| Ward Burton's car leaves the banking going
through the tri-oval, moments before he would bump Dale in the left-rear. |
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| Once Burton bumps Dale, Dale's car swerves
left into Bill Elliott. |
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| Then, Elliott and Earnhardt both sling
toward the wall at 190 mph. |
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| From there it was a chain reaction, with
over 20 cars being collected. |
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| Earnhardt and Elliott slide down the track
as Kyle Petty smashes into them. |
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| Elliott's car blew flames from the
exhaust. The flames went though the Dale's driver-side window, giving him
second-degree burns and melting his goggles. |
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| Finally, the crash nears an end.
Earnhardt and Elliott are taken to a nearby hospital. Elliott was taken on a
stretcher, Earnhardt was able to walk. |
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| This is the second straight race a
Talladega in which Dale was involved in a major accident. This crash somewhat
resembled the Fall 1996 crash at Talladega in which Earnhardt was injured. |
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| Before Earnhardt left for the hospital, he
did a couple of interviews. Dale said he was not happy with this kind of racing
(referring to restrictor plate racing). |
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| Earnhardt with burns alongside Richard
Childress. |
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| Kyle Petty and Joe Nemechek drove
Earnhardt's car for a few laps before NASCAR black flagged it. Earnhardt took his
first DNF in 53 races. |
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