Driver career-ending crashes

Over the years in auto racing, there has been serious crashes from time to time. While many of these did not result in deaths, some crashes forced drivers, officials, and crew members to retire - in practice, qualifying, testing, and racing. Like with fatal crashes, many of these crashes have gone on to help improve safety.

This list is listed in yearly order.

Lee Petty is in this list, he did have a career ending crash, but he did race 6 more races. Richard Petty and Davey Allison are also in this list as it was their last race regardless of outcome.

To see fatalities, see Driver deaths in motorsport.

Accidents

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Name	Date of accident	Discipline	Car	Championship	Circuit	Event	Session	Cause	Result
Johnny Beauchamp	1961	Stock Car	Oldsmobile	1961 NASCAR Grand National Series	Daytona International Speedway	1961 Daytona 500 Twin Qualifying Event 2	Race/ Qualifying	Clipped by Lee Petty and went over the guardrail	Suffered head and back injuries
Lee Petty	1961	Stock Car	Plymouth	1961 NASCAR Grand National Series	Daytona International Speedway	1961 Daytona 500 Twin Qualifying Event 2	Race/ Qualifying	Clipped Johnny Beauchamp and went over the guardrail	Spent 4 months in the hospital, but did race 6 more races
Bobby Allison	June 19, 1988	Stock Car	Buick	1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Series	Pocono Raceway	Miller High 500	Race	Slammed head-on into the outside barrier and was T-boned by Jocko Maggiacomo	Put in a coma
Davey Allison	November 15, 1992	Stock Car	Ford Thunderbird	1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series	Atlanta Motor Speedway	1992 Hooters 500	Race	Slammed into the back of Ernie Irvan	Was uninjured, but was killed in a plane crash before the start of the 1993 season
Richard Petty	November 15, 1992	Stock Car	Pontiac Grand Prix	1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series	Atlanta Motor Speedway	1992 Hooters 500	Race	Slammed into the back of Rich Bickle, breaking the oil cooler, putting the car in flames	Was uninjured, but retired before the start of the 1993 season
Dario Franchitti	October 6, 2013	Open Wheel	Honda	2013 IndyCar Series season	NRG Park	Grand Prix of Houston Heat 2	Race	Collided with Takuma Sato, went airborne, and slammed into the turn 5 catchfence, with incredible force	Suffered a spinal fracture, right ankle fracture, and a massive concussion

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