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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.
Race Riding a Suzuki, Bartz crashed into two downed bikes on the east turn. He was flung through the air and slammed on the ground. The 30-year-old truck salesman died of multiple injuries in the speedway hospital a short time later. [12] [13] Tab Prince: February 19, 1970 Car NASCAR: 125-mile race: Qualifying Race [note 1]
Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series 150 Race Clipped by another car and crashed into the tire barrier [52] Rick Baldwin (USA) 1986-06-14 Stock car Ford Thunderbird: NASCAR Winston Cup Series: Michigan International Speedway: Miller American 400: Qualifying Spun out and crashed backwards into a wall, died 11 years later in a coma [53] Tom Baldwin (USA) 2004-09-19
The NASCAR championship season consists of a series of races, held usually on oval tracks, and in a few cases, road courses. [4] Each season throughout NASCAR history has consisted of between 8 and 62 races. [5] The results of each race are combined to determine two championships in each of the top series, one for drivers and one for manufacturers.
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Lists of motorsport fatalities at race tracks in the United States (4 P) Pages in category "Lists of motorsport fatalities" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
[3] [4] The event is the premier and final race of the three-week Speedweeks series of races and has been the first points-paying round of the NASCAR Cup Series since 1982. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It usually covers 200 laps over a total distance of 500 mi (800 km), [ 1 ] but accidents and other incidents have meant that the race has been extended through ...
The 1960 Southern 500, the 11th running of the event, was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on September 5, 1960, at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina. Contested over 364 laps on the 1.366-mile (2.198 km) egg-shaped oval, it was the 35th race of the 1960 NASCAR Grand National Series season.