Firestorm '00, '01 The Years that Changed NASCAR
Sports & Recreation Podcasts
2000, 2001 -- The Years That Forever Changed NASCAR is a 10-episode documentary podcast series that takes listeners inside two of the most difficult seasons NASCAR has ever faced. You'll be introduced to five drivers whose fatal accidents forever changed the sport, and its stance on safety. We'll remember the 2001 Daytona 500, the controversies that raged before and after that momentous event and its legacy 20 years later.
Location:
United States
Genres:
Sports & Recreation Podcasts
Description:
2000, 2001 -- The Years That Forever Changed NASCAR is a 10-episode documentary podcast series that takes listeners inside two of the most difficult seasons NASCAR has ever faced. You'll be introduced to five drivers whose fatal accidents forever changed the sport, and its stance on safety. We'll remember the 2001 Daytona 500, the controversies that raged before and after that momentous event and its legacy 20 years later.
Language:
English
Episodes
EPISODE 4 -- TONY ROPER
2/18/2021
Tony Roper was a struggling driver struggling to maintain his place in the sport when he sustained fatal injuries during a Craftsman Truck Series event at Texas. It was third fatality, one in each of NASCAR’s top-three national divisions, of the 2000 season. Interviewed for this episode is Michelle Roper-Shue.
Executive Producer and Writer:
Rick Houston
Associate Producers:
Steve Richards
Peter Cellino
Steve Waid
Joe Estep
Todd Phillips
Duration:00:17:13
EPISODE 2 -- KENNY IRWIN
2/18/2021
Less than two months after the loss of Adam Petty at New Hampshire, Winston Cup driver Kenny Irwin died during a practice session at the same track, in the same turn. Close friend Johnny Vance Jr.; Bob East, Irwin’s USAC Midget car owner; and Tony Glover, Irwin’s SABCO Racing crew chief, remember Irwin in this episode.
Executive Producer and Writer:
Rick Houston
Associate Producers:
Steve Richards
Peter Cellino
Steve Waid
Joe Estep
Todd Phillips
Duration:00:18:13