10 Most Tragic Fatal Motorsports Crashes

 

Motor racing – more specifically auto racing – is one of the largest and most popular spectator sports in the world. Formula One remains the most popular and enduring forms of motorsport worldwide, while in America NASCAR reins supreme. From its roots as an Olympic exhibition in 1900, through the modern era of incredible speeds, auto racing has endured as a sport full of passionate drivers and even more passionate fans.This passion makes it more tragic when a life is taken during a racing event, something which happens far too often. This list looks at 10 deaths which were among the most shocking, unexpected and tragic in auto racing history. Pierre Levegh, 83 Spectators Le Mans Ayrton Senna Formula One Dale Earnhardt NASCAR Gilles Villenueve Formula One Mark Donohue Formula One/NASCAR Eddie Sachs Indianapolis Racing Joe Weatherly NASCAR Roland Ratzenberger Formula One Bruce McLaren Formula One Scott Kalitta NHRA Kevin MacLeod called the Halls of the Undead song artists under the Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) is licensed under. Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=usuan1100355 Artist: http://incompetech.com/