Dale Earnhardt is an American racer racer who gained worldwide fame as a car driver for NASCAR, recorded seven Winston Cup championships and 76 career victories, including the Daytona 500 in 1998. He was killed in a collision final - lap at the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 18, 2001, where he hit the retaining wall after making contact with Sterling Marlin and Ken Schrader. Earnhardt's death was officially pronounced at Halifax Medical Center at 5:16 PM. EST (22:16 UTC), although he may die soon after a collision. He is 49 years old. His funeral was held four days later at Calvary Church in Charlotte, North Carolina. Earnhardt's death was highly publicized and resulted in numerous safety improvements in NASCAR car racing.
After Earnhardt's death, NASCAR began an intensive focus on safety that has seen the organization mandate the use of head and neck restrictions, overseeing the installation of SAFER barriers on oval tracks, setting strict new inspection rules for seats and seatbelts, developing a hatch-breakout system, and Car of Tomorrow - which ultimately leads to the development of next generation racing cars built with consideration of the safety of the extra driver. Earnhardt is the fourth rider to die during the NASCAR competition of the year, starting with the Adam Petty accident in May 2000. Since Earnhardt's death, no Cup series riders have died during the competition.
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Earnhardt died while competing in the Daytona 500 2001, a NASCAR approved car race at Daytona International Speedway. NASCAR sanctions require the use of carburetor barrier plates for races held on the track. In 2000, a year before Earnhardt died, NASCAR set additional restrictions on springs and shocks used on cars, causing Earnhardt to complain to the media, "The rules of taking the NASCAR Winston Cup race and making it some of the saddest racing raced out of the hands of the drivers and crew We can not adjust and make our car drive the way we want They just killed the race in Daytona It's a joke for a race like this. "
In response to critics such as Earnhardt, NASCAR developed a new aerodynamic package for the cars that competed in the Winston Cup Series series in Daytona and Talladega. In the initial run of this aerodynamic package at Talladega, Earnhardt passed seventeen cars in four laps to win the Talladega 2000 fall race. Daytona 500 2001 is the first 500 mile (800 km) race race on track with this package, designed to keep the car close and allow more frequent passing at high speed.
Pre-race events
In the weeks before Daytona 500, Earnhardt chose not to attend the annual fan and media preview event, drawing vocal criticism from fellow driver Jimmy Spencer. On February 3 and 4, 2001, for the first time in his career, Earnhardt participated in the Rolex 24 endurance race in Daytona, the show featuring Speedweeks on the track. Earnhardt and his teammates, Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Earnhardt's son), Andy Pilgrim and Kelly Collins, completed the overall ranking of 4th and 2nd in the class.
However, finally, Speedweeks 2001 will be the first in a few years that Earnhardt failed to win a race. In Shootout Budweiser, Earnhardt came second after Tony Stewart. Earnhardt has also denied victory in the Gatorade Twin 125 qualifying contest. Earnhardt has won every Twins 125 event he participated in during the 1990s, and was ready to win again in 2001 when Sterling Marlin took off the slingshot slip that went down the backstretch, taking the victory from Earnhardt.
Event of the race
The morning of the race, Earnhardt appeared confident and relaxed. Earnhardt was a front runner throughout the race, leading 17 laps. In the first three quarters of the race, there were only two warning flags: the first on lap 49 when Jeff Purvis hit the exit wall in turn 4 and the other on lap 157 when rookie Kurt Busch crashed into the front wall while trying to get past Joe Nemechek and glide through the infield and to pit road.
On lap 173, Earnhardt drove the no. 3 famous blacks in third place, with two team cars, No. blue Chevrolet. 15 driven by Michael Waltrip and Chevrolet No. 8 red driven by his son, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. , running first and second in front of him. In the lap, a large collision in the back quickly wiped out 18 cars in a spectacular way. Those involved in the crash were Jason Leffler, Steve Park (one of Earnhardt's drivers), both Rusty (who will retaliate to finish third) and Kenny Wallace, Jeff and Robby Gordon, both Bobby (defending champions Cup) and Terry Labonte, Mark Martin, Tony Stewart, Elliott Sadler, Jeff and Ward Burton (who led the most rounds in the race so far with 53), Jerry Nadeau, John Andretti, Buckshot Jones, Dale Jarrett (winning Daytona 500 winners), and Andy Houston. The accident began when R. Gordon turned W. Burton at the bend of the 2nd corner. Stewart was hit by W. Burton, turned back to the outer wall, and was propelled into the air above R. Gordon. Stewart then flipped twice, hooked himself to the hood of the Labonte B. machine, and stood on his front wheel before sliding to the stop on the runway, while W. Burton's car turned sideways and gathered most of the field behind him. Earnhardt, Ron Hornaday, Jr., Ricky Rudd, Ken Schrader, and Mike Wallace are five of the few drivers who escaped the accident. The race was marked red to remove the car from the racetrack, and clean up the debris.
