Bugün öğrendim ki: 1964 yılında Glenn "Fireball" Roberts adlı bir NASCAR mezununun yangın patlaması yanıklarıyla sonuçlanan bir kaza sonucu yolda ölümü, doğrudan Simpson'ın yangından korunma giysisini yaratmasına ve gelecekteki birçok sürücünün hayatını kurtarmasına yol açtı.
These days, NASCAR is a safer, family-friendly sport. Gawkers [in search of morbid scenes](https://www.sportscasting.com/10-worst-wrecks-in-nascar- history-2/) have lacked material for nearly 20 years. In the '60s, though, NASCAR faced one tragedy after the next. It took a particularly [horrifying crash](https://www.sportscasting.com/tag/auto-racing/) of driver Glenn “Fireball” Roberts in 1964 to set off a wave of safety measures that affect racing to this day. Much like [Ayrton Senna's untimely death](https://www.sportscasting.com/ayrton-sennas-tragic-death-on-the-track- changed-formula-one-forever/) changed Formula One for the better, Roberts ' loss was an event that unified driver safety standards in NASCAR.