On the afternoon of February 18, 2001, American stock car racing driver and team owner Dale Earnhardt was involved in a final-lap collision in the 2001 Daytona 500, in which he crashed into a retaining wall after making contact with Sterling Marlin and Ken Schrader.

The sport lost the legendary Dale Earnhardt on the final lap of the 2001 Daytona 500.

Feb 1, 2022 · Earnhardt Sr. was going 150 miles an hour when he hit the wall at the angle that he did. The result was blunt force trauma to his head, which is what killed him, according to the autopsy result. Fellow racer Ken Schrader was the first to …

On February 18 2001, during the Daytona 500, Dale Earnhardt was killed after being involved in an accident while heading into Turn 3 on the last lap. Earnhardt was racing three wide with Marlin to his left and Schrader to his right.

An autopsy completed Monday showed Earnhardt died of blunt force injuries to the head. The 49-year-old racer was fighting for position when he slammed into the wall on the final turn of the...

Feb 9, 2021 · Emergency personnel move Dale Earnhardt to a waiting ambulance after he was cut out of his car following a final-lap crash at the Daytona 500, Sunday, Feb. 18, 2001, at Daytona International...

Feb 18, 2021 · Earnhardt died of a basilar skull ring fracture, the same injury that had killed three other NASCAR drivers – Adam Petty, Kenny Irwin and Tony Roper – over the previous eight months.

Jun 19, 2020 · On February 18, 2001, Earnhardt’s career and life all suddenly came to a tragic end on the last lap of the Daytona 500. The NASCAR family and sports world were stunned. Arguably, the greatest NASCAR driver to ever race was gone.

Ralph Dale Earnhardt (/ ... During the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 18, 2001, Earnhardt was killed in a three-car crash on the final lap of the race. He collided with Ken Schrader after making small contact with Sterling Marlin and hit the outside wall head-on. He had been blocking Schrader on the outside and Marlin ...

Nov 13, 2009 · On February 18, 2001, Dale Earnhardt Sr., considered one of the greatest drivers in National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) history, dies at the age of 49 in a last-lap...