Editing Sam Ard (section)

=== Later life and death ===
Ard battled [[Alzheimer's disease]] and [[Parkinson's disease]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/auto/nascar-short-track-star-sam-ard-dies-at-78|title=NASCAR short-track star Sam Ard dies at 78|date=2017-04-03|work=Fox News|access-date=2017-04-03|language=en-US}}</ref> His family often received donations and aid from the racing community to help him. In 2006, drivers [[Kevin Harvick]] and [[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]] led a charge to donate a substantial amount of funds for the care of Ard and his family. After tying Ard's Nationwide Series single-season victory record in 2008, [[Kyle Busch]] announced that he would give $100,000 to aid Ard's family with his care and mounting medical expenses in his honor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nascar.com/2008/news/headlines/bg/11/03/kybusch.sard.donation/index.html|title=Ards can't put price on Busch $100,000 donation|agency=Associated Press|work=[[NASCAR]]|publisher=NASCAR Media Group|date=November 3, 2008|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211201305/http://www.nascar.com/2008/news/headlines/bg/11/03/kybusch.sard.donation/index.html|archivedate=December 11, 2008}}</ref>

Ard died on April 2, 2017, at the age of 78.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2017/4/2/sam-ard-dies-78-xfinity-series-champion.html|title=SAM ARD, TWO-TIME XFINITY SERIES CHAMPION, DIES AT 78|work=[[NASCAR]]|date=April 2, 2017|accessdate=April 2, 2017}}</ref>