10 notable auto racing deaths

POSTED: 09:25 AM PDT Oct 17, 2011    UPDATED: 08:50 AM PST Feb 24, 2013 

Take a look back at notable auto racing deaths.

Racing - Adam Petty
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In 2000, 19-year-old NASCAR driver Adam Petty died after his car spun out and crashed into the wall in New Hampshire. A fourth-generation NASCAR driver (along with great-grandfather Lee, grandfather Richard and father Kyle), Petty was practicing for a Busch series race the following day.

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