trauma suffered in racing accidents. As East was a homicide victim, an autopsy could not be performed to confirm whether the disease was present in his brain within the required timeframe after death.[4]

Death

On July 13, 2022, while filling his car with gas at a 76 gas station in Westminster, California, East was accosted by Trent Millsap, a transient who had a warrant for a parole violation out on him. The two exchanged words and Millsap stabbed East in his chest; East was rushed to the hospital, but died from his injuries shortly thereafter.[5][6][7] Millsap was later found hiding in an apartment in nearby Anaheim and was killed in a shootout with Orange County police.[8]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Nationwide Series

NASCAR Nationwide Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />NNSCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Pts Ref
2005 ST Motorsports 46 Ford DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL NSH BRI TEX PHO TAL DAR RCH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR GTY IRP GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM
17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		TEX PHO HOM 106th 112 [9]
2007 Brewco Motorsports 37 Ford DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH
24Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		KEN MLW
22Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NHA DAY CHI GTY
16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		IRP
39Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		CGV GLN MCH
38Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		BRI 52nd 806 [10]
Baker Curb Racing CAL
24Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		KAN
22Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		CLT
27 RCH
25Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		DOV HOM
12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
43 MEM
36Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		TEX PHO
2008 Roush Fenway Racing 60 Ford DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO MXC TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM
QL†Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		TEX PHO HOM N/A 0 [11]
† – Qualified for Carl Edwards

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />NCTCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Pts Ref
2005 Roush Racing 33 Ford DAY CAL ATL MAR GTY MFD CLT DOV TEX MCH MLW KAN KEN MEM IRP
DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NSH BRI RCH
DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NHA LVS MAR ATL TEX PHO
30Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		83rd 73 [12]
Wood Brothers/JTG Racing 21 Ford HOM
DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
2006 20 DAY CAL ATL
23Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		23rd 2186 [13]
21 MAR
13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		GTY
13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		CLT
24Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MFD
34Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		DOV
17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		TEX
28Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MCH
30Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MLW
17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		KAN
24Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		KEN
34Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MEM
21Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		IRP
11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NSH
36Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		BRI
29Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NHA
30Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		LVS
22Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		TAL
23Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MAR
21Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ATL
15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		TEX
22Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		PHO
18Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		HOM
16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
2008 Roush Fenway Racing 09 Ford DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN
24Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		CLT MFD DOV TEX
8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MCH
18Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MLW MEM
8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		KEN IRP
19Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NSH BRI GTW
25Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NHA LVS
25Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		TAL MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 34th 771 [14]

ARCA Re/Max Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Re/Max Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />ARSCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Pts Ref
2005 K Automotive Racing 29 Ford DAY NSH SLM KEN TOL LAN MIL POC MCH KAN KEN BLN POC GTW LER NSH MCH ISF TOL DSF CHI SLM TAL
36Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		169th 50 [15]

References

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