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NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt killed in a last-lap crash at the 2001 Daytona 500. 1  Ken Schrader (36) slams into Dale Earnhardt (3) during the final lap of the Daytona 500. Earnhardt died from injuries sustained in the crash. The Daytona 500 is NASCAR's season opener and is often referred to as its Super Bowl. Earnhardt won it in 1998.
Marlin no longer was known as the driver who won back-to-back 500s. He became known as the driver who was blamed for the accident that killed Dale Earnhardt. Their race-cars touched during a chase for the checkered flag on the final lap. Earnhardt was sent careering across the track, with his car slamming into the wall in Turn 4. Marlin gathered his car and finished seventh, calling it pure luck that he did not follow Earnhardt into the wall. The chain reaction leading to Earnhardt's death would change the racing world--and Marlin's world--forever.