Wadsworth grew up in Anderson, Calif., population just-under 12,000, in Shasta County in the northern part of the state. He graduated from Anderson High School in 1981. After that, Wadsworth went to a trade school in Arizona before relocating to Charlotte and finding a home in NASCAR.

So far, no information has been revealed as to the cause of the plane crash, although reports suggest that there were six fatalities in total. Kennis Wallsce claimed in an X post that Craig Wadsworth