NASCAR Legends – Fatal Racing Accidents
Music: “Simple Man” by Lynyrd Skynyrd. Fatal crashes in NASCAR’s top 3 divisions. Not included are NASCAR drivers that have died in crashes where no known footage exists. For the first time in the sports history, NASCAR has gone 10 years without suffering a fatal crash in the top 3 national touring series. 1957 – Bobby Myers at Darlington 1964 – Joe Weatherly at Riverside 1964 – Fireball Roberts at Charlotte 1965 – Buren Skeen at Darlington 1965 – Harold Kite at Charlotte 1969 – Don MacTavish at Daytona 1970 – Talmadge Prince at Daytona 1972 – Friday Hassler at Daytona 1975 – Tiny Lund at Talladega (www.youtube.com 1979 – Don Williams at Daytona 1980 – Ricky Knotts at Daytona 1983 – Bruce Jacobi at Daytona 1984 – Terry Schoonover at Atlanta 1986 – Rick Baldwin at Michigan 1989 – Grant Adcox at Atlanta 1991 – JD McDuffie at Watkins Glen 1994 – Neil Bonnett at Daytona 1997 – John Nemechek at Homestead 2000 – Tony Roper at Texas 2001 – Dale Earnhardt at Daytona
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Formula One driver Jo Bonnier fatal crash (rare)
Vic Elford talks us through his account of what happened in Jo Bonnier’s fatal accident at Le Mans in 1972.
