L. W. Wright | |||||||
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Born | Larry Earnest Wright April 17, 1949 Richlands, Virginia, U.S. | ||||||
Died | January 27, 2024 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | (aged 74)||||||
Nationality | American | ||||||
NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
First race | 1982 Winston 500 (Talladega) | ||||||
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Larry Earnest Wright (April 17, 1949 – January 27, 2024), better known under alias L. W. Wright, was an American confidence trickster. In 1982, he posed as a stock car racing driver to compete in the Winston 500, a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway.