CUP: Hutchens’ Wife Loses Cancer Fight

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CUP: Hutchens’ Wife Loses Cancer Fight

Bobby Hutchens’ wife Sharon died Tuesday of breast cancer...

Tom Jensen | Posted December 24, 2009 Charlotte, NC

A long time NASCAR figure, Bobby Hutchens is currently the competition director at Stewart-Haas Racing. (Photo: LAT: Photographic)

Sharon Hutchens, the wife of Stewart-Haas Racing director of competition Bobby Hutchens, lost her fight to breast cancer Tuesday evening.

A long time NASCAR figure, Bobby Hutchens is currently the competition director at Stewart-Haas Racing. (Photo: LAT: Photographic)

Hutchens was born April 16, 1964 in Weirton, W.Va., to Steve and Annette Posti. Mrs. Hutchens lived in Thomasville, N.C., where she attended Thomasville High School, graduating in 1982. She was a member of the cheerleading squad serving as head cheerleader her senior year.

She then attended the University of North Carolina at Charlotte where she studied elementary education and also served on the cheerleading squad. She worked for Trammel Crowe after school managing property. Sharon enjoyed watching her boys play all sports.

With her good friend, Michelle Hemric, they formed “The Pit Lizards” to help raise money to fight breast cancer. She was passionate in supporting the local Triad Chapter of the Susan G. Komen “Race for the Cure” for fighting breast cancer. This past May, Sharon was the recipient of the inaugural “Survivor of the Year” award presented to her by Hota Kotb after the 2009 Triad Race for the Cure.

Sharon was preceded in death by her father, Steven Posti. Surviving is her husband, Robert “Bobby” Ray Hutchens, Jr. She was the loving mother of two sons who were her inspiration in her fight against breast cancer, Taylor Lane Loaces, born August 8, 1990 and a freshman at N.C. State, and Robert “Trey” Hutchens III, born May 20, 1998 and a sixth-grader at North Davidson (N.C.) Middle School.

Also surviving are her parents, Annette Mills of High Point, N.C., and Bill Mills of Thomasville; her sisters, Susan Hollowell of Tampa, Fla., and Cathy Graham of Charlotte.

A celebration of life service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 2 at Pinedale Christian Church in Winston-Salem, N.C., with the Rev. Michael D. Gates officiating.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in her memory to Susan G. Komen, c/o The Pit Lizards, 1106 Burke Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27101 or Camp Cheerio, c/o Sharon Hutchens Memorial, P.O. Box 6258, High Point, NC 27262. Online condolences may be made atwww.hayworth-miller.com.

Tom Jensen is the Editor in Chief for SPEEDtv.com, the former Executive Editor of NASCAR Scene and a contributing Editor for TruckSeries.com. He is the author of Cheating: The Bad Things Good NASCAR Nextel Cup Racers Do In Pursuit of SPEED, and has appeared on television and radio shows to discuss NASCAR racing. Jensen is the past President of the National Motorsports Press Association. Jensen is the 1997 National Motorsports Press Association Writer of the Year and has won numerous national and state awards for news reporting, columns and feature writing. The Answer Man is back at SPEEDtv.com! Tom Jensen answers your questions during every race week and looks forward to hearing from you - please e-mail it to

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