Between the lap time of 173 accident and lap 180 restart, Earnhardt chatted with his pit crew over the radio. The owner of Dale Earnhardt's car, Richard Childress, described a remark made by Earnhardt during that time. "Richard, if they do not do something on these cars, it'll end up killing someone."
During the next warning, Earnhardt had his last conversation with his crew, this between him and his Rolex 24 teammate Andy Pilgrim:
Earnhardt : So you have a suggestion for me here to come?
Pilgrim : No, man, I have not got any suggestions for you yet. Keep doing what you're doing.
Earnhardt : Okay, just curious.
Pilgrim : Cheerful; talk to you later.
Pilgrims said that there was no further crew conversation with Earnhardt, but he entertained his teammates Michael (Waltrip) and (Dale Earnhardt) Junior via radio, until the end of the race.
The race starts back on lap 180, with Waltrip and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. still ahead. Sterling Marlin, who had beaten Earnhardt at the Gatorade Duel, led the next three laps before Waltrip took the lead again. The lead was changed several times between Waltrip and Earnhardt Jr. over the next few laps.
When the lap ended, Waltrip and Earnhardt, Jr. run in first and second place, with Earnhardt Sr. behind them, blocking Marlin's attempts to escape. With less than two laps remaining, Fox commentator Darrell Waltrip noted that "Sterling has defeated the front end of the Dodge ol (Marlin's car) just trying to get around Dale Earnhardt, Sr.".
When the car enters round 3 in the last round, Earnhardt still holds the third position, and runs in the middle of the traffic. Dodge No. 40 Marlin is just behind him and runs down the lane, while Ford is No. 2 Ford's number two blue Wallace was just behind Earnhardt and Ken Schrader was on top of Earnhardt up the lane high in No. The yellow Pontiac.
Last round accident
The accident happened in turn 4, when Earnhardt made light contact with Marlin and slid off the track. When Earnhardt attempted to regain control and return to the track, he crossed in front of Schrader, colliding with Schrader and dragging his car onto the track. Earnhardt collided directly into the retaining wall at a critical angle, damaging the car at an approximate speed of between 155 and 160 mph (249 and 257 km/h), enough to break the right rear wheel assembly of the car. After the collision, the pin of the hood cut off, causing it to open and slammed into the windshield several times. When Michael Waltrip and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. would finish the race, the two crashed cars descended the steep cliffs and slid into the grass near the exit 4. There was no other rider rammed Earnhardt or Schrader after the accident, as they were able to pass them without incident. After both cars stopped at the infield, Schrader escaped from his car with minor injuries and went to check on Earnhardt. The window of Earnhardt's window was still rising, and Schrader pulled him down, then frantically beckoned the paramedics. On that day, and in retelling the events, Schrader described what he saw indirectly: "We have a bigger problem," "Look, I'm not a doctor, I'm saying it does not look good." Just shortly after the warning ten years when asked about it, did Schrader finally say, "Here's the deal.When I got into the car... I know I know he's dead, yeah... I do not want to be the one to say 'Dale is dead. ' "
Race officials throw the checkered and yellow flags simultaneously as the front runners cross the finish line, only realizing that accidents have happened behind the players' finish. Waltrip won the race, with Earnhardt, Jr second in the back. Rusty Wallace finished third, Ricky Rudd finished fourth, policeman Bill Elliott finished fifth, Wallace's brother Mike finished sixth, Marlin finished seventh, Bobby Hamilton finished eighth, Jeremy Mayfield finished ninth, and outside Stacy Compton polesitter finished in 10th place. Joe Nemechek finished 11. Earnhardt and Schrader credited finishing 12th and 13th despite not finishing the finals (only 11 cars - Waltrip and Earnhardt Jr. included - finished on the main lap as a result of a long green running flag and a 173 crash lap). After that, Earnhardt, Jr. rushed to his father's location. Earnhardt was released from his car by the Daytona safety team and taken to Halifax Medical Center. The attempt to raise Earnhardt failed and his death was officially spoken at 17:16. EST (22:16 UTC); he is 49 years old. The official cause of Earnhardt's death was given by the medical examiner's office in Volusia County as a blunt trauma in his head amongst other injuries resulting from the incident. He also suffered a fatal basilar skull fracture due to a collision.
