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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.
Fans had seen Earnhardt step away from a lot worse â like the crash in the 1996 DieHard 500 at Talladega that he walked away from despite a broken collarbone, sternum and shoulder blade, and the crash that flipped his car onto its roof late in the 1997 Daytona 500.