At Daytona in March 1941, Hall won with Seay finishing seventh in the first race. In the second race that month, Hall finished second. On July 27, Seay was fourth and Hall eighth.
Lloyd Seay bicycles through the North Turn on the Daytona beach-road course on July 27, 1941, after already flipping the car twice. Seay finished the race in fourth. This photo was used in his obituary.
In the Aug. 24, 1941, Daytona Beach race, Seay started 15th but led every lap and won. Seay then won the Aug. 31 race in High Point, N.C. and then left for the Sept. 1 (Labor Day) race at the Lakewood Speedway in Atlanta GA.
Seay arrived too late at Lakewood to qualify, and started the race in last place. By lap 35, Seay was in the lead and battled with Bob Flock, who also drove for Parks from time to time, before winning the race. Seay won these three races in nine days, but he would never win again.
After winning the Lakewood race, Seay went to his brother Jim’s house to spend the night. The morning of Sept. 2, 1941, Lloyd’s cousin Woodrow Anderson came to the house with a question about Lloyd’s handling of a sugar purchase that was charged to Anderson. An argument ensued, with Jim Seay shot in the neck and Lloyd Seay shot through the heart.
Woodrow Anderson, who already had a police record for making moonshine, was tried in late October and sentenced to life in prison, but was released after 10 years. Moonshine making and hauling was a family business, but it could bring tragedy to a family as well as money.
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