As per the NASCAR rules, any driver involved in an accident and unable to return to the pit or to be removed from their car should report to the infield hospital. However, in severe cases, the driver may be sent directly to the emergency trauma room at the hospital near the circuit. Less than two hours after the accident, NASCAR president Mike Helton announced the death of Earnhardt. The investigation later revealed that Earnhardt's car hit a concrete retaining wall at a crown angle (vehicle angle measured from the wall surface to the center line of the car at the point of impact) between 55-59 °, combined with a corner path of 13.6 ° (road vehicles approaching the wall ) and the estimated speed is between 157 and 161 mph (253 and 259 km/h). Earnhardt encountered an accident impulse of about 80 milliseconds in duration. The results of the wall impact and impact of the Schrader car combined to produce a change in speeds of about 42-44 mph (68-71 km/h). The given force is equivalent to a vertical drop from a height of 61.8 feet (18.8 m). Then the sled test of the sample vehicle produces g-forces ranging from -68 to -48 g, the variation depending on the measurement method.
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Aftermath
Earnhardt's death sparked widespread media attention. One newspaper called that day "Black Sunday" . Desperate fans gathered at the headquarters of Richard Childress Racing and Dale Earnhardt, Inc. night crash and at the Daytona International Speedway. Earnhardt is featured in the weekly Time magazine next week, and the video of the race is played on almost every major television channel in the United States.
Earnhardt's public funeral service was held on February 22, 2001 at Calvary Church in Charlotte, North Carolina. His death led to a police investigation and an investigation approved by NASCAR. In reversing the previous NASCAR policy, almost every detail of the investigation was published.
A few days after the accident, Sterling Marlin received hate mail and death threats from fans who blamed him for Earnhardt's death. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. frees Marlin from responsibility and asks everyone who loves his father to stop blaming his death. On February 20, Marlin announced to the world his responsibility:
I certainly did not do anything deliberate. We just flooded ourselves for the last lap Daytona 500. Everyone did it. Dale's car was stuck in the middle [three-wide with Ken Schrader]. I am as low as I can be. Had Rusty Wallace pulled him off and fell into me, I do not know. You have to talk to Rusty Wallace. I watched the tape once and that's all I wanted to see.
Within a week after the accident, Bill Simpson, whose company - Simpson Performance Products - made the seat belt Earnhardt wore during the race, also reported that he also received death threats from angry fans. When asked about this, Darrell Waltrip stated that "NASCAR is a sport of emotion and all fans love their driver, so when something like this happens, the connection to this racer makes you want to blame someone and that someone should be involved and unfortunately, wrong here ".
Replacing Earnhardt
Owner Richard Childress's team made a public appointment that a black car with a sponsor of GoodWrench GM would no longer use the number 3, respecting the color scheme and sponsorship heralded by Earnhardt since 1988. With the 12th rank of the No. team. race, 2000 season status as the second in owner points, and attendance on the winner circle bonus program, Childress requested (and NASCAR approved) team to be numbered back to 29. The re-awarded team retained the same sponsor, even though the car was adorned with reversed color scheme - white body with black numbers and black lines at the bottom - for races in Rockingham and Las Vegas. The team kept all the bonuses obtained as the No. team. 3 in 2000 and Daytona 500. For the race in Atlanta, GM's Goodwrench Service Plus paint scheme was introduced, along with sloping red lines and thin blue stripes that resembled the Delco-sponsored AC Chevrolet driven in the Busch Series. From 2003 to 2006, when GM Goodwrench Service Plus sponsors ended, No. 29 painted black and silver, having a resemblance to No. 3. Since re-numbering and to this day (March 2014), the small No. 3 sticker is placed next to No. 29 in Earnhardt's memory and team's legacy. On December 11, 2013, RCR announced that the No. 1 car. 3 will return to the Cup Series for Austin Dillon.
The second-year Busch Series driver, Kevin Harvick, was tapped to replace Earnhardt who started with the first race after his death - Dura Lube 400, held at North Carolina Speedway in Rockingham, North Carolina. Hats with no logo. 3 is shared with everyone on the track in Earnhardt's memory. Initially, the Childress team wore empty uniforms out of respect, but as Harvick's performance improved, GM Goodwrench Service Plus uniform returned with the team scoring the top 10 at the next race in Las Vegas, and won next week in Atlanta. Jeff Gordon, polesitter for the Dura Lube 400, gives the lost human formation during lap laps. These are the habits used in motor sports to mourn. Steve Park will win the race, but feel emotional at Victory Lane.
