List of American fatalities

Thankfully fatalities in the Piston Cup are much rarer these days but a total of 55 racers so far are known to have died due to crashes in the Piston Cup Series and its subdivisions, Xfinity, Trucks and young racers at 17-20. Fal Kan was the most recent Piston Cup race death.

## Racers List

1. William Ismond in 1950. The first death in any of the Piston Cup series. Died after he crashed in a wall and caught fire in the Thomasville CARCA race. William is unrelated to Xfinity racer Eric Ismond.
2. Jim Herron in 1953. Racer Jim Herron, a 1948 Plymouth Special Deluxe Coupe NASCAR, was one of the original Piston Cup racers from 1950-1953. In the Revolting 200, Herron died after losing control and overshooting the track and falling. Herron sponsored Re-Volting in the 84 alongside Leroy Heming in the 300 until his death.
3. Harry Pitcar in 1955. Rookie Harry Pitcar was doing some practice laps in Charlotte for the Carolina's 350 when his wheel exploded and he was sent airborne before flipping 12 times before exploding into the fire. Harry died instantly while he landed on his wheels with a lot of oil below them.
4. Axel Carshy in 1957. Piston Cup B Rookie of the Year for 1954 died after hitting a wall at 20 g-force and flipping 39 times.
5. Donald Williams in 1958. Donald Williams who debuted in 1954 as a 1954 Buick Roadmaster NASCAR would die in a hard hit from Leroy Heming which essentially caused massive internal injuries in the 1958 Las Vegas 400.
6. Robert Johnson in 1959 (died 1995). Robert had a horrific crash in the 1959 Calladega 500 where he was in a coma for a month after his horrifying wreck. Robert had recovered and somehow returned for the 1960 Nightdona to 1960 BnL 500. Robert contracted Alzheimer's caused by his injuries in 1991 and died four years later in 1995.
7. Chuck Taylor in 1961. Chuck died in a very horrible crash in the Southern 250. Chuck, who is a 1960 Ford, was in the last place when he started flipping and ***HIS ENGINE FELL OUT!*** Not surprisingly Chuck was dead in seconds due to his engine falling out and his terrible injuries. Chuck's engine is now in another 1960 Ford named Daniel Draglan after he needed engine replacement.
8. Mitch Gears in 1966. Racer Gears, a 1955 Chevy Bel Air, was the first Fiber Fuel racer. He died after hitting the wall which ended up in a spectacular fireball crash in the Dinoco 400.
9. Kurt Shiftright in 1967. Pushed by Danny Wilson causing a huge accident, Kurt sadly died in the wreck.
10. Bill Revelic in 1967. He died the exact same day as Dave Williams, but his crash was unknown.
11. Dave Williams in 1967. The other fatality in the horrible tragic and historic infamous 1967 Los Angeles CARCA race. The 30-year-old died 9 laps after Bill Revelic. He died instantly after he hit the wall on turn three and caught on fire while landing on his roof.
12. Marvin Johnson in 1974. He was killed while practicing for the Nightdona 500.
13. Sam Mingo in 1975. He was killed in a crash in the Tow Cap 350
14. Bobby Carsac in 1977. Died in a crash at Alabama Speedway in Calladega, Chick Hicks is the one who caused Bobby's fatal crash.
15. ***(WARNING #1: THIS CRASH NOT FOR FAINT OR EASILY SCARED):*** Jimmy Lugwrench in 1977 - First fatality in All-Stars and one of the most brutal ones yet. He was in practice for the Dirt 330 when his tire blew off causing him to drift up the grandstands, fly off the track, crash into a match factory and then 2 gas pumps! Jimmy was on fire and was screaming so loud that a car can hear it on the moon and he exploded after 5 minutes on fire and parts, oil, fluid, etc were everywhere. A gas worker even got PTSD after witnessing the explosion as well as a old crumbling-apart building turning to ruins after that scream and the explosion.
16. Eli Cargo in 1978. The 19 year old died in Youngsters' Darlington race.
17. James Carlidge in 1979. Great-grandson of former president Calvin Carlidge he died after a crash on turn 2 in the 1979 Leak Less 400. Carlidge was t boned by Brad Gonzalez and was seriously damaged on his right side before Carlidge was hit again by rookie Dale Earnhardt and caught fire. The King, part-timer Claude Scruggs, Alloy Wilson, Tom Landis, Ronald Oaks, and Ernie Gearson were also involved.
