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Bobby Allison, the 1983 NASCAR Cup Series champion and Hall of Fame driver who won a 85 career races, has died at the age of 86. The racing legend died peacefully at his home on Saturday, Nov. 9 ...
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) The 60-year-old real estate agent hit a wall but died of a heart attack. [131]
Feb 1, 1969; Riverside, CA: NASCAR Grand National Series driver Cale Yarborough (21) in the garage area at the 1969 Motor Trend 500 at Riverside International Speedway.
The driver of the No. 7 Spire Motorsports entry spun on a straightaway, causing a single-car crash that lasted for a full quarter of a minute — including a roof slide that seemed to last for ages.
Three months after his death, the first annual 100-lap "Don MacTavish Memorial Race" was organized at Albany-Saratoga Speedway. Race-winner Richie Evans was presented the winner's trophy by Mrs. Dorothy MacTavish and Miss Marcia MacTavish, mother and sister of the late driver for whom the event was named.
On the evening of April 1, 1993, a Swearingen Merlin III twin turboprop, carrying NASCAR champion Alan Kulwicki, crashed near Blountville, Tennessee, while on approach to the nearby Tri-Cities Regional Airport. All four people on board, including Alan Kulwicki, two executives of the Hooters restaurant chain, and the pilot, were killed.
NASCAR Truck Series driver Matt Mills was hospitalized after he appeared to be wrecked intentionally during Saturday’s race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Mills’ truck hit the wall and caught ...
In 1996, a roof reinforcement called the Earnhardt bar was made mandatory on all NASCAR vehicles after Dale Earnhardt was seriously injured in a crash at Talladega in the DieHard 500. Charlotte Motor Speedway also withdrew from the Sportsman Division in 1996, following 3 deaths in 6 years, citing Phillips' death as "the last straw".