Dot Owens, the wife of racing legend Cotton Owens, died Monday evening at her Spartanburg home following a prolonged illness. She was 83. Funeral services are to be determined. Cotton Owens, 88, was one of NASCAR’s top engineers dating to the infant stages of the sport and built cars that won races and championships at the sport’s highest levels.(). From 1950 – 1964, Owens ran 160 Sprint Cup races and won 9. Owens was a car owner for 405 races, his drivers won 38 races and 1 championship with David Pearson in 1966.(4-10-2012)