18. Wallace Fenders in 1979. 20-year-old Fenders died in the practice of Youngsters' Bristol race after something caused his engine to shut down and causes him to die. The problem was blamed on Bend's High-Turn Spearmint Gum, Wallace's team.
19. Seaborn Reverson in 1979. He died in a horrible crash while practicing for the 1979 CARCA 200. He went airborne and smashed the ground HARD, leaking oil everywhere. He then flipped 17 times before landing on his roof.
20. Ernesto Castlenut in 1979. Died in the practice of the Raybestos 440 after losing control, hitting a barrier, and HE EVEN EXPLODED!
21. ***(WARNING #2: THIS CRASH NOT FOR FAINT OR EASILY SCARED):*** Vernon Granada in 1979. The 26-year-old Ford Granada as his surname suggested dies in a catch fence crash also in the Raybestos 440 where he was caught between the fence and Leo Fuelrun (Ethan's cousin). He lost a lot of parts including ALL HIS METAL! Fortunately, large smoke censored the stuff. This meant that FIVE racers died this year.
22. Alex Rodriguez in 1980. He died after flipping in the 1980 CARCA 200 at Nightdona.
23. Terence Keselowcar in 1981. He died after Joe Weatherly Jr. contacted him and caused him to crash into the infield, the grandstands, out of the speedway, and into a tanker trailer causing him to explode very hard.
24. Edward "Eddie" Hendrick in 1982. 29-year-old Edward "Eddie" or simply "Ed" Hendrick was killed while practicing for the N20 Cola 400 at Calladega Superspeedway. Hendrick was ripped into three pieces in the crash, killing him instantly. His death is considered the third-worst of all time following Tom Landis and Hugh Stanton. Hendrick's crash was not broadcasted on TV.
25. Calvin John "C.J." Motorez in 1982. 19-year-old Motorez was killed by Aaron Lugnut by getting turned and hitting and getting stuck in the grandstands hitting it at 20 g-force.
26. Jose Powell in 1982. Died of a crash after he was contacted by Jon Carnover, flipped over 12 times. caught fire, and then burned to death. Which after that, his corpse exploded.
27. ***(WARNING #3: THIS CRASH NOT FOR FAINT OR EASILY SCARED):*** Hugh Stanton in 1983. One of the most brutal crashes of all time. In N20 Cola 400, Ernie Gearson contacted 29-year-old Stanton and causes him to flip 47 times and catch on fire after his gas tank blew up. Arguably considered to be so brutal that RSN censored Hugh's remains on TV. Hugh has the most brutal crash in main cup especially since racers go faster on Calladega than Pocono so Hugh died worse than Tom.
28. Andrew Jackson in 1983. He died at Nightdona after a crash.
29. Leroy Carborough in 1984. Died in a practice session for the Michigan 200 after he was in a crash involving Willy Curber, James W Smith and Bengy Ford. Cale cried very hard when Leroy died.
30. Fu Chun Fei in 1985. Died while qualifying for the trucks race at Nightdona, due to having a scary flip on the second lap on turn 3.
31. Tyler Comet in 1986. He died in CARCA practicing at Road America after losing control and flipping violently in the sand and died 5 days later of massive injuries before he flew and landed on the fence.
32. Ronald Oaks in 1987. Died in a crash at LA. Ronald was the father of Ruby Easy Oaks.
33. ***(WARNING #4: THIS CRASH NOT FOR FAINT OR EASILY SCARED)***: Tom Landis in 1988. Probably the most brutal accident of them all. In the Pocono 400, racers Darrell Cartrip and James Cleanair spun out. Klint Shiftright tried to dodge but hit into Shiny Wax racer Tom Landis (who raced before Darren from 1975 to 1988 before his debut in 1989 part-time, 1997 backup, 2000 rookie.) causing him to get turned into the wall. Unfortunately, the wall shredded the top of Landis completely off causing chaos in the stands. The now-dead Landis landed back on his wheels with his mouth still open and insides visible. His remains were carried away and the race was red-flagged and stopped and was not shown on TV due to this. It was reported his nose and right door was found in the stands while most of his roof was stuck in the catch fence.
