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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 ...
Thomas Obrey "Cotton" Priddy (August 29, 1928 – June 10, 1956) [1] was a NASCAR Grand National race car driver from Louisville, Kentucky, USA. [2] He was the driver who died at the Memphis-Arkansas Speedway during a race on June 10, 1956. [2] It was the first time Priddy competed in a NASCAR grand-national race. On the 39th lap of the race ...
In 1996, a roof reinforcement called the Earnhardt bar was made mandatory on all NASCAR vehicles after Dale Earnhardt was seriously injured in a crash at Talladega in the DieHard 500. Charlotte Motor Speedway also withdrew from the Sportsman Division in 1996, following 3 deaths in 6 years, citing Phillips' death as "the last straw". [9]
Kelly Renae "Girl" Sutton (born September 24, 1971) [1] is a former NASCAR driver. Sutton started 54 races, mostly in her family-owned No. 02 Chevrolet Silverado , in the Craftsman Truck Series . She was the only stock-car racer, male or female, known to race with multiple sclerosis before Trevor Bayne 's diagnosis in 2013.
A minor violation was found and her car was declared illegal. Renshaw would spend the 2002 season in the ARCA RE/MAX Series, where she finished in the top ten three times. However, during her tenure there, she was involved in an accident that claimed the life of fellow driver Eric Martin, another controversial event during her career. After ...
Jason Priestley had been racing for 10 years when he endured serious injuries in a crash at the Kentucky Speedway in 2002. The accident was the worst ever seen at the raceway, ABC News said.
Ryan Jeffrey Preece [1] (born October 25, 1990) [2] is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 60 Ford Mustang Dark Horse for RFK Racing.
Waltrip's stock car career got off the ground in 1981, when he captured the Mini-Modified division track championship at Kentucky Motor Speedway. A year later, Waltrip entered the Goody's Dash Series, where he won the series championship in 1983 and was voted the circuit's most popular driver that year and in 1984.