Close this window, and upload the photo(s) again. The photo on the right shows the crash scene where two rows of tires are place directly against a cement wall backed by earth. During 1965, NASCAR had still not addressed the factors involved in the death of Joe Weatherly. In the midst of all the pre-season controversy, another tire testing death occurred in January of 1965 to once again cast a shadow over NASCARs top series. On June 11, 1955, Pierre Levegh crashed his car during the 24 Hours of Le Mans race. Continuing the tragic times on the USAC circuit, Bobby Marshman (who was the co-Rookie of the Year in the 1961 Indy 500 with Parnelli Jones) died as a result of a fiery accident during a tire test at Phoenix on December 4 1964. Dale Earnhardt won a total of 76 NASCAR races during his legendary carer, including the Daytona 500 in 1998. This typically causes death by several means, including damage to the upper spinal cord and/or lower part of the brain resulting in the inability to move and breath. Chinese Zodiac: Joe Weatherly was born in the Year of the Rabbit. Nicknamed Captain Nice, American race car driver Mark Donohue was one of those racers who could do it all. He was 77. A larger than life personality, Joe Weatherly was one of NASCARs premier racers during the 1960s. The same day that Allan Simonsen died at the 2013 running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, two-time German VLN Endurance Racing Champion Wolf Silvester died because of a heart attack suffered during the VLN race at the Nurburgring. Please copy/paste the following text to properly cite this HowStuffWorks.com article: Jack Sackman In 1965 the Southern 500 was held on September 6th. Generation. The proposed headstone was for Joe Weatherly. A street car version of this inner tire design was available as a production-line option as early as 1957. hard to take it all in. The sponsor of a memorial may add an additional. Sadly, no safety team arrives within any reasonable period of time and other observers fail to help. Veteran driver Eddie Sachs (known as the Clown Prince of Racing) and rookie Dave McDonald were killed in a fiery crash on the second lap of the Indy 500. I thought you might like to see a memorial for Joe Weatherly I found on Findagrave.com. During a race at the Riverside International Raceway, Joe Weatherlys head Pardue was semiconscious when he was taken to the hospital and died about two hours after he entered the hospital. (Refer to the photo at the beginning of this article.). The photo below shows Weatherly in that race at Riverside, with his window rolled down and not using a shoulder harness. Life folded Death; Death trellised Life; the grim god wived with youthful Life, and begat him curly-headed glories. Death records are primary resources for details about the death, since they were typically created relatively near the time of the death. The problem that had killed Weatherly was not addressed until 1968. Joe Weatherly might be remembered today as a legendary NASCAR driver, but he first started racing motorcycles in theAmerican Motorcycle Association.