Every DARK & Disturbing Nascar Stories Explained (1952-1993) - Part 1

From NASCAR’s first driver death to pit-road catastrophes, plane and helicopter crashes, boycotts, cheating scandals, and the sport’s ugliest safety lapses—this episode covers the early, harrowing decades (1952–1993) that shaped modern NASCAR’s rules and resolve.

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Tragedies:

0:00 – 1952: Larry Mann — First Cup driver death (Langhorne)
0:53 – 1953: “Black Saturday” — Two drivers killed at Raleigh
2:22 – 1960: Southern 500 pit-road tragedy — 3 killed at Darlington
3:53 – 1961: Curtis Turner’s union ban — NASCAR’s labor war
5:25 – 1963: Wendell Scott’s overdue victory & racism in NASCAR
7:06 – 1964: Joe Weatherly fatal crash at Riverside
8:33 – 1964: Fireball Roberts’ fiery end spurs safety reforms
10:02 – 1965: Hemi boycott & Petty’s drag-racing tragedy
11:33 – 1965: Billy Wade killed in Daytona tire test (inner-liner change)
12:32 – 1969: Talladega 500 boycott — drivers vs. NASCAR
14:21 – 1973: Larry Smith fatal Talladega crash
15:16 – 1975: Tiny Lund killed at Talladega
16:16 – 1975: Pit-road explosion kills Randy Owens (Petty crew)
17:49 – 1976: DiGard “mystery motor” nitrous scandal at Daytona
19:06 – 1979: Daytona 500 fistfight on live TV
20:13 – 1983: Richard Petty caught cheating - oversize engine / wrong-side tires
21:57 – 1987: Bobby Allison airborne at Talladega → restrictor plates
23:33 – 1987–88: Tim Richmond — AIDS, secrecy, suspension, tragedy
25:22 – 1989: Grant Adcox fatal crash (Atlanta finale)
27:14 – 1990: Atlanta pit-road catastrophe — Mike Rich killed
29:03 – 1991: J.D. McDuffie fatal crash at Watkins Glen → changes
30:50 – 1993: Alan Kulwicki plane crash (defending champ lost)
32:44 – 1993: Davey Allison helicopter crash at Talladega


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