Ten NASCAR Drivers Who Had Their Careers Cut Short

Blaise Alexander

Another example of a driver taken from the world way too soon was 25-year-old, Blaise Alexander. The Pennsylvania native started his career racing Go Karts at the age of 12 and eventually won the World Karting Association East Regional Champion After having a great deal of success in Go Karts. Alexander moved on to micro sprints and went on to win 48 races in a variety of different series.

Alexander later continued his success in the ARCA REMAX Series, winning several races and the Rookie of the Year award over the course of his short career. Despite some success in The NASCAR Busch Series and Craftsman Truck Series, Alexander would ultimately choose to go back to The ARCA REMAX Series full-time in 2001.

Unfortunately for Alexander, his return to the ARCA REMAX Series would end in tragedy, as the young Pennsylvania native died in a late race incident at Lowe’s Motor Speedway in 2001. The incident occurred late in the race, when slight contact with Kerry Earnhardt sent Alexander’s car hurtling head first into the wall and knocking the young driver unconscious upon impact.

Alexander then slid back down the track and right into Earnhardt, which caused his car to flip and slide down the track as well. Alexander was later pronounced dead after it was determined that he suffered a Basilar skull fracture. This would unfortunately mark the fifth time in two and a half years that a driver would die as a result of basilar skull fracture.

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