BeamNG Drive - Dale Earnhardt Car Crash

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February 18, 2001 is NASCAR’s darkest day. At 17:16 Eastern Time, it was the moment that the sport lost one of its greatest and revered drivers of all time - Dale Earnhardt.

The seven-time NASCAR Cup champion, known as the fearless Intimidator, died at the age of 49 after his famed #3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Monte Carlo crashed at Turn 4 on the last lap of the Daytona 500.

Earnhardt was playing rear gunner to his Dale Earnhardt, Inc. team cars as they raced around the final lap of the race, to block any late runs from the chasing pack. As the cars tore through Turns 3 and 4 on that fateful final lap, Earnhardt maintained the strong-arm tactics that were the trademark of his persona.

As he threw his final block, Earnhardt’s left-rear corner tagged Sterling Marlin’s right-front fender, getting his car loose. Earnhardt battled for control, his car clipping the apron, unsettling it still further, and so it began to spin clockwise, moving up the track and across the bows of the closely-following Rusty Wallace and Ken Schrader.

His right-rear corner was struck by Schrader’s left-front, which crucially accentuated the angle of Earnhardt’s car before it nosed hard into the unprotected concrete.

Although it appeared to be a ‘regular’ NASCAR crash at the time, the impact at this angle was devastating for the occupant. As his and Schrader’s cars spun down the track in unison, Earnhardt’s right-rear wheel parted company – an indicator of the violence that had shaken through the vehicle.

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[NativeMamba]

Dale Earnhardt, Richard Petty, Darrell Waltrip, Ricky Rudd, Rusty Wallace and Dale Jarret were my favorite NASCAR drivers. I watched all of them in the 90’s every weekend when the races were on regular tv. When all we had were 5 channels to watch . But I started slowly stopped watching the races after Earnhardt passed away. It didn’t seem real when Dale died while racing. Watching NASCAR races without Earnhardt wasn’t quite the same.

[therealcloudhere]

At first I thought ‘how did he die at a soft hit’ until I realised this impact was terribly hard.
RIP Dale.

[alfredsnyder]

Dale Was Internally Decapitated Upon Impact. The Force Of The Crash Fractured His C1 & C2 Vertebrae With So Much Force That It Severed His Spinal Cord At The Base Of The Brain, Cutting All Blood Supply To His Heart & Vital Organs. His Chin Also Struck The Steering Wheel Forcing His Mandible (Lower Jaw Bone) Out The Back Side Of His Head. When Kenny Got To The Car, He Saw Blood Spatter In The Cockpit & A Piece Of Bone Sticking Out Behind Dale’s Ear. Even Though Dale Was Killed On Impact, He Wasn't Medically Declared Dead Until He Got To Halifax Medical Center At 5:16PM

[ZWTC]

its Been years we all miss him as nascar fans and in a couple days it'll be 22 years since we lost him Thanks Dale For all The Changes you Made. Anyways it was decent but i know reconstructing it pretty hard. Cant wait to See Tony Roper!

[pommiebears]

Dale didn’t want to wear the neck restraints. Now, they wear the neck restraints.

[butterstick._.]

For those new to nascar or this crash, the simulation is not how the crash happened

[RoentX]

As horrible as this day was for racing and fans, it also enforced more safety rules and equipment. I wasn’t watching the race live but first time I saw it, I thought it was a minor crash at least visually.

[J-doesstuff]

We will miss you Dale.
You will always be the 2nd best driver.

[KellieLeigh]

I'd love to see your takes on Neil Bonnett and Rodney Orr's fatal crashes

[shalominismj]

This video has interesting and has useful commentary but boy is it completely off at how the wrecked actually looked visually in real life..

[darrencallahan]

Wrong, Earnhardt steered left into Sterling Marlin car. His bumper did make contact which caused him to crash into the yellow car. That pushed him into the wall which killed him. Had he used the Hans device, there's a 50% chance he would've survived. He chose not to which ended his life at 49yrs young

[Blank]

Unfortunately His Grave Is At His Home And Is NOT Allowed For Fans To Visit Him

[TDR_MrT]

Great content mate! Could you please do Jo Gartner’s fatal accident at Mulsanne in the 1986 Le Mans 24 Hours? Love your videos!

[thebrummierailenthusiasts]

It’s 22 years since dale Earnhardt senior died in this race leaving behind his son who is also called dale Earnhardt but he has Jr as his last name

[S__a_m_u_r_a_i]

2:07 What’s crazy is that this was the last thing he saw before he died, his team heading to 1st and 2nd with nothing but open track in front of them.

[mikoajnowak]

How do you put driver into the car in beamng drive?

[Cosmitm]

How do I download the skins for the car because when I put the file in the mods folder nothing happened

[davidrayy]

Thank you very much for this video, this is exactly what I was looking for. It took me about five tries before I got to this one and all the other ones, when you request the Dale Earnhardt accident, it gives you videos with 40 minutes of his life story and then the accident. I know his life story I've been following in my whole freaking life!
I don't need to know where he was born and what his first car was and what is Dad did and what he did in his hometown and he drives his race car to the track. I know all that!
I simply stated show me the accident. I want to see the accident and this is even better yet, so thank you very much for taking the time to prepare this video and share it with us it's exactly what I've been looking for.

[skylar]

You have to remember, cause I didn’t hear you say it, but it wasn’t really the angle of his car or the impact of the other car. His car went from like 150 mph to a complete stop. Imagine the kinetic energy from going at that rate all only transferring to you and you have no neck restraint. Drive a normal 60 mph then imagine just stopping dead right there even with a seatbelt, now imagine that but almost tripled.

[billydeewilliams]

Who's the Nascar guy who ran over a competitor during a dirt track event? Do that one.