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Former NASCAR driver sentenced for attempted underage sex

By The Associated Press
Posted 5:02PM on Monday 26th November 2018 ( 5 years ago )

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A former NASCAR driver has been sentenced to 10 years and 10 months in prison for trying to have sex with an underage girl.

Court records show that 60-year-old Rick Crawford was sentenced Monday in Orlando federal court. He was convicted in August of attempted enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity.

Crawford was arrested in Lake Mary earlier this year after communicating about sex with an undercover sheriff's deputy posing as a 12-year-old girl. Authorities say Crawford and the deputy were communicating for more than two weeks when he negotiated a time and place to meet up.

Crawford told investigators he didn't believe the girl was 12 and would not have followed through with sex if she turned out to be underage.

He raced in the NASCAR truck-series from 1997 to 2013, with several of those starts coming with a team based out of Cleveland, Georgia.

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Information from: Orlando Sentinel, http://www.orlandosentinel.com/

Former NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver Rick Crawford, seen here from 2009, last competed in the series in 2012.

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