first_busch_race death_date birth_place years_in_busch total_busch_races last_busch_race birth_date best_busch_pos article_title name death_cause
2001 sam 's town 300 -lrb- las vegas -rrb- 12 august 2007 bloomington , minnesota , united states 2 24 2002 stacker 2/gnc live well 250 -lrb- daytona -rrb- 6 december 1968 20th - dover , june 2001 christian elder
 christian stuart elder methadone overdose
christian elder

christian stuart elder -lrb- december 6 , 1968 -- august 12 , 2007 -rrb- was a nascar driver .
he raced in the busch series for akins motorsports for two years .
he made his debut in 2001 , running his first race at las vegas for akins and started the race in 32nd , and he finished 23rd .
in sixteen starts , managed two top-20s -lrb- a pair of 20ths at bristol and dover -rrb- .
elder began running races for akins in 2002 full-time .
a serious crash in qualifying at chicagoland speedway ended his busch career .
his best finish of the year was 26th at kentucky .
elder has competed in the arca series , star mazda series , speed world challenge series , busch series and nascar goody 's dash series which elder competed in and won races at daytona and lowe 's motor speedway .
he also had a pole position at bristol motor speedway .
