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Virgil Earnest "Ernie" Irvan (born January 13, 1959), occasionally referred to as Swervin' Irvan, is an American former professional stock car racing driver. A retired NASCAR competitor, he is perhaps best remembered for his comeback after a serious head injury suffered from a crash during practice at Michigan in 1994 that left him with only a ...
Mar 1, 2022 · NASCAR.com. Published: 813 days ago. 9 Minute Read. Injuries may have forced him to retire prematurely from NASCAR in 1999, but horsepower continues to be a major part of Ernie Irvan’s life....
- Three Weeks Gone
- ‘Wasn’T A Pretty Deal’
- ‘Will to Live, Compete’
- Wrecked, Then Recovery
The mid-1990s were a brutally difficult time for NASCAR. On April 1, 1993, defending champion Alan Kulwicki died in a plane crash. On July 13, 1993, Davey Allison died in a helicopter crash. In February 1994, Neil Bonnett and Rodney Orr died in separate practices for the Daytona 500. When Ernie Irvan joined Robert Yates Racing in late 1993 to repla...
Marc Reno had been friends with Irvan for years. They had raced together and lived next door to each other when they were trying to launch their racing careers. Reno was working at the time for an XFINITY Series team and by coincidence, his hauler had been parked next to Irvan’s in the XFINITY garage that weekend. After a dispute about tires that w...
As the 1997 season approached, Larry McReynolds had left as Irvan’s crew chief and RYR was looking for a replacement. Reno went to the Robert Yates Racing office in Charlotte for an interview for the position. When he got back out to his car after the interview, he discovered somebody had broken into it and stolen all of his family’s Christmas pres...
On Aug. 20, 1999, five years to the day after the wreck that almost killed him, Irvan had another bad wreck at Michigan. “He spun out and hit driver’s side flat against the wall,” Reno says. “His helmet had a dent in it from the roll bar, like an inch and three quarter. It looked like someone took a pipe and hit him with it.” The impact knocked Irv...
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Jun 26, 2016 · 06-26-2016 • 8 min read. SONOMA, Calif. — It would be really easy for Ernie Irvan to wonder what might have been. And no one would blame him. How could you blame a guy whose career was ruined...
- Jeff Owens
Mar 5, 2020 · Updated Mar. 5, 2020 12:07 a.m. ET. share. foxsports. In the 1990s, Ernie Irvan was one of the most popular drivers in NASCAR ... just not in the garage, because of his aggressive driving...
Feb 15, 2017 · Motorsport.com caught up recently with Ernie Irvan to talk about those two incidents and life for him in retirement in this week’s feature. Irvan was one of the most popular and successful...
Ernie Irvan was known for his aggressive driving style. He started his Winston Cup (now the Monster Energy Series) career in 1987 with the help from Dale Earnhardt, who sponsored his car. In 1990, Ernie joined the Morgan-McClure racing and won the first race of the following year, the Daytona 500.
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