GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Feb. 18, 2001 is a day many in West Michigan still remember painfully well. It was the day NASCAR lost Dale Earnhardt, Sr. in a final-lap crash at the end of the 2001 ...
On Sunday, February 18, 2001, the racing world was brought to a stunning halt when NASCAR President Mike Helton uttered four unbelievable words following the Daytona 500 – “We’ve lost Dale Earnhardt.” ...