Does anyone know what became of SRs car after the accident?

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Im curious, and the interwebs dont seem to show much.
Is this covered up?
 
There's all the rumors, but the most logical to me is Richard or NASCAR destroyed it and probably buried it somewhere.
 
I imagine they eventually released it back to RCR. If you read Kyle's book they gave them back Adam's car.

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I know NASCAR went over it with a fine tooth comb, but it would be nice to know the truth.
@wi_racefan thanks for the info on Adams car.
 
Of course it also shows you how times and racing cultures have changed over the years. There are NUMEROUS examples of AAA and USAC sprints, midgets and big cars being rebuilt to service after another driver had died in it. Even more morbid, sometime in the 1970's Gary Bettenhausen was driving for one of the Indycar teams based in Brownsburg Indiana near the track. Gary helped work on the cars, and one day a visitor stopped by and found Gary working on his car. Directly overhead, hanging from the ceiling, was the car Gary's father was killed in. Didn't seem to bother him at all.
 
I read it was given back to Richard who and again I read two differing stories on this, 1.) had it destroyed 2.) buried somewhere on the RCR campus property
 
Jorge De Guzman said:
I read it was given back to Richard who and again I read two differing stories on this, 1.) had it destroyed 2.) buried somewhere on the RCR campus property
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would make sense to have it buried - a grave site as it were
 
I've always wondered if Richard, after looking at the cars damage, made any changes to the cars that were to be raced moving forward? Or was everyone in such a state of grief they just showed up with what they had & raced? I suppose the plate track cars were likely constructed differently to start with. Maybe the car for Rockingham, think that was next track, was different already? Talking about bracing in front end of chassis.

I'm always thinking about the technical side of the cars. Emotions don't play a role in that. Unfortunately denial is a big problem for racers. It CAN'T happen to me...
 
KTMLew01 said:
I've always wondered if Richard, after looking at the cars damage, made any changes to the cars that were to be raced moving forward? Or was everyone in such a state of grief they just showed up with what they had & raced? I suppose the plate track cars were likely constructed differently to start with. Maybe the car for Rockingham, think that was next track, was different already? Talking about bracing in front end of chassis.

I'm always thinking about the technical side of the cars. Emotions don't play a role in that. Unfortunately denial is a big problem for racers. It CAN'T happen to me...
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I think the main reason drivers survive a similar wreck today is the hans device, not the car.....softer walls help too.
 
Didn't police have it? I never went looking into this, but apparently there were photos of the interior of his car on the internet.

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This answer I found on Reddit seems to be the most likely.

"I was told by a former RCR employee who's name i will withhold for legal reasons after the investigation was complete the car was released to richard it was taken to a secret location and scrapped then the pieces were buried there was pretty much nothing left of it."

If you think you really want to read/see it, the official University of Nebraska/NASCAR accident report (400 pages) contains every imaginable detail of the crash including photos of the car itself, including the interior. Thankfully, there are no photos of Dale himself in it. It is a public document and you can find it at the url below. I downloaded it without any problems but didn't care to read it other than to determine that it was legitimate.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...h_report.pdf&usg=AOvVaw2dIiRJkEiZDCbAC6NqJp8g

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Tumbleweed said:
This answer I found on Reddit seems to be the most likely.

"I was told by a former RCR employee who's name i will withhold for legal reasons after the investigation was complete the car was released to richard it was taken to a secret location and scrapped then the pieces were buried there was pretty much nothing left of it."

If you think you really want to read/see it, the official University of Nebraska/NASCAR accident report (400 pages) contains every imaginable detail of the crash including photos of the car itself, including the interior. Thankfully, there are no photos of Dale himself in it. It is a public document and you can find it at the url below. I downloaded it without any problems but didn't care to read it other than to determine that it was legitimate.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwihnJWXycb9AhVHE1kFHWCmCnMQFnoECBMQAQ&url=http://www.autopsyfiles.org/reports/policereport/earnhardt%20crash_report.pdf&usg=AOvVaw2dIiRJkEiZDCbAC6NqJp8g

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O MG thanks for posting this. This group is the best
 
I saw an interview and Schrader has a bit of PTSD due to it.
 
Tough reading the injury list. Had he somehow survived his quality of life from chronic pain would've been awful.

Also tough to believe how much movement drivers had in the cars in 2001, and how your quarter mile track late model today is 1000% safer than what the drivers were racing then at Daytona and Talladega.
 
Speedbowl14 said:
Tough reading the injury list. Had he somehow survived his quality of life from chronic pain would've been awful.

Also tough to believe how much movement drivers had in the cars in 2001, and how your quarter mile track late model today is 1000% safer than what the drivers were racing then at Daytona and Talladega.
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YUP.

Remember this pic - SR napping,

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Look at the room!
 
Speedbowl14 said:
Tough reading the injury list. Had he somehow survived his quality of life from chronic pain would've been awful.

Also tough to believe how much movement drivers had in the cars in 2001, and how your quarter mile track late model today is 1000% safer than what the drivers were racing then at Daytona and Talladega.
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Way I see it, it was a fatal accident whether the belt broke or not. The autopsy shows no evidence of the usual neck stretch during basal skull fracture BECAUSE the belt breaking allowed his whole body to move. I tend to believe IF the belts had been installed more "normally", would have had same injury except due to neck whip. I also believe his fatal injury happened when he rebounded back into the seat and contacted the cage/upper left of seat. Without doubt the HANS Device and other types of head restraints have saved a bunch of lives since.
 
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