Harvick's victory in Atlanta has since become a memory for many NASCAR fans. On the last lap of Cracker Barrel's Old Country Store 500, he defeated Gordon by 0.006 seconds, the same margin that Earnhardt had won over Bobby Labonte during the same race a year earlier, and Earnhardt's old gas man, Danny "Chocolate" Myers, cried after victory, Harvick tire-smoking burnout at frontstretch with three fingers held outside the driver's window, and Mike's Fox TV calls by Larry McReynolds, and Darrell Waltrip, ending with "Gordon off, but he [Harvick] will catch him, Harvick! Harvick by inch! "
Dale Earnhardt, Jr. won the Pepsi 400 on July 7, 2001. This led to an emotional celebration in the middle of the field with Michael Waltrip (who finished second), whose victory at Daytona 500 was overthrown by Earnhardt's senior death. Earnhardt, Jr. will win two more races that season (fall in Dover and Talladega), for the eighth place in the standings.
The team still scored a ninth spot point on points for the 2001 season, led by two Harvick wins and 10 finishes on points. Harvick also won the Rookie of the Year award as well.
Fans honor Earnhardt by holding three fingers on the third lap of each NASCAR Winston Cup race. Meanwhile, NASCAR television partner was also silent for the third lap, a rehearsal exercise until the 2002 race at Rockingham, and in Daytona 500 2011, ten years after his death. Then in 2001, some of these movements were also made to remember the victims of the September 11 attacks.
Earnhardt was credited with finishing 57th place in the final points standings for 2001, despite competing in just one race. She also won the 2001 Most Popular Driver Award at the year-end award ceremony. The eternal winner Bill Elliott bowed and ran and encouraged his supporters to choose Earnhardt instead.
Cause of death controversy
At a press conference five days after the accident, NASCAR officials announced that the left lap belt on Belt's belt belt Earnhardt had been damaged. Dr Steve Bohannon, a NASCAR medical expert, said he thought the wrong belt had allowed Earnhardt's chin to strike the steering wheel, causing a fatal basilar skull fracture. This led to speculation that Earnhardt would survive if his seat belt was not damaged.
The first paramedic officer who responded to the crash scene stated that the seat belt was loose, but the lap belt was not broken or cut off when the belt was not rolled to cut Earnhardt off the car. However, the NASCAR investigation concluded that each EMT who attended Earnhardt after an accident reported that the buckle position of Earnhardt's harness was off-center by 4 to 8 inches (10 to 20 cm), which was unlikely to have a lap belt not broken.
Subsequent medical investigations revealed that belt failure did not play a significant role in Earnhardt's death.
At the time of the accident, Simpson Performance Products - the company that produces seatbelts - produces seat belts that are used in almost every NASCAR competitor machine. Bill Simpson, the founder of the company, stated that the belt failed because it had been installed in an unapproved way to improve Earnhardt's comfort, an accusation supported by some people familiar with the situation.
Ed Hinton, a sports writer for the Orlando Sentinel, attempted to obtain Earnhardt's autopsy and photographs to study, since autopsy records were usually public documents in Florida. However, Earnhardt's widow Teresa Earnhardt petitioned the judge to seal the records. After a brief court battle, they agreed to appoint Dr. Barry Myers, an accident injury expert at Duke University, to independently study Earnhardt's death. On April 10, 2001, Myers published his report rejecting the NASCAR explanation, discovering that Earnhardt's death was the result of his uncontrollable and fractured head and neck, regardless of a broken seat belt (causing questions about improper installation).
Philip Villanueva, a University of Miami neurosurgeon who had previously analyzed the accident for Sentinel before the autopsy record was available, said he had reached the same conclusion but wanted to check the autopsy photo to be sure. Dr Steve Olvey, who has been a CART medical director for 22 years, and Wayne State University crash expert John Melvin also agrees with Myers' report. Bill Simpson said the report was "The best news I've heard in seven weeks, I've lived in hell every day."
On the same day that the Myers report was published, NASCAR announced its own investigation, after a six-week silence since the accident. The official NASCAR report, which cost more than a million dollars and was published on August 21, 2001, concluded that Earnhardt's death was the result of a combination of factors, which included a final second-crash with a Schrader car, the speed and angle of impact, and the separation of seat belts as contributing factors. It also notes that researchers can not determine whether the head and neck support devices (HANS) will save Earnhardt's life, and that airline-style black boxes will be mandated for all vehicles to better understand the forces that work in accidents such as Earnhardt.
In July 2001, Bill Simpson abandoned Simpson's Performance Products, citing stress as "too much." Simpson's corporate lawyer asked NASCAR to state explicitly the following about the broken lap belt found in Earnhardt's car:
- High-quality belt in progress and no design or manufacturing defects.
