The first years of NASCAR were deadlier than you think | Sara Christian

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A fence, a flying car, and a seven-year-old boy who came to watch a race. This is how NASCAR’s first deadly years really began.

In today’s video, I’ll tell you about the earliest crashes in NASCAR history, the ones that happened before roll cages, protected fuel tanks, or any real safety rules existed.

📜 From the 1948 crash at Columbus Speedway that left historians arguing over who NASCAR’s first victim really was, to the night race in Raleigh remembered as “Black Saturday”, to the first Big One at Daytona with 68 cars on the track, these are the tragedies that the rules were written after.

00:00 – Red Byron & Roy Brannon
01:13 – Bill Slick Davis
02:18 – Lee Petty
02:52 – Sara Christian
03:23 – Hank Stanley
03:59 – Larry Mann
04:45 – Bill Blevins & Jessie Midkiff
05:52 – Lou Figaro
07:01 – The First Big One

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