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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.
Paradise Mesa Drag Strip: Race Transmission exploded, car caught on fire, Norris lost control of car and was ejected [7] Bill Abell (USA) 1940-08-23 Stock car Fulton Fairgrounds: Race Lost control and car left the track [8] Bud Abell (USA) 1947-11-09 Stock car Mitchell Speedrome: Qualifying Spun off the track, plunged over an embankment and ...
Walt Sprague (USA) [41] August 24, 1951 Monroe County Fairgrounds: Semifinal heat race Sportsman Division Rex Stansell (USA) [42] [note 10] July 4, 1952 200-mile race Darlington International Raceway: Race Sportsman Division/Modified Division Bill Blevins (USA) [43] September 19, 1953 220-mile race Raleigh Speedway: Race
Fatal accidents to competitors at the Watkins Glen International Circuit during the United States Grand Prix and other national and international motorsport events on a 10.6 km (6.6 mi) road circuit (1948–1952), an amended 7.4 km (4.6 mi) circuit (1953–1956) and the 3.78 km (2.35 mi) Grand Prix circuit from 1957 onwards.
Russell James Liberman (September 12, 1945 [3] – September 9, 1977 [4]) was an American funny car drag racer, nicknamed "Jungle Jim." In 2001, he was named #17 on the list of the Top 50 NHRA drivers of all time. [5]
A 32-year-old Oconto man and a 66-year-old Manitowoc man were killed in a series of crashes Tuesday afternoon on U.S. 41, according to the Oconto County Sheriff's Office.
A pickup truck driver was killed at the scene of a crash involving a semi-truck early Friday on U.S. 41 in Manatee County, Florida Highway Patrol said. The crash happened around 5:49 a.m. at the ...
Kalitta's American International Top Fuel dragster Kalitta's crew working on his dragster in the pits. Scott D. Kalitta (February 18, 1962 – June 21, 2008) was an American drag racer who competed in the Funny Car and Top Fuel classes in the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Full Throttle Drag Racing Series.