NASCAR Multiple Choice- Crashes

1. Under caution in the 2012 Daytona 500, __________ lost control of his car on the backstretch and spun into one of the jet dryers, which then caught fire and melted part of the track. The race was red-flagged for over an hour for repairs. No one was injured.

2. In 2009 at Talladega, Brad Keselowski was running in second on the last lap when he turned __________ sideways. __________ spun around and was catapulted into the catchfence by Ryan Newman. He screeched to a halt just a few feet away from the start/finish line.

3. In the 2009 race at Dover, __________ was involved in a wreck entering turn three, was lifted up by another car, and barrel-rolled several times, landing on his wheels on the apron.

4. In the 1970 race at Darlington, __________ spun coming off turn four, hit the inside wall, and rolled several times. In the replay you can see his arm hanging out of the window. Somehow he only sustained a dislocated shoulder.

5. After being launched into the air in the 2000 Truck race at Daytona, __________ crashed into the catchfence, caught fire, and then rolled for hundreds of feet, continuing to be hit by other trucks as his own was torn apart. Somehow, he survived.

6. On the final lap of the 2011 race at Watkins Glen, David Ragan crashed into the outside wall and collected __________, who careened off the inside wall and turned over, nosing into the catchfence as he flipped. He suffered minor injuries, but his Toyota was destroyed.

7. In the 2020 Daytona 500, __________ was hooked by Ryan Blaney into the outside wall and turned over. He was then t-boned by Corey LaJoie in the driver's side window and miraculously sustained only a head injury.

8. At the end of the 1976 Daytona 500, Richard Petty and __________ came off of turn four, made contact, and wrecked mere feet from the finish line. __________ got his car refired first and won the Great American Race by only a few seconds over Petty.

9. Dale Earnhardt Jr won the 2015 Coke Zero 400 at Daytona, but behind him __________ was launched off the nose of Denny Hamlin, across the track, and into the catchfence bringing the car to an immediate stop. He was miraculously unhurt and climbed from the car.

10. In a 2013 Xfinity Series race at Daytona, __________ was launched into the catchfence in a last lap crash that drew headlines for injuring some fans who were sitting near the fence.

11. At Pocono in 2002, two Dale Earnhardt Incorporated teammates made contact and spun towards the infield fencing. The wreck involved Dale Earnhardt Jr and his teammate and friend, __________, who flipped a few times in the incident.

12. The commentator for the 1993 Talladega race: "Checkered is waving! Ernie Irvan wins and __________ spins and gets airborne! And flips wildly right past the start/finish line; very reminiscent of his accident at Daytona."

13. In a 2008 qualifying run at Texas Motor Speedway, __________ got loose going into turn one and then overcorrected into the outside wall, which catapulted the car on its roof. __________ then flipped eight or nine times. Miraculously, he was uninjured.

14. A freak accident occurred at Bristol in the 1980s when __________ broke through a flimsy guardrail and slammed headfirst into the end of a concrete wall. The car split in two halves and slid down the track. Believe it or not, he was perfectly fine.