Is NASCAR Cursed? Kyle Busch’s Death Most Recent Tragedy to Haunt the Sport
OConnor-Arroyo/AFF-USA. com / MEGA Kyle Busch’s unexpected death this week is just another tragedy added to a long list of heartbreaking moments that have haunted NASCAR for decades — and even more so in the last six months. The latest deaths have led to “many claiming that the sport is ‘cursed,'” according to an article on the Daily Mail on Friday, May 22.
Drivers Davey Allison and Alan Kulwicki died in separate plane crashes in 1993. Seven years later, Adam Petty , the grandson of NASCAR legend Richard Petty , died in a practice crash at New Hampshire Motor Speedway at 19 years old. The following year, racing icon Dale Earnhardt died during the 2001 Daytona 500 in the last lap.
The past six months alone have seen at least two horrifying incidents involving NASCAR drivers and their families. As Globe previously reported in December, Greg Biffle , along with his wife Christina , and his two children Emma , 14, and Ryder , 5, died in a plane crash that killed everyone on board. ZUMAPRESS.
com / MEGA Biffle’s friend Garrett Mitchell announced the news on Facebook . “Unfortunately, I can confirm Greg Biffle, his wife Christina Grossu, daughter Emma, and son Ryder were on that plane…because they were on their way to spend the afternoon with us,” Mitchell wrote at the time. “We are devastated.
I’m so sorry to share this. ” Ten days later on December 28, a house fire took the life of driver Denny Hamlin ‘s father, Dennis. Denny’s mom, Mary Lou, managed to pull Dennis from the house, but he later succumbed to his injuries.