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By the mid-1990s, competitors and media began taking note of the multi-car wrecks at Daytona and Talladega. In 1997, Dale Earnhardt described a final-lap crash at the 1997 Pepsi 400 as "the Big Wreck". [5] News articles began using the term "Big Wreck" to describe such crashes in 1998, [6] and by 1999, its use was widespread. Drivers began to ...
Michael McDowell spun out, causing the second big crash in the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Dayton International Speedway Saturday night.
June 5, 2010 40-lap race Beech Ridge Motor Speedway: Feature race Whelen All-American Series (Pro Series) Having finished a rain-shortened race, the 53-year-old sales manager had a fatal heart attack. [129] Ron Pestana (USA) [130] July 14, 2012 15-lap race All American Speedway: Feature race Whelen All-American Series (Spectator class)
NASCAR on USA is the branding used for broadcasts of NASCAR races that are produced by NBC Sports and televised on several NBCUniversal-owned television networks, including USA Network in the United States. The network originally aired races, typically during the half of the season, from 1982 to 1985.
NASCAR is taking away driver Austin Dillon's automatic berth to the playoffs after he was involved in two wrecks on the last lap before winning the Cook Out 400 in Richmond, Virginia, on Sunday night.
NASCAR ended up penalizing Jones two laps for reckless driving after the crash. Jones, 18, referenced past incidents from Mills in a statement posted to social media after the race.
The crash happened with six laps to go in the 160-lap race. Drivers had taken it easy for much of the final stage of the race before their final pit stops.
At the time of the crash, 41 of the 43 cars were on the track. Of those, only Compton, Keller, Wallace (who were in front of the crash), C. W. Smith , Hank Parker Jr. , Casey Mears , Andy Kirby , Tim Fedewa , Larry Gunselman , and Chad Chaffin (all of whom either got slowed down in time to miss the crash or had lost the lead draft altogether ...