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Since its opening in 1959, Daytona International Speedway has seen 41 on-track fatalities: 24 car drivers, 12 motorcyclists, 3 go-kart drivers, 1 powerboat racer, and 1 track worker. The most notable death was that of Dale Earnhardt, who was killed on the last lap of the Daytona 500 on February 18, 2001.
The post Video: Huge Crash At The Daytona 500 This Afternoon appeared first on The Spun. We’re only a couple of laps into the Daytona 500 and we’ve already had the big one. Several big names ...
Atlanta Journal 500: Atlanta International Raceway: Race Oldsmobile J. D. McDuffie (USA) [32] August 11, 1991 Budweiser at The Glen: Watkins Glen International: Race Pontiac Neil Bonnett (USA) [33] February 11, 1994 Daytona 500: Daytona International Speedway: Practice Chevrolet Rodney Orr (USA) [34] February 14, 1994 Ford Kenny Irwin Jr. (USA ...
According to NASCAR’s box score data, at least 80 of the 114 cars in the Daytona 500, second-tier Xfinity Series race and third-tier Truck Series race were involved in a crash during their ...
He then held off a last-lap charge from Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Mark Martin to win his second Daytona 500. [80] This was Johnson's first Daytona 500 win with Knaus, as he won the 2006 race with Darian Grubb as Knaus was serving a five-race suspension. It was also the first time since his 2006 win that he finished better than 27th in the Daytona ...
The 2001 Daytona 500 remains the bleakest day in NASCAR history. The death of Dale Earnhardt from a crash on the last lap of the race robbed a family of its patriarch and the industry of the ...
Trevor Bayne and Bobby Allison are the youngest and oldest Daytona 500 winners, winning at the ages of 20 years and 1 day in 2011 and 50 years, 2 months, and 11 days old in 1988, respectively. [15] [16] Petty also holds the distinction of having the longest time between his first and last wins, 17 years between the 1964 and 1981 races. [17]
Byron, who led all NASCAR Cup Series drivers with six wins last season, scored the biggest triumph of his career Monday evening, winning the 66 th annual Daytona 500 to kick off the 2024 season.