Talk:Death of Dale Earnhardt

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Contradiction
The article says "Earnhardt was killed instantly." and the very next line says "Earnhardt's injuries were severe enough that he was unable to exit the car without assistance" Am I missing something here? I think the fact that a dead person can't move is pretty self explanatory. Did he die instantly or not? -- Anyquestions (talk) 00:25, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

Category:Filmed deaths in sports?
Was his death on film?


 * Include The race was on film and he died from injuries sustained in the accident in the 2001 Daytona 500. I was watching the race live on television.  Royal broil  02:35, 28 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Include - It was filmed by Fox. I, myself, also saw the race live.  Zappa  O  Mati   19:01, 30 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Include The race was broadcast internationally and several people seen the fatal crash. So yes, his death was "on film." --  Nascar 1996 ( Talk • Contribs ) 00:48, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Include - I even remember Darrell Waltrip's exact words. United States Man (talk) 02:11, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
 * included - Yes, his death really WAS on film, having been seen live on NASCAR on Fox. I've recently watched the coverage of Dale, Sr.'s death in a video on YouTube.com, when Mike Joy called "THE 3 CAR DOW—OOOOOOHHHH!! BIG TROUBLE, BIG WRECK BEHIND THEM!!!!!!" as it happened. I was almost four years old at the time, so I didn't even see everything until recently on YouTube.com. Ptb1997 (talk) 5:56, 24 January, 2015 (CST)

"Figure 09"
Part of the text currently states "This configuration is demonstrated in Figure 09". I have no idea what Figure 09 is meant to be - clearly the figures in the article are not numbered. It suggests that that part of the text was copied verbatim from some source, and it would be worth correcting it and/or checking the copyright status. --Money money tickle parsnip (talk) 20:15, 23 March 2014 (UTC)

It may help people understand the details of the cars position on the track during the crash if there was a detailed diagram included in this section https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Dale_Earnhardt#Final_lap_crash, instead of "https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degree_(angle)" measurements that are hard to understand for people who aren't technically minded. 101.160.176.23 (talk) 15:59, 22 September 2015 (UTC)


 * Added diagram with angles, removed diagram request. Egmason (talk) 12:54, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

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Pointless Paragraph Removal
Is there some special reason that Brad Keselowski's memories from when he was ten merit a paragraph ? He has nothing to do with Earnhardt, that I am aware of, and is not a major figure in NASCAR racing, certainly not at the time this happened, so, to put it bluntly, who cares what he thinks ?

If there's no rebuttal, I'll remove that paragraph in a few days 203.160.86.78 (talk) 12:34, 26 December 2020 (UTC)