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A former NASCAR driver was fatally shot Saturday night in Georgia

Ricci.Wright

A former NASCAR driver was fatally shot Saturday night in Georgia as he attacked his ex-wife and another man with a hatchet, according to police.

Police responded to a call at a residence in the Five Points neighborhood of Athens and found two people shot. Laura Townley, 30, was seriously injured, and her ex-husband, former NASCAR driver John Wes Townley, 31, was later pronounced dead at a hospital.

Laura Townley — whose divorce from John Wes Townley was "finalized this week," according to the police incident report — was at the residence with Zachary Anderson, 32.

"A preliminary investigation revealed that Mr. Townley had arrived at this location and attacked Mr. Anderson and Ms. Townley with a hatchet," the Athens-Clarke County Police Department wrote in an incident report.

"Mr. Anderson fired several shots from his gun which struck Mr. Townley and accidentally struck Ms. Townley," police wrote.

Related: William “Rowdy” Harrell and his new bride Blakley Harrell were tragically killed in a car crash while on their honeymoon in the Florida Keys.

Laura Townley is expected to survive, police said in a press release.

Jon Wes Townley raced eight seasons and made 186 starts across the NASCAR Xfinity and Truck Series, NASCAR's lower two national divisions. His victory in the Truck Series at Las Vegas six years ago Sunday was the only national series win of his career.

He drove a car owned by his father, Tony Townley, who was a co-founder of the vehicle's primary sponsor, restaurant chain Zaxby’s.

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  • Grasshopper

    What a dumbazz, is all I can say. Plenty of other fish in the pond and with his money, or Dads, would not be a problem.

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  • select-fire

    Don't take a hatchet to a gun fight .

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  • bs233jl

    You can't make someone love you. Walking away is the best solution.

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  • roswellnative

    If I can’t have her nobody can syndrome

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  • sxsnuf

    I guess if she survives, it didn't turn out too bad, but good grief!!

    You're getting attacked by your abusive ex, and then your new boyfriend shoots you, while trying to stop the attack??

    I'd like to be the first to point out, that's not OK.

    I can't help but wonder how many shots were fired and how many hit the intended target?

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  • Warbirds

    He was a serial killer of racecars for sure.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wrx96-hvsP0


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  • mogley98

    Dad should have had him cooking chicken instead of spoiling him

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  • Horse Plains Drifter
    Warbirds: 33169983708827/comments/33169956725659

    He was a serial killer of racecars for sure.

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Wrx96-hvsP0

    Quite the race car handler, that's for sure.....🤣🤣

    Never heard of Zaxby's until I read Ricci's post . If their chicken is anything like their race team, I'll take a pass on that.

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  • Bubba Jr.

    I never heard of him, but then I haven't followed Nascar for years.

    Joe

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