- Belts meet the NASCAR rule rule requirements.
- The belt, as it is installed, does not conform to the manufacturer's installation requirements.
- The separation of the left lap belt is not caused by design or manufacturing defects, but is caused by improper installation.
- The separation of the belt is not the cause of Earnhardt's death.
NASCAR, however, did not respond.
A year after leaving his own company under controversy, Simpson returns to the motor safety industry after one year of non-rival clause ends, begins IMPACT! Racing Products.
Enhanced safety
After the accident, there are some safety improvements made in the sports car stock racing.
In response to speculation about broken lap belts in Earnhardt's car, many teams migrate from five to six points utilizing traditional safety.
At the time of the NASCAR crash report, there are no rules requiring the driver to use the HANS device. NASCAR President Mike Helton stated, "We still will not react to react." However, NASCAR does want to "encourage its use." On August 19, 2001, 41 of 43 drivers were using it at Pepsi 400 by Meijer at Michigan International Speedway, just two days before the NASCAR report came out.
Two months later, after the 2001 ARCA EasyCare 100 at Lowe Motor Speedway resulted in the death of Blaise Alexander, NASCAR mandated the use of head and neck restrictions. Earnhardt's eldest son, Kerry Earnhardt, was involved in the accident that killed Alexander, although Kerry was not injured.
In addition to head and neck restraints, NASCAR began requiring the use of SAFER barriers on race tracks where its main tour series competes. The soft walls have foam and move slightly when impacted, scatter the energy and produce less force given to the driver during a collision.
Immediately after Earnhardt's death, NASCAR began developing the Car of Tomorrow (CoT), which was used in the competition in the Sprint Cup Series until it was replaced by the so-called "Gen 6" cars for the 2013 season. The CoT design combined the results of research conducted after Earnhardt's death. All the safety improvements from CoT remain in the Gen 6 design.
Autopsy image
On February 19, 2001, the Volusia Medical Examiner conducted an autopsy for Earnhardt. Unusual actions to inform NASCAR and Teresa Earnhardt were made before releasing records sought by members of the public and the media. Three days later, Teresa Earnhardt filed a lawsuit at the Seventh Court Circuit Court, in and to Volusia County, Florida (Case No. 2001-30373-CICI Div. 32) . After the complaint has been filed, the coroner's office is prohibited from releasing a public record, including an autopsy photo, in connection with Earnhardt, until an official session on the merits of Teresa Earnhardt's case can be heard.
On February 28, March 13, and March 16, 2001, Orlando Sentinel ; Michael Uribe, founder of WebsiteCity.com; and Campus Communications, Inc., University of Florida's newspaper publisher The Independent Florida Alligator filed a motion to intervene in Earnhardt v. litigation v. Volusia to enforce their right to check and copy the public records held. by the Volusia District Medical Examiner to include photographs and videotapes from Dale Earnhardt's autopsy examination.
From June 12 to June 13, 2001, the trial was conducted before Judge Joseph Will. Ultimately it will rule against Uribe and the CCI's original public record request and constitutional arguments to check and copy medical examiner files related to Earnhardt, to include autopsy photographs. Judge Will's verdict put forward a vast legal battle then fought in an appeals court by Uribe and the CCI seeking to assume the denial of their public records demanding unconstitutionality under Federal and Federal law of Florida. Then on December 1, 2003, the United States Supreme Court refused to hear Uribe and CCI appeals. Thus, the Florida Legislature dated March 29, 2001, the law preventing the release of Earnhardt's public photographic autopsy photo will remain in effect.
Florida's Legislative Act of March 29, 2001, also known as the Earnhardt Family Protection Act, is sponsored by Daytona Beach Sen. Jim King (R-Jacksonville) and amends Florida's open and old public records law. from that day onwards. The Earnhardt law deemed to be a medical examination of Florida autopsy photographs, videos, and audio recordings exempt from public examination without the express permission of the immediate family.
In April 2002, a year after Earnhardt's death, TLC singer Lisa Lopes was killed in a car accident in Honduras. A controversy similar to Earnhardt's autopsy photo release took place, as within days after the Lopes accident, autopsy photos began to circulate on the Internet. The three riders Earnhardt (Steve Park, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Michael Waltrip) responded in protest against the leak by painting a black line next to their left car's headlights for the Pontiac Excitement 400 at Richmond International Raceway.
See also
- List of NASCAR fatal accidents
- List of drivers who died in a race accident
References
External links
- NASCAR's official report on the accident
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