--- description: The driver earned his first last-place finish since 2007 as a result of the crash. Rival Joey Logano won the race in extra laps, edging out Jeff Gordon. title: NASCAR: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Crashes, Joey Logano Wins image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Auto Racing](/tag/auto-racing/) ## Auto Racing Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # WATCH: Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s Fiery Crash in NASCAR's Duck Commander 500 by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 7, 2014 9:36 PM CUT by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 7, 2014 9:36 PM CUT Famed NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt, Jr. crashed during the Duck Commander 500 in Fort Worth, Texas on Monday after hitting a patch of wet grass and blowing out a tire. The race had already been postponed on Sunday due to poor weather conditions. The driver then drove into the outside wall and his No. 88 Chevrolet caught fire. As a result of the crash, Earnhardt Jr. was guaranteed to finish 43rd, his first last-place finish since 2007, the[ _Associated Press_ ](http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/racing/news/20140407/nascar-dale-earnhardt-jr-crash-duck-commander.ap/ "undefined")reports. The driver was not hurt. Joey Logano went on to [win the race](http://www.cbssports.com/nascar/story/24518103/nascar-logano-wins-at-texas-with-final-lap-pass?utm%5Fsource=twitterfeed&utm%5Fmedium=twitter "undefined") in a last-lap pass of rival Jeff Gordon. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/52663/dale-earnhardt-jr-crash-nascar-duck-commander-500/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/52663/dale-earnhardt-jr-crash-nascar-duck-commander-500/"},"headline":"WATCH: Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s Fiery Crash in NASCAR's Duck Commander 500","datePublished":"2014-04-07T21:36:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:10:59.115Z","description":"The driver earned his first last-place finish since 2007 as a result of the crash. Rival Joey Logano won the race in extra laps, edging out Jeff Gordon.","url":"https://time.com/52663/dale-earnhardt-jr-crash-nascar-duck-commander-500/","keywords":["Auto Racing","NASCAR"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/auto-racing/","name":"Auto Racing"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/52663/dale-earnhardt-jr-crash-nascar-duck-commander-500/","name":"WATCH: Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s Fiery Crash in NASCAR's Duck Commander 500"}}]}] ```