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Adam Petty

Status: Existence Unconfirmed

Adam Petty was a race car driver competing in the NASCAR Xfinity Series (then known as the NASCAR Busch Series). Adam was the fourth driver in line to drive for the Petty family, making him the first fourth-generation driver in NASCAR history.

Death

On May 12th, 2000, Adam Petty was driving during a practice session for the Busch 200 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.^[1] While going into the third turn, Petty's number 45 Chevrolet suffered a hung throttle and hit near head-on into the concrete wall at nearly 200m/h. He was killed instantly upon hitting the wall from a basilar skull fracture at the age of 19.^[2] Eight weeks later, the car driven by 30-year-old Kenny Irwin Jr. would also suffer a hung throttle and crash into turn number three at the same track similarly to Adam Petty.^[3] This led NASCAR to add many safety features, with the most notable feature being kill switches.

Availability

It remains unknown if the wreck was ever filmed. Unlike today, practice sessions were not always broadcast on television and the 2000 Busch 200 was one of those that received no known coverage. There is footage online of the wreck's aftermath, showing the extensive damage inflicted on Petty's car and the wall that it collided with. Due to the accident's graphic nature, and out of respect for Petty and his relatives, it is extremely unlikely any potential crash footage will be publicly released.^[4]

Gallery

Images

Adam Petty’s car surrounded by track marshals following the crash.

Video

Aftermath of the crash.

Digital Reenactment of the Crash.

References

External Link

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Petty

[1] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20110814172208/http://nationwide.nascar.com/nationwide-series/races/2000/results-official/12/

[2] ttps://bleacherreport.com/articles/1181240-nascar-lessons-learned-too-late-from-adam-pettys-death

[3] ttp://espn.go.com/auto/nascar/news/2000/0707/623002.html

[4] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfS_ZaNQ4jU

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+Adam Petty was a race car driver competing in the NASCAR Xfinity Series (then known as the NASCAR Busch Series). Adam was the fourth driver in line to drive for the Petty family, making him the first fourth-generation driver in NASCAR history.
-On May 12, 2000, Adam Petty was driving during a practice session for the Busch 200 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. While going into the third turn, Petty's throttle stuck and his car hit near head on into the concrete wall at nearly 200m/h. He was killed instantly when hitting the wall. He died from a basilar skull fracture at the age of 19.<ref>https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1181240-nascar-lessons-learned-too-late-from-adam-pettys-death</ref>  Only 8 weeks later, driver Kenny Wallace Jr. died at the same corner, forcing NASCAR to add a number of safety features, such as a kill switch.
+==Death==
+On May 12th, 2000, Adam Petty was driving during a practice session for the Busch 200 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20110814172208/http://nationwide.nascar.com/nationwide-series/races/2000/results-official/12/</ref> While going into the third turn, Petty's number 45 Chevrolet suffered a hung throttle and hit near head-on into the concrete wall at nearly 200m/h. He was killed instantly upon hitting the wall from a basilar skull fracture at the age of 19.<ref>https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1181240-nascar-lessons-learned-too-late-from-adam-pettys-death</ref> Eight weeks later, the car driven by 30-year-old Kenny Irwin Jr. would also suffer a hung throttle and crash into turn number three at the same track similarly to Adam Petty.<ref>http://espn.go.com/auto/nascar/news/2000/0707/623002.html</ref> This led NASCAR to add many safety features, with the most notable feature being kill switches.
 ==Availability==
-It remains unknown if the wreck was ever filmed. Unlike today, practice sessions weren't always broadcasted on TV, and this one wasn't. There does exist footage online of the aftermath f the wreck, showing the damage on Petty's car, as well as on the wall that Petty hit. It's likely that we'll never see the wreck. <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfS_ZaNQ4jU</ref>
+It remains unknown if the wreck was ever filmed. Unlike today, practice sessions were not always broadcast on television and the 2000 Busch 200 was one of those that received no known coverage. There is footage online of the wreck's aftermath, showing the extensive damage inflicted on Petty's car and the wall that it collided with. Due to the accident's graphic nature, and out of respect for Petty and his relatives, it is extremely unlikely any potential crash footage will be publicly released.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfS_ZaNQ4jU</ref>
 ==Gallery==
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+==References==
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+==External Link==
+https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Petty
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