34. Don Chapcar in 1988. Just four races after the brutal death of Landis backup Tank Coat racer Chapcar would die after overshooting the Daniel Raceway and falling to his death and catching fire. Chapcar was 39 years old.
35. Axel McDrift in 1988. In the N20 Cola 300, He was killed in a 14 car wreck where he was t-boned by Stuart P. Sam and flew airborne and flipped 4 times. He died in hospital.
36. Lincoln Archer in 1989. He was killed while practicing for the 1989 Nightdona 200 Trucks race. He died after flipping over on fire 6 times after being touched by racer Mark Lochen.
37. Robert Axon in 1989. The first Piston Cup 17-20 fatality since its inaugural season in 1989, he died at the Pocono race after hitting the wall hard. He stayed in a coma for 3 days before dying.
38. Laura Whiteford in 1992. The only female racer in the sport to die the 17-20 Piston Cup racer she died in The King 300. Flipping 17 times before hitting the inside wall.
39. ***(WARNING #5: THIS CRASH ALSO NOT FOR FAINT OR EASILY SCARED)*** Jason Bladely was killed in the 1992 Piston Cup season finale at MSOS. He was tagged by Kyle Drifton and spun into the infield, flipping him into the fence and killing him instantly due to the extreme cuts that punctured most of his interior and left his fuel tank hanging out. Along with Tom Landis, Hugh Stanton, Ed Hendrick and Garrett Revley’s crashes, this is considered one of the most brutal in American racing history.
40. Jerome Revelic's first secondary backup in 1992 (NOTE: Jerome is related to deceased racer Bill Revelic as he was his nephew, he made an All-Star start for Juice Blueberry in 1992 along with being Kyle Drifton's backup): Rookie Revelic missed the Sonoma 220 due to being sick before the race and passed it to Neil Carris (Colin's cousin). So the backup took the race. Sadly, the backup perished in the practice as he flipped after tripping over a rock
41. ***(WARNING #6: THIS CRASH ALSO NOT FOR FAINT OR EASILY SCARED)*** Jabari Newsome-Carris in 1992. 34-year-old hotshot Pulaski died after a bomb in his tire exploded and blew him up.
42. Garrett Revley in 1993. He died instantly after hitting the wall during the final race of the 1993 CARCA season.
43. Greg Locke in 1994. Dad of Lane. Greg Locke would die after hitting the wall, flying in the air and landing on one of the mobile homes. The mobile home survived with minimal damage.
44. Chad Revler (Not related to Rex) in 1996. The last Xfinity fatality since its debut in 1946. Chad Revler died in Nightdona due to a crash involved 5 cars (he, Dale Carrett (his father Ned was a 1960's CARCA racer), Bobby Carbonte (Terry was a 1980's CARCA racer), Ed Johnson and Mark Cartin). Chad would hit the wall, flip twice before landing in the grass on his wheels, Chad was badly damaged in the accident and he died two days later.
45. Jeff Caston-Marquis in 1996. He died instantly while practicing for the 1996 Nightdona 500.
46. Francis Carcia in 1997. He died instantly after crashing into a barrier in practice and flipping 28 times.
47. Chris Clutchenson in 1997. He died after his driveshaft was destroyed in the 1997 Greydirt 150
48. Adam Weathers in 2000. He died after hitting the wall and flipping, a spark ignited his leaking fuel tank, causing him to erupt in flames, killing him instantly.
49. James Thompson in 2001. He died due to an engine attack at a CARCA race at Charlotte.
50. Dale Earnhardt Sr in 2001. See the 2001 Nightdona 500 for more info.
51. Chas Williams in 2002. Second Pulaski fatality since it's founding in 1967. He died after slamming the wall
52. Mike Yankee in 2004. Suffered a stroke in the Tank Coat 400 practice session.
53. Marcus Breakstone in 2005. Was involved in big one at the Autokool 350 at Nightdona in Goody's Dash where he flew into Lake Lloyd and drowned. His body was eventually recovered. Goody's Dash closed that year.
54. Fal Kan in 2010 - Oversteered into the infield and died.

