Larry Mann 4269310 116897385 2007-03-21T22:56:44Z Cydebot 1215485 Robot - Moving category Former NASCAR drivers to NASCAR drivers per [[WP:CFD|CFD]] at [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2007 March 11]]. {{for|the actor|Larry D. Mann}} {{Infobox NASCAR driver| Name = Lawrence Mann | Died = [[September 14]], [[1952]] | Birthplace = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Yonkers, New York|Yonkers]], [[New York]] | Cause of Death = Pulmonary hemorrhage, massive head wounds after crash | First_Cup_Race = [[1952 in NASCAR|1952]] - 9th race of season ([[Langhorne Speedway|Langhorne]]) | Last_Cup_Race = [[1952 in NASCAR|1952]] - 27th race of season ([[Langhorne Speedway|Langhorne]]) | Years_In_Cup = 1 | Total_Cup_Races = 6 | }} '''Larry Mann''' (Unknown - [[September 14]], [[1952]]) was an American [[Auto racing|stock car driver]]. He was born in [[Yonkers, New York]], although the exact birth date is unknown. Mann was the first driver to be killed in a [[NASCAR]] [[NEXTEL Cup Series|Grand National]] race; he died from a [[pulmonary hemorrhage]] caused by a crash at [[Langhorne Speedway]]. ==NASCAR career== Mann's Grand National career would be tragically short. He participated in only six races in the 1952 season. Overall, after his appearance in the 9th race of the season, Mann began racing more commonly after the 19th race, appearing in every other event; his best finish (11th) came at [[Monroe County Fairgrounds]] in [[Rochester, New York]]. ==Death== Mann was killed during the 27th race of the 1952 season, which had been taking place in [[Langhorne, Pennsylvania]]. On the 211th lap, he crashed through a fence at the track, thereby flipping his [[Hudson Motor Car|Hudson Hornet]]. After being rushed to a hospital in nearby [[Nazareth, Pennsylvania|Nazareth]], he died in the evening of a pulmonary hemorrhage and massive head wounds. Mann had been defying a [[superstition]] among NASCAR drivers by painting his vehicle green.[http://nascar.digital-mind.net/trivia.html] Mann would become the first of three drivers to be killed at Langhorne within five years; [[Frank Arford]] and [[John McVitty]] also perished while racing at the track in 1954 and 1956, respectively. He is believed to have been the tenth driver to die as a result of racing at the track. ==External links== *[http://racing-reference.info/driver?id=mannla01 Career statistics at racing-reference.info] [[Category:Year of birth missing|Mann, Larry]] [[Category:1952 deaths|Mann, Larry]] [[Category:NASCAR drivers|Mann, Larry]] [[Category:American racecar drivers|Mann, Larry]] [[Category:Racecar drivers killed while racing|Mann, Larry]] [[Category:People from Yonkers, New York|Mann, Larry]]