Dick Hutcherson, 73; Former NASCAR Driver Won 14 Races
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Dick Hutcherson, 73, a former NASCAR driver who won 14 races in 103 starts in the 1960s, died Sunday after he had a heart attack while traveling from Florida to North Carolina. He died at Providence Hospital in Columbia, S.C.
A native of Keokuk, Iowa, Hutcherson joined NASCAR in 1964 after racing late models in the Midwest for almost a decade. He finished second in his second career start, then joined the Charlotte-based Holman-Moody team, for which he ran 52 races in 1965.
Later, he served as crew chief for David Pearson in championship seasons in 1968 and 1969, then returned to Holman-Moody as general manager.
In 1971, he and Eddie Pagan formed Hutcherson-Pagan, building race cars used by drivers such as Darrell Waltrip and A.J. Foyt.
Hutcherson-Pagan still supplies parts to race teams with a truck that serves as a rolling warehouse at tracks.
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