## Racers List (Piston Cup ONLY)

1. Jim Herron in 1953. Racer Jim Herron, a 1948 Plymouth Special Deluxe Coupe NASCAR, was one of the original Piston Cup racers from 1950-1953. In the Revolting 200, Herron died after losing control and overshooting the track and falling. Herron sponsored Re-Volting in the 84 alongside Leroy Heming in the 300 until his death.
2. Harry Pitcar in 1955. Rookie Harry Pitcar was doing some practice laps in Charlotte for the Carolina's 350 when his wheel exploded and he was sent airborne before flipping 12 times before exploding into the fire. Harry died instantly while he landed on his wheels with a lot of oil below them.
3. Donald Williams in 1958. Donald Williams who debuted in 1954 as a 1954 Buick Roadmaster NASCAR would die in a hard hit from Leroy Heming which essentially caused massive internal injuries in the 1958 Las Vegas 400.
4. Robert Johnson in 1959 (died 1995). Robert had a horrific crash in the 1959 Calladega 500 where he was in a coma for a month after his horrifying wreck. Robert had recovered and somehow returned for the 1960 Nightdona to 1960 BnL 500. Robert contracted Alzheimer's caused by his injuries in 1991 and died four years later in 1995.
5. Mitch Gears in 1966. Racer Gears, a 1955 Chevy Bel Air, was the first Fiber Fuel racer. He died after hitting the wall which ended up in a spectacular fireball crash in the Dinoco 400.
6. Kurt Shiftright in 1967. Pushed by Danny Wilson causing a huge accident, Kurt sadly died in the wreck.
7. Marvin Johnson in 1974. He was killed while practicing for the Nightdona 500.
8. Bobby Carsac in 1977. Died in a crash at Alabama Speedway in Calladega by a heart attack
9. James Carlidge in 1979. Great-grandson of former president Calvin Carlidge he died after a crash on turn 2 in the 1979 Leak Less 400. Carlidge was t boned by Brad Gonzalez and was seriously damaged on his right side before Carlidge was hit again by rookie Dale Earnhardt and caught fire. The King, part-timer Claude Scruggs, Alloy Wilson, Tom Landis, Ronald Oaks, and Ernie Gearson were also involved.
10. Ronald Oaks in 1987. Died in a crash at LA. Ronald was the father of Ruby Easy Oaks.
11. ***(WARNING #1: THIS CRASH NOT FOR FAINT OR EASILY SCARED)***: Tom Landis in 1988. Probably the most brutal accident of them all. In the Pocono 400, racers Darrell Cartrip and James Cleanair spun out. Klint Shiftright tried to dodge but hit into Shiny Wax racer Tom Landis (who raced before Darren from 1975 to 1988 before his debut in 1989 part-time, 1997 backup, 2000 rookie.) causing him to get turned into the wall. Unfortunately, the wall shredded the top of Landis completely off causing chaos in the stands. The now-dead Landis landed back on his wheels with his mouth still open and insides visible. His remains were carried away and the race was red-flagged and stopped and was not shown on TV due to this. It was reported his nose and right door was found in the stands while most of his roof was stuck in the catch fence.
12. Don Chapcar in 1988. Just four races after the brutal death of Landis backup Tank Coat racer Chapcar would die after overshooting the Daniel Raceway and falling to his death and catching fire. Chapcar was 39 years old.
13. Greg Locke in 1994. Dad of Lane. Greg Locke would die after hitting the wall, flying in the air and landing on one of the mobile homes. The mobile home survived with minimal damage.
14. Jeff Caston-Marquis in 1996. He died instantly while practicing for the 1996 Nightdona 500. He is here for the same reason as Hendrick.
15. Dale Earnhardt Sr in 2001. See the 2001 Nightdona 500 for more info.
16. Mike Yankee in 2004. Suffered a stroke in the Tank Coat 400 practice session.

