Tags: Motorsport Racer, Racing Driver.
Gene Richards (died July 31 1982) was a race car driver with the Automobile Racing Club of America which primarily ran in the Midwestern United States. Richards was killed at the age of 28 in a crash during the ARCA 200 at the Talladega Superspeedway. Richards died when he spun and struck the inside retaining wall head on. He sufferered massive head injuries and died a short time later at a Birmingham hospital