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Dale Earnhardt's Fatal Lap

NPR

Published February 18, 2001 at 9:00 PM PST

Seven-time NASCAR Winston Cup champion Dale Earnhardt died yesterday in a car crash on the final lap of the Daytona 500. NPR's Tom Goldman reports.