## Racers List (CARCA)

*See this page for more info*

1. William Ismond in 1950. The first death in any of the Piston Cup series. Died after he crashed in a wall and caught fire in the Thomasville CARCA race. William is unrelated to Xfinity racer Eric Ismond.
2. Chuck Taylor in 1961. Chuck died in a very horrible crash in the Southern 250. Chuck, who is a 1960 Ford, was in the last place when he started flipping and ***HIS ENGINE FELL OUT!*** Not surprisingly Chuck was dead in seconds due to his engine falling out and his terrible injuries. Chuck's engine is now in another 1960 Ford named Daniel Draglan after he needed engine replacement.
3. Bill Revelic in 1967. He died the exact same day as Dave Williams, but his crash was worse. Bill smashed into the inside wall and was flipping before he was killed instantly. He was also with very big damage, and was 7th when he died instantly, and he lost many parts as well.
4. Dave Williams in 1967. The other fatality in the horrible tragic and historic infamous 1967 Los Angeles CARCA race. The 30-year-old died 9 laps after Bill Revelic. He died instantly after he hit the wall on turn three and caught on fire while landing on his roof.
5. Seaborn Reverson in 1979. He died in a horrible crash while practicing for the 1979 CARCA 200. He went airborne and smashed the ground HARD, leaking oil everywhere. He then flipped 17 times before landing on his roof.
6. Alex Rodriguez in 1980. He died after flipping in the 1980 CARCA 200 at Nightdona and was hit by another car while upside down.
7. Edward "Eddie" Hendrick in 1982. 29-year-old Edward "Eddie" or simply "Ed" Hendrick was killed while practicing for the N20 Cola 400 at Calladega Superspeedway. Hendrick was ripped into three pieces in the crash, killing him instantly. His death is considered the second-worst of all time, the worst being Tom Landis. He is here because he is a CARCA racer.
8. Martin Gearson in 1982. He died in a crash, the track was Nightdona. He died after he burst into flames and was hit by Tyler Robson. He burnt so much that there was parts of the track that there was black, brown, orange, yellow, and even RED in some areas.
9. Andrew Jackson in 1983. He died at Nightdona after a crash. He crashed into the wall. He was then hit on the side by another racer, and caught fire as well.
10. Don Brakley in 1983 (died 1995). He hit the wall at 140 mph at Smasherville Speedway and suffered massive injuries. He remained in a coma until he died 12 years later on September 3, 1995.
11. Leroy Carborough in 1984. Died in a practice session for the Michigan 200 after he was in a crash involving Willy Curber, James W Smith and Bengy Ford. Cale cried very hard when Leroy died.
12. Tyler Comet in 1986. He died in CARCA practicing at Road America after losing control and flipping violently in the sand and died 5 days later of massive injuries before he flew and landed on the fence.
13. Jerome Revelic's first secondary backup in 1992 (NOTE: Jerome is related to deceased racer Bill Revelic as he was his nephew, he made an All-Star start for Juice Blueberry in 1992 along with being Kyle Drifton's backup): Rookie Revelic missed the Sonoma 220 due to being sick before the race and passed it to Neil Carris (Colin's cousin). So the backup took the race. Sadly, the backup perished in the practice as he flipped after tripping over a rock
14. Garrett Revley in 1993. He died instantly after hitting the wall during the final race of the 1993 CARCA season.
15. Sam Byron in 2000. He died in a crash in a CARCA race at Nightdona.
16. James Thompson in 2001. He died due to an engine attack at a CARCA race at Charlotte.
17. Fal Kan in 2010 - Oversteered into the infield and died.

## Racers List (Piston Cup B)

1. Axel Carshy in 1957. Piston Cup B Rookie of the Year for 1954 died after hitting a wall at 20 g-force and flipping 39 times.
2. Sam Mingo in 1975. He was killed in a crash during the Tow Cap 350.
3. Niko Hamrev in 1979. He was sent flying by Drive Parkerson on purpose, causing him to crash onto the catch fence and explode, killing him and 9 fans. Drive was banned for life after that and executed in 1985.
4. Jose Powell in 1982. Died of a crash after he was contacted by Jon Carnover, flipped over 12 times. caught fire, and then burned to death. Which after that, his corpse exploded. He screamed during his last moments.
5. Axel McDrift in 1988. In the N20 Cola 300, He was killed in a 14 car wreck where he was t-boned by Stuart P. Sam and flew airborne and flipped 4 times. He died in hospital.
6. Francis Carcia in 1997. He died instantly after crashing into a barrier in practice and flipping 28 times.

