The death that rocked a young Daniel Ricciardo: ‘I was crying’ – NEWS.com.au

It was the final-lap collision at the Daytona 500 that took Dale Earnhardts life, rocked the motorsport world and left an 11-year-old Daniel Ricciardo in tears.Earnhardt, 49, was killed instantly when he crashed into a retaining wall on a live television broadcast being watched by almost 20 million people.
Ricciardo, who paid tribute to the stock car driving legend on social media on Friday, was racing go-karts in Western Australia while dreaming of a professional career at the time.
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