Previous NASCAR driver John West Townley was killed on Saturday, October 2, in a twofold shooting in the Athens Five Points region (Georgia). He was 31 years of age. 

Athens-Clarke County Police Department representative Lt. Shaun Barnett told the Athens Banner-Herald that officials reacted to a shooting in the 200 square of Morton Avenue in the Five Points area not long before 9 p.m. on Saturday.

Townley and a 30-year-old female were both shot and shipped to the emergency clinic. Athens-Clarke County Coroner Sonny Wilson affirmed that Townley passed on at the emergency clinic from his wounds. 

The Athens Banner-Herald reports that the suspect is a 32-year-old Dunwoody man. Barnett let the power source know that the examination is progressing and that the police have been in touch with the suspect.

There are at present no charges against him and that the fundamental data "seems identified with abusive behavior at home." 

Townley Made 110 Combined Starts Across 2 NASCAR Series 

The child of Zaxby's prime supporter Tony Townley, the previous NASCAR driver went through eight years in NASCAR, split between the Xfinity Series and Camping World Truck Series.

Townley made his public presentation in 2008 with seven beginnings in the Truck Series for Roush Racing and three in the Xfinity Series for RAB Racing. 

Townley made 76 Xfinity Series begins once again the course of his NASCAR vocation, posting three thirteenth spot wraps up. He battled for a best 10 at Talladega Superspeedway in the 2014 Aaron's 312 on May 3, 2014.

He posted his other two thirteenth spot wraps up at Iowa Speedway on May 17, 2015, and Chicagoland Speedway on September 19, 2015. 

Townley's best race occurred during his subsequent full-time season in the Truck Series. He moved into the No. 05 Athenian Motorsports Chevrolet at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and turned in the best presentation of his profession.

He began second generally speaking and drove 23 laps on the way to his main vocation win. 

Alongside his time in the Truck Series and Xfinity Series, Townley likewise contended in the ARCA Menards Series. Per Racing Reference, he made 58 beginnings and dominated two races.

He caught the checkered banner at Daytona International Speedway in 2013 while running a five-race plan for Venturini Motorsports. He then, at that point, won again at Daytona in 2016 while driving for Athenian Motorsports. 

Townley Retired From NASCAR at 27 years old 

Following a physical issue abbreviated 2016 season, Townley made an astonishing declaration. As per FOX Sports, he uncovered that he would end his hustling vocation at 27 years old and spotlight on school courses, just as his approaching union with Laura Bird. 

Athenian Motorsports, the group claimed by Townley's dad, reacted by settling on the choice to close down. The association started the most common way of selling gear, affirming that it would not be important for the 2017 season. 

Athenian Motorsports auctions off its hardware however clutched the group offices until some other time.

The Charlotte Business Journal revealed in January 2020 that the organization sold its 41,069-square-foot modern structure in Concord, N.C. BND Holdings Inc. bought the property for $3.3 million and rented it to ABC Supply Co. Inc., a Wisconsin-based material inventory organization. 

Athenian initially bought the modern complex in 2014 at the cost of $3.25 million from race-vehicle drivers Boris Said and Dale Earnhardt Jr., proceeding with the pattern of utilizing the site as a race shop. Richard Petty Motorsports recently utilized the perplexing as its shop.