NASCAR: earnhardt had dizzy spells years before he was killed

In the insurance application, submitted a month before the fatal crash, Earnhardt admitted in a handwritten note that he experienced ``dizziness in race in Darlington'' about three years earlier. Earnhardt crashed in the first turn of the 1997 Southern 500 in Darlington, S.C., after blacking out twice at the wheel

i remember a race at darlington where dale pulled to the apron during the pace laps, i believe they later said that he had fallen asleep, i don't remember wether he crashed in that race or not, this makes one wonder if he had some kind of head injury that contributed to his untimely death

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