NASCAR TRAGEDY: At leat 4 key legendary NASCAR driver just found dead in a massive fatal car crash….
NASCAR is a sport that has a pretty notorious death toll. In fact, they even joked about racing deaths on cartoons like Rocko’s Modern Life because of the sheer number of fatal crashes that happened on motor racing tracks.
Satirical as the jokes may be, there is a legitimate impact that deals with all the car accidents that happen on the track. NASCAR deals with high-speed racing and that means a single car accident can prove fatal.
Over the years, many of the deaths have torn apart the fandom, and have made would-be NASCAR drivers think twice about joining the sport. The following fatal crashes in NASCAR history remain the most heartbreaking for fans and drivers alike.
Few NASCAR Hall of Famers were as well-liked as Joe Weatherly. Known for having a wicked sense of humor and for his hilarious practical jokes, “The Clown Prince of Racing” had a loyal following and is still considered to be one of the best NASCAR drivers of all time.
Tragedy struck in 1964, when Weatherly lost control of his car on the track, which resulted in Weatherly hitting a wall while going well over 100 miles per hour. His head went right through the windshield because he had no window screen installed and was not wearing a harness.
Joe Weatherly’s death ranked as one of the most tragic fatal crashes in NASCAR history—and was the main reason why NASCAR mandated safety gear in every car that hits the track.
Without a doubt, one of the saddest fatal crashes in NASCAR history has to be the 2001 Daytona 500 race—the very race that ended up taking NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt’s life.
In this fatal crash, Dale Earnhardt Sr.’s bumper was hit by Sterling Martin’s car, which in turn caused both cars to spin out of control in the final lap of the race.
The spinout caused Dale’s car to hit a wall at 160 miles per hour, and while it may not have looked so bad to spectators, the impact ended up killing him instantly.
What makes this particularly heartbreaking isn’t just the fact that he was killed on the track; it’s that his wife saw the whole thing, and the announcers didn’t realize he was dead while they were narrating the entire race.
Yes, 1964 really wasn’t a good year in NASCAR history. Along with the tragic death of the Clown Prince of Racing, one of the most explosive fatal crashes in NASCAR history happened on the track during this time. This particular car crash took the lives of not one, but two, drivers.
Driver Dave MacDonald was a skilled driver who boasted a fast, but unstable car. This proved to be his undoing. Drivers noted that MacDonald’s car seemed to be losing control at points through the first lap of the Indy 500.
By the second lap of the race, MacDonald’s car lost total control and spun out on the track. The car hit the wall and quickly burst into flames, trapping MacDonald inside. The car then slid back onto the track, where more cars were hit.
Fellow racer, Eddie Sachs, tried to find a way through the massive pileup during the race, but instead, hit MacDonald’s car, causing both MacDonald’s car and his own to explode. Sachs was instantly killed, while MacDonald succumbed to his burns later on.
This was the first time the Indy 500 stopped due to an accident, marking one of the most impressively terrible fatal crashes in NASCAR history.
