Feb 9, 2021 · Daytona International Speedway rescue workers try to get Dale Earnhardt out of his car after his wreck on the final lap of the Daytona 500, Sunday, Feb. 18, 2001, in Daytona Beach, Fla....

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.

Feb 11, 2021 · His car slid alongside Earnhardt's and they stopped nose-to-door in the infield grass. When he limped around to talk to his friend, he instead dropped the window net to an unimaginable scene.

Feb 11, 2021 · DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Dale Earnhardt, the greatest stock car star of his era, was killed in a crash on the last turn of the last lap of Sunday’s Daytona 500 as he tried to protect Michael Waltrip’s victory.

Feb 12, 2021 · On the night of Feb. 17, 2020, while he was being carried from the Daytona racetrack in an ambulance to nearby Halifax Health Medical Center, that car was towed back to the track's garage.

Feb 25, 2001 · In perhaps a millisecond, the most talented, most charismatic, best known and most popular driver in stock car racing was dead. He died instantly when his No. 3 Goodwrench Chevrolet Monte Carlo...

Dale Earnhardt was killed on the final turn of the final lap when his No. 3 Chevrolet appeared to brush Sterling Marlin's Dodge, causing Earnhardt's car to swerve sharply to the right.

Feb 18, 2021 · How weird does that sound? No one has ever shown more life inside a race car than Dale Earnhardt. And in his final February in Daytona, he'd never looked so human.

Feb 13, 2021 · The crash that killed Dale Earnhardt on the final lap of the 2001 Daytona 500 was hardly the routine hit it initially appeared to be – he was traveling 150 mph and his angle of impact was ...

Feb 15, 2021 · Dale Earnhardt, the most recognized driver in NASCAR, died at Daytona doing what he did best — pushing his race car to the limit. By Lee Spencer. I walked past the driver’s window of the No....