ICYMI: How Dale Earnhardt's Death Changed NASCAR Forever (Re-Air)

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🗓️ 30 August 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Twenty years ago, when Earnhardt died in an accident on the final lap of Daytona in 2001, the tragedy prompted a change in NASCAR that many thought was long overdue. The sport took up safety standards and equipment designed to prevent the type of injury that killed Earnhardt. There may not be a bigger example of how far the sport has come than 2020’s Daytona 500, when Ryan Newman’s car flipped and landed upside down in a fiery collision during the final lap. Many first believed that Newman had died, but he walked out of the hospital two days later, largely due to the additional safety measures put in place in the wake of Earnhardt’s death. ESPN’s Ryan McGee shares how Earnhardt’s death changed NASCAR forever, also told in the ESPN film “Intimidator.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	ESPN Daily is presented by Goodyear, with you for every mile on the road to greatness.
0:07.1	Good Year. More driven.
0:14.8	Hey guys, it's Pablo here. This week, we're bringing you some of our finest episodes from this past year, from an
0:21.9	unforgettable heist to the little-known longest running contract in baseball to this one. Our story
0:29.6	with Ryan McGee on the NASCAR crash that killed racing superstar Dale Earnhardt, Sr., and how it
0:36.3	changed sports forever.
0:40.0	It's Monday, August 30th.
0:42.9	This is ESPN Daily.
0:48.7	It'll be lap 207, the longest Daytona 500 ever.
0:56.5	So it's the last lap for the 2020 Daytona 500,
0:59.6	and I'm standing in Victor Lane.
1:00.8	You can't really see the racetrack.
1:03.6	Ryan McGee covers NASCAR for ESPN.
1:07.3	So I'm actually watching on the television market.
1:09.2	White flag under green.
1:10.7	Next flag will end the race race and Newman is there.
1:14.2	Here comes Ryan Newman.
1:15.2	He's in the lead.
1:16.2	He's got a chance to win, you know, another Daytona 500.
1:19.2	Blaney to the outside, to the inside.
1:22.0	Here comes Hamlin up the outside.
1:25.2	Crash into the wall, into the air.
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