## Racers List (Xfinity)

1. Chad Revler (Not related to Rex) in 1996. The first Xfinity fatality since its debut in 1946. Chad Revler died in Nightdona due to a crash involved 5 cars (he, Dale Carrett (his father Ned was a 1960's CARCA racer), Bobby Carbonte (Terry was a 1980's CARCA racer), Ed Johnson and Mark Cartin). Chad would hit the wall, flip twice before landing in the grass on his wheels, Chad was badly damaged in the accident and he died two days later.
2. Chris Clutchenson in 1997. He died after his driveshaft was destroyed in the 1997 Greydirt 150
3. Adam Weathers in 2000. He died after hitting the wall and flipping, a spark ignited his leaking fuel tank, causing him to erupt in flames, killing him instantly.

## Racers List (Trucks)

1. Fu Chun Fei in 1985. Died while qualifying for the trucks race at Nightdona, due to having a scary flip on the second lap on turn 3.
2. Lincoln Archer in 1989. He was killed while practicing for the 1989 Nightdona 200 Trucks race. He died after flipping over on fire 6 times after being touched by racer Mark Lochen.

## Racers List (Young Drivers)

1. Eli Cargo in 1978. The 19 year old died in Youngsters' Darlington race.
2. Wallace Fenders in 1979. 20-year-old Fenders died in the practice of Youngsters' Bristol race after something caused his engine to shut down and causes him to die. The problem was blamed on Bend's High-Turn Spearmint Gum, Wallace's team.
3. Calvin John "C.J." Motorez in 1982. 19-year-old Motorez was killed by Aaron Lugnut by getting turned and hitting and getting stuck in the grandstands hitting it at 20 g-force.
4. Robert Axon in 1989. The first Piston Cup 17-20 fatality since its inaugural season in 1986, he died at the Pocono race after hitting the wall hard. He stayed in a coma for 3 days before dying.
5. Laura Whiteford in 1992. The only female racer in the sport to die the 17-20 Piston Cup racer she died in The King 300. Flipping 17 times before hitting the inside wall.
6. Harvey Brooks in 1999. Died after his crankshaft was split in half.

## Fatalities (All-Stars)

1. ***(WARNING #1: THIS CRASH NOT FOR FAINT OR EASILY SCARED):*** Jimmy Lugwrench in 1977 - First fatality in All-Stars and one of the most brutal ones yet. He was in practice for the Dirt 330 when his tire blew off causing him to drift up the grandstands, fly off the track, crash into a match factory and then 2 gas pumps! Jimmy was on fire and was screaming so loud that a car can hear it on the moon and he exploded after 5 minutes on fire and parts, oil, fluid, etc were everywhere. A gas worker even got PTSD after witnessing the explosion as well as a old crumbling-apart building turning to ruins after that scream and the explosion.
2. Ernesto Castlenut in 1979. Died in the practice of the Raybestos 440 after losing control, hitting a barrier, and catching on fire!
3. ***(WARNING #2: THIS CRASH NOT FOR FAINT OR EASILY SCARED):*** Vernon Granada in 1979. The 26-year-old Ford Granada as his surname suggested dies in a catch fence crash also in the Raybestos 440 where he was caught between the fence and Leo Fuelrun (Ethan's cousin). He lost a lot of parts including ALL HIS METAL! Fortunately, large smoke censored the stuff. This meant that TWO racers died this year in one race.
4. Terence Keselowcar in 1981. He died after Joe Weatherly Jr. contacted him and caused him to crash into the infield, the grandstands, out of the speedway, and into a tanker trailer causing him to explode very hard.
5. Jerome Revelic's first secondary backup in 1992 (NOTE: Jerome is related to deceased racer Bill Revelic as he was his nephew, he made an All-Star start for Juice Blueberry in 1992 along with being Kyle Drifton's backup): Rookie Revelic missed the Sonoma 220 due to being sick before the race and passed it to Neil Carris (Colin's cousin). So the backup took the race. Sadly, the backup perished in the practice as he flipped after tripping over a rock

