Dover Motor Speedway is a speedy and high-banked yet short and narrow race track. That is the recipe for some treacherous driving and, unfortunately, some big crashes. Every year, it seems that Dover has something crazy happen, and these are the wildest crashes at Dover Motor Speedway.
The 1995 spring race at Dover was the first test of the concrete surface. Many drivers didn’t even make it to lap 3 as John Andretti and Ricky Craven made contact in turn 4. The result was a 19-car pileup featuring big names like Rusty Wallace and Mark Martin.
The crash happening early in the race meant that drivers could fix their cars to finish the race. Wallace ended up overcoming the crash to finish in the top 10.
The backstretch is every bit as treacherous as the front stretch at Dover. Tony Stewart, Regan Smith, and David Reutimann were all caught fighting for the same real estate on lap 9, sending all 3 into a spin. The field quickly caught up to the trio, and the pileup began.
A total of 13 cars were involved in the crash. Unlike the 1995 wreck, drivers were unable to mount any notable comebacks from this crash.
Unlike most big Dover crashes which happen early in the race, this one happened late in the going. Jimmie Johnson was on the front row on a restart with 45 laps to go, but he missed a shift, causing a stackup in the top lane. Johnson was eventually turned around, and the field piled up behind him.
A total of 18 cars were involved including Johnson, Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch, Martin Truex Jr., Kyle Larson, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hamlin and Larson came back to finish in the top 10, with Larson narrowly missing out on his first career win, finishing 2nd.
Mike Joy often refers to Dover as a “Self-Cleaning Race Track” due to the 9 degrees of banking on the straightaways. Most cars that spin out naturally roll to the inside, but, Elliott Sadler stayed planted in the middle of the backstretch after a crash early in the 2008 spring race.
The 11-car pileup seemed to last forever, and it collected drivers like Tony Stewart, Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. None of these drivers came back from this wreck.
In a list filled with pileups, it’s a barrel roll that takes the top spot. Joey Logano was sent spinning into turn 3 on lap 32 of the 2009 fall race at Dover. After hitting the wall, he was forced onto his side, sending the car into a barrel roll.
Logano was okay after the incident, and it was something no one expected. Dover is not a track known for big flips, but, it happened at this race.
What other crazy crashes did we miss out on? Dover is always a track that leads to some crazy wrecks.
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On February 17, Ubisoft released a trailer that confirmed that NASCAR would be included in The Crew Motorfest’s next season update. Details were limited at the time, but in a press release issued today, Ubisoft revealed the full details of the update ahead of its March 4 launch.
Ubisoft says drafting will affect car speed and help save fuel, implying that drafting will be a huge factor in the game, at least with these cars. You can check out this and much more on Ubisoft’s official post linked below
Earlier this Tuesday, the official The Crew Motorfest account clarified confusion around the NASCAR bundles. The Crew Credit (CC) bundles only include cosmetic team liveries, not additional cars. The 3 base Next Gen cars (Ford Mustang Dark Horse, Toyota Camry XSE, and Chevrolet ZL1) are part of the free Season 9 update and can be purchased separately.
Mitch Rasmussen, NASCAR’s Senior Director of Interactive, said in the press release:
We’re excited to bring our iconic brand to life in The Crew Motorfest. This collaboration represents another important step in our strategy to bring NASCAR into the digital spaces and places where next generation fans spend their time, giving players new ways to interact with the culture and communities they love.
The content arrives as part of Year 3 Season 9 and is officially licensed by NASCAR. You can watch the first trailer and learn more in the article linked below
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Four road courses on the schedule, and somehow that’s enough to spark one of the biggest debates in the garage. After recent comments from Brad Keselowski questioning the business value of road racing, the conversation has picked up serious steam. Is NASCAR leaning too far into it, or is the current balance about right?
There are valid points on both sides, from sponsorship realities to fan traditions to competitive diversity. Some tracks have gained traction. Others have struggled. The question isn’t just whether road courses belong, but how many make sense within a 36-race season. It’s less about extremes and more about direction. And with future schedule changes always looming, this debate probably isn’t settled anytime soon.
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