Grubb, 31, found dead at hotel
David Newton | ESPN.com

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Suspended Nationwide Series driver Kevin Grubb was
found dead on Wednesday in a Richmond, Va., area hotel.

He was 31.

Henrico Co. Lt. Richard Cosby said Grubb was discovered at the Alpine
Motel just outside of Richmond at 11:30 a.m. The cause of death has
not been released pending the notification of next to kin, but Cosby
said no foul play was suspected.

Grubb was indefinitely suspended by NASCAR on Sept. 11, 2006 after his
second violation of NASCAR's substance abuse policy.

Grubb, the younger brother of former NASCAR driver Wayne Grubb, began
his Nationwide career in 1997 with four starts for Grubb Motorsports.
He ran in 16 Nationwide events for his father's team in 1998 with a
top finish of second at Dover. Grubb drove for Brewco Motorsports from
1999 through 2001, collecting 18 top 10s. After several failed seasons
with two other teams he was scheduled to drive for Team Reno
Motorsports in 2004, but failed a substance abuse test in March and
was suspended.

The suspension in 2006 came after Grubb refused to take a drug test
following a second-lap crash at Richmond. Failure to take the tests is
considered an automatic failed test.

The next day Grubb claimed that he declined the test because of a
concussion suffered during the accident and offered to take a test at
that time. He reportedly claimed no memory of the refusal due to the
head injury.

Grubb was a native of Mechanicsville, Va., a suburb of Richmond.

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