List of Daytona International Speedway fatalities
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The Daytona International Speedway has had numerous fatalities since it opened in 1959.
Many notable drivers and participants, including one of NASCAR's most notable drivers Dale Earnhardt, have been fatally injured during auto, motorcycle, and powerboat racing events at the track.
The following racing related deaths that have occurred at the Daytona International Speedway:
- Marshall Teague (test runs preparing for speed-record attempt in reconfigured IndyCar with canopy, high-speed aerodynamic lift caused crash), February 11, 1959 [1][2]
- George Amick (USAC 100-mile race), April 4, 1959 [1][2]
- Dr. Bernie Taylor (Powerboat race in infield lake), June 14, 1959[2]
- Harold Haberling (NASCAR practice), Feb. 21, 1964 [2]
- Billy Drew Wade (NASCAR Grand National tire test), Jan. 5, 1965 [1][2]
- Don MacTavish (Permatex 300 Sportsman race), Feb. 21, 1969 [2]
- Wayne Harris Bartz (Lightweight motorcycle race), March 12, 1969 [2]
- Talmadge "Tab" Prince (Daytona 500 qualifying race), Feb. 19, 1970 [3][2]
- Joe "Rusty" Bradley (Daytona 200 motorcycle race), March 14, 1971 [2]
- David Pearl (Paul Whiteman Trophy Race), July 30, 1971 [2]
- Friday Hassler (Daytona 500 qualifying race), Feb. 17, 1972 [3][2]
- Ricky Knotts (Daytona 500 qualifying race), Feb. 14, 1980 [1][3] [2]
- Francis Affleck (ARCA practice), Feb. 7, 1985 [2]
- Dr. Charles Ogle (Stock car testing), Injured Dec. 15, 1985, Died Dec. 26, 1985 [2]
- Bruce Jacobi (Daytona 500 qualifying race), Injured Feb. 1983, Died Feb. 4, 1987 [2]
- Joe Young (Charlotte-Daytona Dash race), Feb. 13, 1987 [2]
- James Kolman (Kart testing), Dec. 27, 1987 [2]
- Randy Glenn (Motorcycle practice), Feb. 26, 1988 [2]
- Don Williams (Sportsman 300 race), Injured Feb. 1979, Died May 21, 1989 [2]
- Dale Robertson (Daytona Kart Week race) Dec. 27, 1989 [2]
- Julius Johnson (ARCA 200 race), Injured Feb. 11, 1990, Died Feb. 14, 1990 [2]
- Joe Booher (Florida 200 Dash race), Feb. 12, 1993 [2]
- James Adamo (Daytona 200), March 7, 1993 [2]
- Neil Bonnett (Daytona 500 qualifying practice), Feb. 11, 1994 [1][4][2]
- Rodney Orr (Daytona 500 second-day qualifying practice), Feb. 14, 1994 [4][2]
- Michael Himes (IMSA Showroom Stock sportscar event), Jan. 31, 1997 [2]
- Dale Earnhardt (Daytona 500), Feb. 18, 2001 [1][2][5]
- Dirk Piz (Daytona 200), March 11, 2001 [5]
- Stuart Stratton (Fall Cycle Scene motorcycle event), Oct. 19, 2001 [5]
- Michael Davis Jr. (Daytona Kart Week race), Dec. 30, 2001 [5]
- Roy H. Weaver III (track worker, struck and killed by driver Ray Paprota during IPOWER Dash Series 150), Feb. 8, 2004. [5]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f Daytona: From the Birth of Speed to the Death of the Man in Black. Hinton, Ed. Warner Books, 2001. ISBN 0-446-52677-0.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa Time Magazine article "The Last Lap", March 5, 2001
- ^ a b c Bill Fleischman/Al Pearce The Unauthorized NASCAR Fan Guide (1998-99), page 237. Visible Ink Press, 1999 ISBN 1-57859-111-2
- ^ a b Father of NASCAR crash victim Rodney Orr sues Web site over autopsy photos at Daytona Beach News-Journal
- ^ a b c d e Racing Related Deaths at Daytona at Orlando Sentinel website, complete through 2006
- Deaths at Daytona at Fox Sports' website
- Auto-racing Fatalities list at USA Today website
- Daytona Deaths Chart at Sports Illustrated's website
