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This is a category for racing drivers who were killed while driving a racing car, either in competition or during testing.It includes drivers who were killed immediately, as well as those who were not killed immediately but succumbed to their injuries some time later.
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 ...
Three drivers died in the intervening years while driving former Formula One cars (two from the 1960s, one from the 1990s) in vintage racing and other events not associated with World Championship Grands Prix. [12] [13] [14] Two Formula One Champions have died while racing or practising in Formula One, Jochen Rindt in 1970, and Senna in 1994 ...
Parents, 2 kids die in collision with racing car in Grand Prairie, police and family say. Emerson Clarridge. August 12, 2024 at 9:23 AM ... → 2 kids, 2 adults killed by racing driver, police say.
Three-time Formula One world champion Jack Brabham (pictured) established racing team Brabham, for which his son David would later race. American NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt suffered a fatal crash in the last corner of the 2001 Daytona 500, a race in which his son Dale Jr. (pictured) finished second.
Chris Trickle (May 30, 1972 – March 25, 1998) was an American stock car racing driver. A competitor in the NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Tour, he was murdered in a drive-by shooting that remains unsolved.
Crashed at the esses, flipped his car several times. He died instantly of a fractured skull and broken neck [224] Joseph Göttgens (NED) 1957-05-12 Sports car Triumph TR3: World Sportscar Championship: near Florence: Mille Miglia: Race He crashed his car near Florence and died of his injuries in a hospital [225] Mike Grbac (USA) 1978-11-29 ...
The 1995 Winston 100 at Charlotte was the 15th series start for Phillips, who entered the race having just won his first pole position after setting a lap speed of 157.444 miles per hour (253.382 km/h). Phillips led the first two laps of the race before falling back through the field. [2] [1] The crash occurred on lap 17 of the 67-lap event.