Hodgdon died March 20
after
several weeks of declining health, at age 80. During the height of his NASCAR
career, he owned or co-owned six different
race tracks, sponsored events at Riverside International Raceway and North
Carolina Motor Speedway in Rockingham, N.C., and sponsored Neil Bonnett's car in
the then-NASCAR Winston Cup Series. He
was also president of Black Gold Oil Company, which sponsored the No. 3
Chevrolet that Richard Childress owned and drove in the late 1970s.
“Warner was a
great friend and partner who helped change the landscape of NASCAR team
ownership in the late 1970s,” said Childress. “I learned a lot about business
from the advice he gave me over the years. He was there to help me with
sponsorship from Black Gold when I really needed it. Warner was an entrepreneur
with a great vision for where stock car racing could go and we stayed in touch
long after his time in racing ended. He was a great friend and will be missed.”
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