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The 2001 Pepsi 400 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series stock car race held on July 7, 2001, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida as the 17th of the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. It was the first race held at Daytona since the 2001 Daytona 500, in which Dale Earnhardt was killed on the final lap.
The 2002 Pepsi 400 was the 17th stock car race of the 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the 44th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, July 6, 2002, in Daytona Beach, Florida at Daytona International Speedway , a 2.5 miles (4.0 km) permanent triangular-shaped superspeedway.
Ralph Dale Earnhardt Jr. (born October 10, 1974) is an American professional stock car racing driver, team owner, and broadcaster. A third-generation driver, he is the son of the late 7-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Dale Earnhardt and relative to many former and current drivers in the NASCAR ranks.
By the mid-1990s, competitors and media began taking note of the multi-car wrecks at Daytona and Talladega. In 1997, Dale Earnhardt described a final-lap crash at the 1997 Pepsi 400 as "the Big Wreck". [5] News articles began using the term "Big Wreck" to describe such crashes in 1998, [6] and by 1999, its use was widespread. Drivers began to ...
The 2002 Pepsi 400 presented by Farmer Jack was the 23rd stock car race of the 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the 33rd iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, August 18, 2002, in Brooklyn, Michigan , at Michigan International Speedway , a two-mile (3.2 km) moderate-banked D-shaped speedway .
The post Photos: Meet Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s Longtime Wife appeared first on The Spun. Earnhardt Jr. competed in his once-a-year race at Martinsville Speedway on Friday night, finishing in 11th place.
He was pronounced dead at Halifax Medical Center a short time later; the cause of death was a basilar skull fracture, which was determined to have killed him instantly. [1] Earnhardt's death was officially pronounced at the nearby Halifax Medical Center at 5:16 p.m. EST (22:16 UTC). [2] At the time of the crash, he was 49 years old.
The Pepsi 400 presented by Farmer Jack was held at Michigan International Speedway on August 18. Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the pole. Top ten results. 88- Dale Jarrett; 20- Tony Stewart; 29- Kevin Harvick; 99- Jeff Burton; 6- Mark Martin; 40- Sterling Marlin; 48- Jimmie Johnson; 10- Johnny Benson; 30- Jeff Green; 8- Dale Earnhardt Jr. Failed to ...