Wednesday marks the 33 year that NASCAR suffered one of the saddest days in its history.
On the calendar, April 1, 1993, was supposed to be April Fools Day, but it was the farthest thing from a joke when NASCAR fans awoke that morning to the news that defending Winston Cup champion Alan Kulwicki, at only 38 years old, had been killed in a tragic plane crash.
The plane carrying Kulwicki, along with the pilot and two other passengers, suffered unexpected icing on the wings, slamming into a meadow on final approach to Tri-Cities Regional Airport, just outside Bristol, Tennessee, where that weekend’s NASCAR race was scheduled at Bristol Motor Speedway…