Dale Earnhardt crash in Daytona 2001 R.I.P.

[jttogo20031]

Sterling Marlin????

[jttogo20031]

who was on the bottom????

[HomieChampNovaFan]

How did this crash kill him?

[practiCalfMRI]

Just saw Jimmy Johnson nail the wall at Charlotte (BofA500). As soon as he got sideways I was thinking about DE's 2001 crash. That new compressible wall, the Hans device and all the other mods... yeah, I'd say they just combined to save a life. Chalk another one up to the legacy of DE. (And kudos to NASCAR for maintaining the spectacle without the injuries.)

[thegolfguy1234567]

@practiCalfMRI Yeah, that was a hard hit. Back 10 years ago, pretty good chance he would've died.

[75flash]

Honestly, not trying to sound like a dick, but here is what I don't understand. What exactly killed him? I mean, we see crashes worse than that all the time and drivers barely get hurt. Anybody know what specifically caused his death?

[1987CHEVYNOVA]

@75flash For one Senior was not a fan of driving with any kinda restraints, for another unlike now of days where the walls of the race track have a cushioned Styrofoam protection when he hit he did so unto solid concrete at about 185MPH straight on, most likely broke is neck hit his head on the steering wheel heavy whip lash we can only speculate either way he was not alive when they got to his car. The day that racing changed forever!!!

[75flash]

@1987CHEVYNOVA Oh ok, I gotcha.

[thegolfguy1234567]

@75flash Now we have the hans device (to keep the drivers head from going forward) compressible wall, etc. Didn't have any of that when dale crashed. I think he died of whiplash. That or hit his head on the dash or steering wheel.

[catstalker1]

be greatful his mustache is still alive, living happily in a jar, owned by an elderly couple somewhere in Kentucky or Tenn.

[R34LiSM]

i remember cheering when he crashed on the final lap. always hated him for his reckless/inconsiderate driving. felt pretty bad afterwords though.

[luspen83]

R.I.P He was a great driver one of my favorits, have seen nascar after but its not the same without him........R.I.P

[PERIZ99]

Dale was great, but his son's a bunghole though..

[machadocody420]

RIP dale. he was the greatest driver ever

[stuntrider15]

this is so sad! i remeber back in the 4th or 5th grade i was eating at the racerock cafe with my family for my b-day and a news crew came in and started fiming the #3 car and we asked what happened did he win and thats when they told us the news! R.I.P Dale!

[osubuckeyes14]

i was watching this and i had a bad feeling about dale when darrell waltrip said, "what about dale, is he ok?" and it was eerie how his hood kept flapping it just gave me a bad feeling.

RIP the greatest ever.

[67mustangreg]

I will ALWAYS remeber that day, as a 11 year old boy.

[TS9321]

I don't mean to piss ya'll off...I believe I can get in that number 3 and I can drive that some bitch just like Dale did..I really mean it ..I could do it!!!!!! i just need a chance to prove I can...

[EarnhardtTurnedRight]

lol

[imgoingtobarf]

i realy liked him on the 2001 race i was cheering 4 him.

Dale Earnhardt RIP.

[HefferHefferHeffer]

RIP Dale Earnhardt =(

[ST0RMracing4ever]

anyone who says they are happy about the death is a loser and should die.

great way to honor the best nascar racer ever.

[stuff2991]

@ST0RMracing4ever totaly agree

[pianoboy03]

How did he die?

[sr8hate]

i was getting sic of that guy his death saved the sport

[morganrayjackson]

do u know how messed up that is

RIP Dale

[Carpenter1125]

dude u need to shut the fuck up... damn boy u dont know who ur talking about, sr's death cause the COT, and dales death caused nascar to come up with super safe ways to race, im not saying thats a bad thing but there was 10 times better racing with the car of yesterday... wow i hate ppl like u

[WMNWO]

Dale was one of the best race car driver

Dale everybody misses you even me

RIP Dale Earnhardt 1951 - 2001

You could have stayed longer

[Hype3rshadow]

god fuck if only the race had ended a bit earlier this wouldnt have happened and not to be rude but WHY WHY COULDNT YOU JUST WEAR THE DAM NECK STRAP!.

[mdagostino25]

ForgotpasswordFilms is right you are so gay you mock the dead and call a cocksucker a saint at least nascar is a actual car and its not just some stupid computer

[ScarletKILLER22]

this is one of the reasons i dont believe in god

[Itagaki32]

why do the best die it sucks

[jbench14]

I was in shock when I got home and got a call of my grandma saying earnhardt died it was the day nascar ever lost. He was the greatest driver of all time!

[jls2011]

That was a really sad day. All I can say is at least he died doing something he really and truely loved.

R.I.P

[CONEBEAST187]

NO !!!

the saddest day in racing was when frank wiliams sent ayrton senna out on track with a welded up cracked steering shaft

earnheart has nothing on senna i mean how friggen hard is it to turn left for 99% of your career

nasacr is the most boring motor racing on the planet

[mdagostino25]

you are such a queer you look up a fatal crash where a guy was just trying to help his son win when he dies and you make fun with it but when some formula 1 fag hits a wall hes a saint

[CONEBEAST187]

senna is a saint cause he wasnt a war for oil terrorist american pig who are so proud an patriotic about being "FREE" but all run for the hills in mass histeria an FEAR when they have to defend the FREE ideals they preach

but now you have a nigga running your country boy so i guess it all evens out

enjoy becoming the next nigeria

an lets hope the next 9\11 is a nuke

[ForgotpasswordFilms]

Wow. You must be some kinda Terrorist. Talk about Senna if you like but leave Dale Earnhardt Sr. and America out of it. At least we don't live in some backwash, shitty, floating prison rock. Lets just hope that the next time a country decides to use that land for extra space, that they don't bring over a bunch of faggots like yourself.

[ForgotpasswordFilms]

Um this message was meant for CONEBERAST187 down there. I love Nascar.

[Carpenter1125]

fuck you

[ajmcguinness334]

R.I.P

[jamespic]

The Saddest Race In Auto Racing History!!!!!

[essiek24]

atleast he died doing what he loved to do

[kevdog90000]

he died being a good man he was protecting s lead R.I.P

[bandboy96]

OMG :( i miss him cry cry cry