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Former NASCAR Cup Series driver Clint Bowyer was involved in a deadly vehicular crash with a pedestrian while exiting a Missouri highway. Bowyer, now an analyst for Fox Sports, was driving and ...
This article lists drivers who have been fatally injured while competing in or in preparation for (testing, practice, qualifying) races sanctioned by the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR). A separate list compiles drivers who have died of a medical condition while driving or shortly thereafter and another section shows non ...
NASCAR driver Shane van Gisbergen walked away from a multiple-car crash at a dirt track speedway meeting at Auckland in his native New Zealand on Thursday. Van Gisbergen, who drives the No. 88 ...
Car NASCAR: Sportsman 300: Race Coming out of turn two, Williams, who was driving a Chevrolet Chevelle, was involved in a multi-car pileup. He incurred permanent brain damage, which left him in a semicomatose state until his death on May 21, 1989. [21] [22] Ricky Knotts: February 14, 1980 Car NASCAR: 125-mile race: Qualifying Race
NASCAR ended up penalizing Jones two laps for reckless driving after the crash. Jones, 18, referenced past incidents from Mills in a statement posted to social media after the race.
Veteran Nextel Cup Series driver Mark Martin, who was driving for Jack Roush (Roush Fenway Racing) at the time, called Logano "the real deal"; [5] when Logano was 15, Martin said "I am high on Joey Logano because I am absolutely, 100-percent positive, without a doubt that he can be one of the greatest that ever raced in NASCAR. I'm positive.
The first driver to qualify for a NASCAR Grand National race at a speed greater than 180 miles per hour (1967 Daytona 500, driving #13, a 1967 Smokey Yunick Chevrolet.) Turner's 1967 Daytona 500 car designed by Smokey Yunick , seen to the right, was the inspiration for the car driven by the Talladega Nights character Reese Bobby.
The Mercury then spun around and wound up facing oncoming cars in the middle of the track surface, with MacTavish completely exposed in the driver's seat. It was then struck by Sam Sommers, who was unable to see MacTavish's car due to smoke and flying debris from the accident. This second impact sent his car bouncing into the grass on the ...