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Al Unser Sr. won for the second consecutive year, dominating most of the race. [3] [4] Unser became the fourth driver to win the Indy 500 in back-to-back years, and it was his second of a record-tying four Indy victories. The race was marred by a crash involving the pace car at the start.
In the initial running of this aerodynamic package at Talladega, Earnhardt passed 17 cars within four laps to win the fall 2000 Talladega race which proved to be his 76th and final career win. [8] The 2001 Daytona 500 was the first 500-mile (800 km) race run at the track with this package, which was designed to keep cars bunched up close ...
Date of accident Event Circuit [note 1] Session Car Larry Mann (USA) [5] September 14, 1952 250-mile race Langhorne Speedway: Race Hudson Frank Arford (USA) [6] June 20, 1953 International 200 Langhorne Speedway: Qualifying Oldsmobile Lou Figaro (USA) [note 2] October 24, 1954 100-mile race: North Wilkesboro Speedway: Race Hudson John McVitty ...
Four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves got a crash course — literally — in stock-car racing at Daytona International Speedway. Castroneves was involved in a seven-car wreck on Lap ...
The 48th International 500-Mile Sweepstakes was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Saturday, May 30, 1964. The race was won by A. J. Foyt, but is primarily remembered for a fiery seven-car accident which resulted in the deaths of racers Eddie Sachs and Dave MacDonald.
The other three drivers involved in the race-ending wreck, spurred initially by Rossi running out of fuel coming out of Turn 2 on the final lap, before Robb failed to avoid the slowing car and ...
David MacFarland Steele (May 7, 1974 – March 25, 2017) [2] was an American professional racing driver who won numerous sprint car racing championships and also competed in IndyCar and NASCAR races. Steele last drove a winged sprint car in the Southern Sprintcar Shootout Series, where he won the first 5 races in series history.
Early crash ruins multiple drivers' chances to win. The majority of the Daytona 500 was incident-free. There were no crashes in between the two wrecks in the final 10 laps of the race and a crash ...