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was a NASCAR driver from Dublin, GA.  Prince was born in 1938 in Cullman, Alabama.  In 1969 he took over control of his brother's Chrysler dealership in Dublin, Georgia.  Prince started racing cars in the early 1960s, racing sprint and Late Model Sportsman cars on short tracks in the American South.  Prince purchased his Charger Daytona from James Hylton of Inman, South Carolina, in January of 1970.  He competed in only one Cup Series event in his career.  That came in 1970, when Prince raced in the Twin 125 qualifying races at Daytona International Speedway.  Starting 11th in the field of 31.  He was involved with a violent crash on lap 18, of the 125-mile qualifying race after blowing the engine of his Dodge.  When Prince's hemi engine blew; oil gushed onto the track.  The car started sliding sideways.  Bill Seifort, of Skyland, North Carolina, was behind Prince.  His car, too, went into a spin as he tried to avoid Prince's #78 car.  The nose of Seifort's car struck Prince's car just behind the driver's side door.   Seifort was traveling at an estimated one hundred and ninety miles per hour.  Prince was killed instantly. His neck was broken.  His spinal cord snapped.  Seifort, who suffered cranial and cardiac concussions, was taken to the hospital in critical condition.  Seifort survived the crash; recovered; and went on to race in