Ronnie Sox, voted No. 15 on the National Hot Rod Association's list of top 50 drivers, died Saturday at his home in Richmond of prostate cancer, according to his son Dean. He was 67.
Mr. Sox won five world championships and more than 50 national events in the NHRA, International Hot Rod Association and American Hot Rod Association. To celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2001, the NHRA announced its top 50 drivers including Mr. Sox. He was invited to the White House by President Richard Nixon in 1972 and honored as the winningest racer of that era, according to Dean.
Mr. Sox was long-time racing partners and friends with Buddy Martin in the famous Sox and Martin race team.
Mr. Sox was diagnosed with an advanced stage of prostate cancer on Sept. 11, 2001 and was given a year to live, according to Dean Sox. He had back surgery in December for a pinched nerve, and chemotherapy treatments were put on hold. Those treatments resumed in early January.
Survivors include his wife, Alecia Diane Sox; his father, Willard Miloe Sox; three sons, Dean Sox, Jeff Sox and Mike Page; a daughter, Rhonda Poleo; two brothers, Tommy Sox and David Sox; a sister, Sandra Binkley; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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