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The following is a list of 74 individuals whose deaths have been related to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, located in Speedway, Indiana: 42 drivers, 1 motorcyclist, 13 riding mechanics, and 18 others including a pit crew member, track personnel, and spectators have sustained fatal injuries or have had fatal medical conditions.
Sprint car driver Justin Owen died of injuries he suffered during a horrific crash in which his car was tossed multiple times during a race in southern eastern Indiana.. The racer who was just 26 ...
Driver Date of incident Sanction Track [note 1] Event Team/Owner Car/Entry Session Bob Burman (USA) [1] April 8, 1916 AAA: Grand Boulevard Corona Grand Prize [note 2] Peugeot: Race Carl Limberg (USA) [2] May 13, 1916 AAA: Sheepshead Bay Speedway: Metropolitan Trophy Delage: Race Jack Peacock (USA) [3] August 27, 1916 AAA: Recreation Park
The 51-year-old driver struck a wall, having had a heart attack, of which he died on July 11, 1993, the next day. [122] Ron Biellier (USA) [123] July 15, 1994 Speedway USA (Bolivar, Missouri) Race Winston Racing Series (Late Model Stock) The 45-year-old businessman brushed a wall but died of a heart attack. [123] Al Papini (USA) [124] April 1, 2001
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Since its opening in 1959, Daytona International Speedwayhas seen 41 on-track fatalities: 24 car drivers, 12 motorcyclists, 3 go-kart drivers, 1 powerboat racer, and 1 track worker. The most notable death was that of Dale Earnhardt, who was killedon the last lap of the Daytona 500on February 18, 2001.
[3] [4] Widely considered to be the worst accident [5] is the 1955 Le Mans disaster at 24 Hours of Le Mans that killed driver Pierre Levegh and approximately 80 spectators with over 100 being injured in total. This is a list alphabetically sorted, and structured after the kind of competition, of the more notable driver deaths, excluding those ...
May 24—NAPPANEE — A tanker truck driver has died in a fiery crash in Nappanee. The truck caught fire after rolling onto its side on Tomahawk Trail in Nappanee. Indiana State Police, which was ...
According to a preliminary crash investigation, the 24-year-old driver of a pickup truck who was southbound on Curry Pike disregarded a traffic signal and crashed into Abram’s sport utility vehicle.