## Fatalities (Pulaski)

1. ***(WARNING #1: THIS CRASH ALSO NOT FOR FAINT OR EASILY SCARED)*** Jabari Newsome-Carris in 1992. 34-year-old hotshot Newsome-Carris died after a bomb in his tire exploded and blew him up.
2. Chas Williams in 2002. Second Pulaski fatality. He died after slamming the wall. It was very similar to Aric Almirolling's fireball crash this year in the Piston Cup B Calladega race but so much worse

## Fatalities (Goody's Dash)

* Marcus Breakstone in 2005. Was involved in big one at the Autokool 350 at Nightdona in Goody's Dash where he flew into Lake Lloyd and drowned. His body was eventually recovered. Goody's Dash closed that year.

## Racers that passed away in their careers

1. Ed Spikes in 1948 - Died in road crash.
2. Tilpey Redline in 1955 - Died due to sickness.
3. Phil Cohen in 1969 - Died on his way to the B-Fly Juice Gears and Glory 500 (Piston Cup B) because of a highway crash where another car crashed into his trailer from the side at 38 g-force, penetrating it and killing him instantly. The car that crashed into his trailer survived with massive injuries.
4. Leon Simmons in 1974 - Leon died in a road crash at the young age of 19 after rolling over and over again
5. Warren Carr in 1981 - Part-time racer Carr was about to watch "Alien" on his hauler's VCR when he crashed off a bridge. Warren and the hauler perished with the VCR destroyed while the crew chief and 2 pitties survived with minor injuries. If he is counted, then the N20 Cola 400 at Talladega killed 1 racer (the other two are Hendrick in '82 and Stanton in '83) 3 years in a row
6. Jason Hill in 1991 - Just a decade later CARCA hotshot Jason Hill also was involved in a hauler incident where his hauler thrown into a tornado which killed him, his entire pit crew except for his first pitty, his son, and his crew chief’s child. His daughter and his crew chief’s other child survived.
7. Stewie Popping in 1997 - One of the 1987 rookies in Pulaski died after his hauler caught fire and he failed to evacuate, His hauler did detach the trailer and warn him as he was sleeping and when he woke up the hauler had burned completely and he was already very injured. He died in hospital a day later due to burn injuries.
8. Dave Myers in 1998 - Just a year later Dave Myers had a hauler accident where his trailer accidentally detached causing him and members of his crew to fall off a ravine.

## Spectators and others list

1. Steve Alcott in 1957. Died after debris from River Scott penetrated his roof and pretty much destroyed his brain caused by "Girlfriend Guy" Tommy Gearson.
2. Charles Jones in 1982. Died in the 1982 Brickyard 200 after Leroy Carborough crashed into the catch fence and grandstands after making contact with Bengy Ford and Finn Wisconsin. Charles was killed instantly and his wife, as well as another spectator, suffered injuries.
3. Denny Wallace in 1992. While he did not die he suffered brain injuries after a tire hit him which shortened his lifespan and he died in 2014 at the age of 49. The death was confirmed to be directly related to the accident. Denny is one of the only 4 Gen 3, 4, 5 and 6 team members to die.

## Trivia

* Nightdona International Speedway has claimed the most lives at 8, easily more than any other speedway.
* Pocono killed two racers in the 80s and both are Generation 3 models.
* The N20 Cola 400 was associated with the death of 3 drivers in the early 80s.
* The 1979 Raybestos 440 is the 1994 Monza GP of the Piston Cup, except that Castlenut was the dead legend and Granada was the rookie.
* Darlington killed the most young racers, 4.
* Bengy Ford was involved in 3 fatal accidents. Alex Rodriguez,Leroy Carborough and spectator Charles Jones
* More people died in the American series than current amount of presidents.
* Nobody died in Wagons, Elementary, and SUVs yet because all three series mentioned are relatively new and safe