A beloved member of the Robert Yates Racing team and part of the NASCAR community has sadly passed away in recent days.
Tommy Mullis, who worked as the transport driver for the Robert Yates Racing Team and, specifically, for Dale Jarrett’s #88 Ford, passed away on Thursday, April 23rd, 2020 from what one close friend has said are natural causes.
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Mullis was honored in a series of posts on Facebook and Twitter from folks who worked with him and the Robert Yates Racing team – including Doug Yates himself.
“Tommy will be missed. Thoughts and prayers to his family. He was a great guy and we had lots of great times together,” Yates wrote in a tweet.
Tommy will be missed. Thoughts and prayers to his family. He was a great guy and we had lots of great times together. https://t.co/YRdahs0kk5
— Doug Yates (@Yates_Doug) April 27, 2020
Mullis had earned the nickname of “Easyrider” by many of his friends and colleagues over the years and lots of them shared their feelings of sadness and grief over his loss on social media.
His brother, David Mullis, said that it had “been a rough couple [of] days” and explained that they felt like a “complete blur.”
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David Mullis also explained that details for the funeral and memorial arrangements are pending but he would share them as soon as they were available.
Read some of the other posts remembering this beloved part of the NASCAR family below.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the Mullis family as they grieve during this very difficult time.
https://www.facebook.com/cliff.champion.1/posts/10217058402268053
https://www.facebook.com/virgal88/posts/10219716082724960
https://www.facebook.com/kelly.stewart.1004/posts/3203544132998759