List of CARCA fatalities

## List

### CARCA Menards Series

1. William Ismond in 1955. William died after he crashed in a wall and caught fire in the Thomasville CARCA race.
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 was given to a 1960 Ford Fairlane after he needed engine replacement.
3. Bill Revelic in 1967. The CARCA racer was just 24 years old when he tragically died in a horror crash in the tragic 1967 Los Angeles 200 CARCA race (two racer fatalities happened that race). Bill was in seventh when he lost control and smashed into the inside wall before flipping beyond it. He is killed instantly because he lost many parts and he got split in two (the main body and a big piece from his right front side including the tire). Unfortunately, he landed near his pit where his wife Martha was and she saw her husband's dead body.
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 and was hit by another car while upside down.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. ***(WARNING: THIS CRASH ALSO NOT FOR FAINT OR EASILY SCARED)*** Garrett Revley in 1993. In an attempt to protect his position during the 1993 Dinoco 200 at MSOTS, Larry Byrev went high to block, resulting in door-to-door contact with Revley as well as Byrev’s right front being blown. Both cars shot to the beginning of the backstretch, and Revley slammed the outside wall roof-first with so much force his roof was torn off, killing him instantly, though a few parts still functioned for over 15 minutes after his death.
12. Keith Power in 1995. Turbot Motorsports star Keith Power spun out after contact with Drasson Draftski causing him to fly over the grandstands. He during the Lightyear 150 at Rustbelt lost a lot of oil and parts and died two days later.
13. Chris Clutchenson in 1997. The rookie was in his 3rd CARCA race at Graydirt Speedway. In an attempt to make a pass for 9th place, Chris went too low and lost control and almost hit the turn 4 wall head on. He died at the hospital due to massive injuries.
14. Sam Byron in 2000. He died in a crash in a CARCA race at Nightdona.
15. James Thompson in 2001. He died due to a massive engine attack after revving beyond redline at a CARCA race at Charlotte.
16. Luke Drafford in 2004. He died instantly after hitting the wall hard at 186 mph at the Grandol Oil Co. 200 at Nightdona.

### CARCA Menards Series West

1. Zachary Revster in 1985 - During the final few laps during the Cubical Engineering 100 at Copper Canyon, Revster who lapped everyone five times was leading until his engine blew causing him to roll 5 times and then a chaotic 12 times after being hit by Gordon McRadiator. Revster exploded after his seventeenth flip causing him to split into three (hood, right rear and front). He was in flames so bad that it took the fire a whole hour to extinguish nearly burning the speedway itself. After this, the race was cancelled and Revster was declared the winner.
2. Pocono Daniels in 1993 - While leading in the third race of the Winston All-Star Flash Challenge at Greydirt, Pocono was turned sideways by Caleb Brakedrift and he crashed into the wall while racing at breakneck speed, ploughing through the fence and later something ejected from him exploded putting him in a coma and killing Samuel Lambert-Toff, it was later revealed by officials that Pocono was using illegal N20 Cola boosters, tampered fuel, and tires pumped with illegal substances and soon after that although Pocono was using illegal substances he was disqualified from the Winston All-Star Flash Challenge as well as a few points races. However before he recovered from his coma, he died in hospital and never served his sentence.

### CARCA Menards Series East

1. Martin Fish in 2001 - In the 2001 Axxelo 200 at Hollywood Roval, the "biggest atrocity that was ever known to racing" (in the words of Make Way crew chief Pietro Cecic) happened when points leader Justin Saturn was turned sideways by Martin Fish in the gas tank causing both to hit the barrier in the road course part with the former on fire and the latter at 48G. Saturn's career ending due to this, meanwhile Fish was obliterated instantly and died as a result. Jim Scraft ended up winning his 3rd of 4 championships that year.

### Spectators

1. Charles Jones in 1982 - Died in the 1982 Brickyard 200 after TBA 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.
2. Chuck Tire in 1991 - Chuck Tire died from injuries at Daniel Raceway after 1988 CARCA Champion Larry Byrev went into the grandstands and crashed. 3 other spectators were injured.
3. Samuel Lambert-Toff in 1993 - In the the third race of the CARCA West series non-points race Winston All-Star Flash Challenge in 1993 Lambert-Toff was killed after a N20 Cola booster ejected from Pocono Daniels hit him while 6 others suffered injuries.
4. Stuart Crash in 2017 - Stuart was the older brother of Piston Cup Elementary and IAAR SRF racer Tosh. During the Shifty Drug 150 at Mount Buffalo, rookie Tom Burnout Jr. made contact with T.D. Rutherford and the tires of the pair went into the grandstands and it Stuart right in the windshield. Burnout would win the championship later that year.