Former motorsports promoter Michael Goodwin was convicted today of two counts of murder Thursday in the 1988 killings of Mickey Thompson and the racing legend’s wife.

Goodwin was a former business partner of Thompson, a racer who pursued land-speed records on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah and drove everything from dragsters and funny cars to midgets, and was a major figure in popularizing off-road contests. The prosecution argued that his motive was to avenge a business partership that had gone sour and ended with the courts awarding a $700,000 judgment from Goodwin to Thompson.

While there was nothing but circumstantial evidence, Goodwin had apparantly commented to several people that he would “get rid of Thompson before paying a single dime.”

FordMuscle is happy for the Mickey Thompson family and business that justice was served.

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