April 14, 2001
- Seat Belt Cut? on Friday’s RPM 2Night(ESPN2) and the ESPN Site, it is being reported that – Bill Simpson claims a fan has come forward with video showing Earnhardt being cut from his seat belt. Simpson, founder and chairman of Simpson Performance Products, which made the seat belt Earnhardt was wearing during his deadly crash at the Daytona 500 on Feb. 18, told ESPN radio’s Jack Arute that a fan sent him the video of the crash. According to Simpson, he believes the video shows that an EMT cut the seat belt. “Since this whole thing has surfaced and since NASCAR did their press conference, there’s a spectator that has come foward with videotape and it clearly shows an EMT getting into the car with a knife – and that’s what it looked like to me – like it had been cut,” said Simpson. “I have a copy of it now and it’s out being enhanced at the moment.” After Dale Earnhardt died at Daytona, NASCAR reported that a broken seat belt was discovered in Earnhardt’s car. But, earlier this week, an independent doctor who viewed autopsy photos made the claim that a broken seat belt did not cause Earnhardt’s death. More at the ESPN site(4-14-2001)
- Schrader wins ARCA race at Nashville: Winston Cup driver Ken Schrader captured the ARCA RE/MAX Series PFG Lester 150, the inaugural race at Nashville Superspeedway. Schrader, who recently drove in his 500th career Winston Cup race, took the lead for good with less than 15 laps to go and held on to beat Frank Kimmel and Shawna Robinson in the 113-lap race. Officials with Dover Downs Entertainment, which operates the track, did not release an attendance figure for yesterday’s race. But media covering the race estimated the crowd at around 20,000.(Tennessean)(4-14-2001)
- TV News: Fox Again Pre-Empting NASCAR for Actress with Silicone Implants; #1 TV Market in the U.S. Won’t Get Talladega Busch Race First it was FX deciding to pre-empt live NASCAR qualifying for Tori Spelling and “Beverly Hills 90210.” Now, fans in New York are going to be treated to Pamela Anderson and “V.I.P” instead of the Busch race in Talladega. On Saturday, April 21, WNYW in New York will broadcast the Yankees game live instead of the Busch race. However, the local Fox braintrust then decided to not even show the Busch race on tape delay after the Yankees game, despite a three-hour window. Instead, viewers will get a rerun of the “X Files” and syndicated shows “Sheena” and “V.I.P.” (more info at MotorsportsTV) AND Boston Fans Stuck with Delays; Getting No Sympathy One of the hottest TV topics right now is the delays that Fox is giving NASCAR fans in Boston on WFXT. See the full story at MotorsportsTV.com: Boston Fans Stuck with Delays; Getting No Sympathy; and from the Boston Herald: Lee, `Gerbil’ at odds by Jim Baker; and see a RacingOne column: Second-Class Fans by Richard Huff(4-14-2001)
- Biffle Wins at Nashville: #60-Greg Biffle won the inaugural Pepsi 300 at Nashville for his first career BGN victory. #57-Jason Keller was 2nd. See NASCAR.com for results(4-14-2001)
- Harvick Wins Pole: #2-Kevin Harvick won the pole for the first ever BGN race at Nashville Superspeedway running a lap of 159.678mph. #10-Jeff Green was 2nd at 158.481mph.(That’s Racin’). Harvick was the only BGN driver to test at Nashville(4-14-2001)
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