"He was the type that would intimidate and push you around on the track," Michael Waltrip recalled shortly after Earnhardt's death, "but was always willing to help afterward. … He was great at taking the young drivers aside, and even older guys like me, and explaining things and talking to you."
1 posted on
02/16/2006 12:12:41 PM PST by
commish
To: commish
It is almost unbelievable that it has been 5 years since we in the NASCAR family lost Dale. Not a day goes buy for the drivers, the sponsors or us fans that we are not reminded of what Dale Earnhardt meant and still means to NASCAR.
RIP Dale, we still miss you.
2 posted on
02/16/2006 12:14:41 PM PST by
commish
(Freedom Tastes Sweetest to Those Who Have Fought to Preserve It)
To: commish
He ignored the technology that coulda kept him from breaking his red neck.
3 posted on
02/16/2006 12:16:09 PM PST by
digger48
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4 posted on
02/16/2006 12:16:16 PM PST by
conservativebabe
("I went hunting with the VP and all I got was this lousy, holey t-shirt"- mewzilla)
To: commish
5 posted on
02/16/2006 12:17:27 PM PST by
conservativebabe
("I went hunting with the VP and all I got was this lousy, holey t-shirt"- mewzilla)
To: commish
Interesting story. I may be wrong about this, but at some point last year I read that Earnhardt's fatal accident was the last time a NASCAR driver was even taken away from a Nextel Cup race in an ambulance.
8 posted on
02/16/2006 12:20:17 PM PST by
Alberta's Child
(Leave a message with the rain . . . you can find me where the wind blows.)
To: commish
'Course the article doesn't go into what Tony Stewart was really complaining about -- all the Bump-Drafting that's going on at Daytona. Earnhardt was a pastmaster of the bump-draft. So in essence, Earnhardt is on both sides of the NASCAR equation. He was a tremendous figurehead for the sport, but he was also not afraid to grab every edge he could on the track -- even if it bordered on rough driving.
20 posted on
02/16/2006 2:22:17 PM PST by
Tallguy
(When it's a bet between reality and delusion, bet on reality -- Mark Steyn)
To: commish
I remember that one pretty clearly.
I was actually watching the race for some reason. I almost NEVER watch NASCAR.
26 posted on
02/16/2006 2:48:29 PM PST by
MikefromOhio
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The Yugo drivers are acting up over here...
29 posted on
02/16/2006 5:09:08 PM PST by
tubebender
(Everything I know about computers I learned on Free Republic...)
To: commish
30 posted on
02/16/2006 5:32:13 PM PST by
WestCoastGal
(Jr -"This race is like a bar fight on four wheels" ~You know, I drive right off the hood.)
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