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The NASCAR Cup Series has seen 28 driver fatalities, the most recent of which occurred on February 18, 2001, when Dale Earnhardt was killed on the last lap of the Daytona 500. Safety in the sport has evolved through the decades.
Lucille Clifton (June 27, 1936 – February 13, 2010) [1] was an American poet, writer, and educator from Buffalo, New York. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] From 1979 to 1985 she was Poet Laureate of Maryland . Clifton was a finalist twice for the Pulitzer Prize for poetry.
Since its opening in 1959, Daytona International Speedway has 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 killed on the last lap of the Daytona 500 on February 18, 2001.
Trevor Bayne and Bobby Allison are the youngest and oldest Daytona 500 winners, winning at the ages of 20 years and 1 day in 2011 and 50 years, 2 months, and 11 days old in 1988, respectively. [15] [16] Petty also holds the distinction of having the longest time between his first and last wins, 17 years between the 1964 and 1981 races. [17]
Hendrick now has nine after Bodine became the team’s first Daytona 500 winner in 1986. The victory locks Byron into the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs as he chases his first Cup Series title.
2007 Daytona 500; Race details [1] Race 1 of 36 in the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series: Date: February 18, 2007 () Official name: Daytona 500 by Toyota: Location: Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S. Course: Permanent racing facility 2.5 mi (4.02336 km) Distance: 202 laps, 505 mi (812.718 km) Scheduled Distance
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The 1997 Daytona 500, the 39th running of the event, was held on February 16 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Consisted of 200 laps and 500 miles, it was the first race of the 1997 Winston Cup season .