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 20, 2001 · 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 race.

Feb 18, 2021 · At 17:16 Eastern Time, it was the moment that the sport lost one of its greatest and revered drivers of all time: Dale Earnhardt. The seven-time NASCAR Cup champion, known as the fearless...

Feb 26, 2001 · On Sunday, seconds before he would become only the fourth man to win the Daytona 500 as an owner as well as a driver, the 49-year-old Earnhardt died when he crashed his Chevrolet Monte Carlo into...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Dale Earnhardt, one of the greatest stars in auto racing history, died Sunday from injuries in a last-lap crash at the Daytona 500. The seven-time Winston Cup champion...

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.

Aug 22, 2001 · A team of independent experts hired by the stock-car sanctioning body concluded that Earnhardt, 49, one of the sport's biggest stars, died of a basilar skull fracture caused by a blow to the...

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 crash...

Feb 19, 2001 · DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Dale Earnhardt, America’s greatest active stock car driver, was killed Sunday on the final turn of the final lap of the Daytona 500 when his Chevrolet Monte Carlo...