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The official cause of Earnhardt's death was given by the Volusia County medical examiner's office as blunt force trauma to his head among other injuries due to the incident. [23] He also sustained a fatal basilar skull fracture on impact. Less than two hours after the accident, NASCAR president Mike Helton announced Earnhardt's death. A later ...
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 greatest stock car star of his era. NASCAR was still reeling from ...
The NASCAR Cup Series has seen 28 driver fatalities, the most recent of which occurred on February 18, 2001, when Dale Earnhardt was killed on the last lap of the Daytona 500. Safety in the sport has evolved through the decades.
Dale Earnhardt, Inc. won five races in the 2001 season, beginning with Steve Park's victory in the race at Rockingham just one week after Earnhardt's death. Earnhardt Jr. and Waltrip finished first and second in the series' return to Daytona in July for the Pepsi 400, a reverse of the finish in the Daytona 500. Earnhardt Jr. also won the fall ...
Dale Earnhardt died 20 years ago at the Daytona 500, but the lessons learned from that dark day still keep the sport safe today. Remembering Dale Earnhardt 20 years after the 2001 Daytona 500 ...
Earnhardt's death at the 2001 Daytona 500 turned Childress' NASCAR plan for young Harvick upside down.
The most notable death was that of Dale Earnhardt, who was killed on the last lap of the Daytona 500 on February 18, 2001. Fatalities. Name Date of accident
Earnhardt Jr.'s father, Dale Earnhardt, was a prolific NASCAR driver, winning 76 races in the Winston Cup Series from 1979 to 2000. On Feb . 18, 2001, Earnhardt was killed in a final-lap collision ...