Talk:List of NASCAR fatalities

Drivers who have died of a medical condition
This list covers drivers who crashed their cars because of a fatal medical condition (i.e. drivers who did not die from the injuries they may have sustained in the ensuing accident) as well as those who managed to stop their cars but died of a medical condition shortly afterwards.

Non-driver fatalities
This section lists people who have been fatally injured in close connection to the racing taking place at an event while not driving a race car including drivers being on the sidelines.

Elliott, who was killed while walking across the track, was either a driver or a mechanic.

Drivers who died of medical conditions to be listed separately?
Drivers who crashed their cars because of fatal medical conditions (which means they did not die of injuries sustained in the accident itself): John Nelson, Gary Neice, Ron Biellier, Billy Joe Pressley (possibly), Al Papini, Bubba Beck, Ron Pestana, Leon Gonyo, Larry Catlett (possible NASCAR fatality)

Drivers who collapsed because of fatal medical conditions after stopping in the pits: Gene Lovelace, Bobby Isaac, Bill Baker, Hal Shuster, Bub Bilodeau

--Fluidfellow (talk) 21:57, 3 March 2016 (UTC)
 * If they have a proper citation that proves that their death was not caused by an accident, then I feel that this is needed. –  Nascar1996  ( talk • cont ) 17:27, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
 * The article now features a separate table listing drivers who have died of a medical condition.--Fluidfellow (talk) 22:55, 31 March 2016 (UTC)

List of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series fatalities
How about creating a separate article listing premier series fatalities only? While the existing tables are sortable by series name, they show the name of the series at the time of the accident so that Grand National and Winston Cup fatalities are depicted separately.--Fluidfellow (talk) 21:57, 3 March 2016 (UTC)
 * I support dividing the table into sections for each of the three national series, former series, and touring series. It would add more organization to the article, but it may make it too long. However, I feel that there is no need to separate the article into more articles. –  Nascar1996  ( talk • cont ) 17:26, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
 * I thought of making an additional table for premier series fatalities without removing them from the original table. The new table may have justified the creation of its own article to prevent the repetition of information within the same article.


 * Dividing the table into several sections would be the better solution, though, as people are certainly more interested in series than sanctioning bodies and prefer a list of fatalities that occurred in a specific series to having all of them lumped together. Hence, one table per series should be created in my opinion, an endeavor other editors may consider undertaking.  (I have struggled with assigning series, even when using this breakdown).--Fluidfellow (talk) 22:55, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
 * I agree. Have a section for the Sprint Cup Series, Xfinity Series, Camping World Truck Series, touring series, and former series. –  Nascar1996  ( talk • cont ) 17:53, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
 * The Sprint Cup Series fatalities have now been separated from those that occurred in other series. Further segmentation of the latter is up to more competent editors.--Fluidfellow (talk) 19:32, 15 April 2016 (UTC)

Narrowing the scope of the article
I have suggested listing only NASCAR Cup Series fatalities here.--Fluidfellow (talk) 19:34, 1 August 2018 (UTC)

Scope of the "other series"?
The lede states thet the article is about NASCAR fatalities, which ought to be obvious from the article title. I assumed that the "other series" were still supposed to by about NASCAR-sanctioned races on NASCAR-sanctioned tracks. Are the "Midget division" races NASCAR races? I found no mention of NASCAR in the references, but I know nothing about this subject. If this list is supposed to be restricted to NASCAR, then I suggest a cleanup if necessary, and a change to the section title from "Fatalities in other series" to "Fatalities in other NASCAR series", just to make it glaringly obvious to casual editors and perhaps keep them from adding non-NASCAR entries. (I came here from the help desk after an editor asked for help adding an ARCA fatality, which I declined to do). -Arch dude (talk) 17:15, 21 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, a number of references support the entries they are linked to only partially, but the deaths that are currently being listed have been confirmed as NASCAR fatalities including those that have occurred in the Midget Division. Also, section titles have been clarified to indicate that only NASCAR fatalities should be included.--Fluidfellow (talk) 00:29, 26 May 2023 (UTC)

You Forgot Adam Petty
New Hampshire, 2000 174.233.16.98 (talk) 20:40, 25 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Adam Petty is listed under "Fatalities in other NASCAR events".--Fluidfellow (talk) 00:29, 26 May 2023 (UTC)