The Big One (motorsport)

The Big One is a phrase describing any crash usually involving eleven or more cars in NASCAR, ARCA, and IndyCar racing.

By the mid-1990s, competitors and media began taking note of the multi-car wrecks at Daytona and Talladega.

In 1997, Dale Earnhardt described a final-lap crash at the 1997 Pepsi 400 as "the Big Wreck".

[5] News articles began using the term "Big Wreck" to describe such crashes in 1998,[6] and by 1999, its use was widespread.

[13] By 2009, Talladega Superspeedway marketed itself on the notorious crashes, with hot dogs, and later meatballs billed as "The Big One," with activities on Friday night after on-track action concludes billed as "The Big One on Talladega Boulevard".