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LONG POND, PA - JULY 30: Driver Dale Earnhardt is airlifted by helicopter to the hospital after a crash on lap 98 during the Coca-Cola 500 race on July 30, 1979 at the Pocono International Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Dozier Mobley/Getty Images)

LONG POND, PA - JULY 30:  Driver Dale Earnhardt is airlifted by helicopter to the hospital after a crash on lap 98 during the Coca-Cola 500 race on July 30, 1979 at the Pocono International Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Dozier Mobley/Getty Images)