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14 NASCAR drivers have died at Daytona International Speedway, more than at any other circuit. 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 ...
Many roads and bridges were washed out in Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego counties. Major flooding damaged or destroyed about 400 miles of roads in Death Valley National Park, which ...
Hilary shattered daily rain records in San Diego and dumped the equivalent of a full year's worth on Death Valley National Park, forcing the park to be closed indefinitely and leaving about 400 ...
Tropical Storm Hilary brought a year’s worth of rain to Death Valley in a single day – the wettest 24 hours on record for the region – as it flooded roads and toppled trees across California.
The estimated damage total in the United States was US$900 million, much of it in Inyo County, California, where most of the roads in Death Valley National Park were damaged by floods. The park was closed for two months, its longest ever closure. Hilary broke records in four U.S. states for wettest tropical cyclone or its remnants.
The Big One is a phrase describing any crash usually involving five or more cars in NASCAR, ARCA, and IndyCar racing. It is most commonly used at Daytona International Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway, although occasionally seen at other tracks as well, such as Dover Motor Speedway and Watkins Glen International.
As Hilary bore down, torrents of water rushed through the park, forging new gullies, displacing heavy rocks and undercutting park roads. Hilary 'reshaped the landscape' of Death Valley; storm ...
Badwater Basin is an endorheic basin in Death Valley National Park, Death Valley, Inyo County, California, noted as the lowest point in North America and the United States, with a depth of 282 ft (86 m) below sea level. [1] [2] Mount Whitney, the highest point in the contiguous United States, is only 84.6 miles (136 km) to the northwest. [3]