Who hit Dale Earnhardt Sr's car in the 2001 Daytona 500?

Answer 1

Not a who but a what, it was the force of his car hitting the wall at over 180 mph, head on. There is no one to blame, it was just a horrible accident, a chance that all drivers take when they get behind the wheel of a race car.

Answer 2

Sterling Marlin's front bumper made slight contact with Dale Earnhardt's left rear quarter panel. The contact caused Dale's car to slide left onto the apron and then back up the track, collecting Ken Schrader and both cars hit the wall. It was said that Dale's car hit the wall at roughly 160 miles per hour.

Answer 3

Sterling Marlin made minor contact with the left rear of Dale Sr's car. Ken Schrader was the driver that hit Earnhardt behind the passenger door. Schrader had nowhere to go when Earnhardt's car turned sharply up the track and into the wall.

Dale Sr's death was caused by a basilar skull fracture, due to hitting the wall head on on.

Answer 4

Sterling Marlin and Ken Schrader. Dale Sr. and Marlin made slight contact just before Schrader and Dale Sr. hit each other.

Answer 5

Dale Earnhardt Jr.