Back then, deaths and serious injuries were the norm. Foyt, for instance, still recalls his January 1965 stock car crash in Riverside, California, caused by a brake failure.

Racing at the 2025 Bonneville Speed Week was suspended after veteran driver Chris Raschke of Speed Demon Racing died in a crash. The incident occurred when the Speed Demon III went airborne at 300 mph ...

Then, about 8:30 p.m. Saturday, an accident at the auto raceway in St. Francois County killed one man and hurt two others when a race car flipped off the track into the pit area, police said Sunday.

The “Expendables actor” and UFC champion was airlifted to a burn center after a serious NHRA drag-racing crash at I-70 Speedway in Odessa, Missouri.