Since the track opened in 1996, there have been no fatalities in Nascar at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
On February 18, 2001, Dale Earnhardt Sr. was killed in a crash on the last lap at Daytona International Speedway.
The last Daytona 500 was on February 24, 2013 and was won by Jimmie Johnson. This is the first race of every new Nascar Cup Series season.
Dale Earnhardt Sr. was in a fatal wreck on the last lap of NASCAR's Daytona 500
Bobby Allison in 1987.
John Andretti is currently not competing in the Nascar Sprint Cup Series. His last race was the 2010 Daytona 500.
It's more of a who. not a what. Dale Earnhardt was a great NASCAR racer, before he died in the Daytona 500 on the last lap at turn 4.
For the last ten races of the season the drivers in the Chase are the only ones to compete for the Cup, but all the drivers that normally run in NASCAR races are eligible to compete...and in 2014, non-Chase drivers won Chase races.
Dave Marcis has 33 starts. He last raced in the Daytona 500 in 2002.
It ranges from more than a quarter million in the Daytona 500 to just around 30 or 40 grand in the smaller races.
Dale Earnhardt Sr. died on February 18, 2001, on the final lap of the Daytona 500.
Dale Earnhardt Sr. was a 7 time Nascar Winston Cup champion who won 76 races in the Cup Series. He was nicknamed "The Intimidator" and "The Man in Black", due to his aggressive driving style. Dale Sr. was killed on the last lap of the 2001 Daytona 500. On May 23, 2010, Dale Sr. was inducted into the Nascar Hall of Fame.