Showing posts with label 1998 Daytona 500. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1998 Daytona 500. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 2, 2021

REMEMBERING DALE EARNHARDT SR.

REMEMBERING DALE EARNHARDT SR.

Dale Earnhardt died Feb. 18, 2001, and it's strange to think that the 20-year anniversary is less than three weeks away. I've written a lot about Dale (I'll put links to some of them here), and I've been looking for Earnhardt videos on YouTube.

I think about him now and then, and it's still hard to think that he's gone.


TARJ LINKS

Remembering DALE EARNHARDT’S '98 DAYTONA 500 WIN

ANGEL IN BLACK (the book of great stories about the Intimidator)

Earnhardt made the 3 an intimidating number

Dale's little-boy look


DE ON YOUTUBE

Oh no not Earnhardt! He hit you’ ##daleearnhardt #rip #shorts

What people don’t remember is Dale Earnhardt raced for over a year with a broken neck #daleearnhardt

He didn’t wanna hear your opinions Darrell Waltrip on Dale Earnhardt #daleearnhardt #nascar #shorts

The Day Jeremy Mayfield RATTLED The INTIMIDATOR’S Cage

Rip Dale Earnhardt Sr 😥😥😥😥

DEI Was “Splintered” After Loss of Dale Earnhardt

Top 10 Dale Earnhardt Moments in NASCAR

Dale Jr. Download: Richard Petty Scolds The Intimidator

Jeff Gordon Dale Earnhardt Speeding Ticket Story

Dale Jr. and Jeff Gordon trade Intimidator tales

Dale Earnhardt - Everything You Need to Know | Up to Speed

Doug Richert's relationship with Dale Earnhardt

Dale Earnhardt Cleaning his Windshield of Mud

Dale Earnhardt was Doug Richert's best man

Dale Earnhardt Jumps Out of Ambulance at Daytona & Finishes Race

Dale Earnhardt finally wins the Daytona 500 | 1998 Daytona 500 | NASCAR Classic Race Replay

1990 Daytona 500 | Cope vs. Earnhardt and the filming of Days of Thunder | Classic Full Race Replay

there will Never Ever be another driver like Dale Earnhardt

The Intimidator Can't Intimidate Wonderboy: A Rookie and Champion Duel at the 1993 Mello Yello 500

NASCAR drivers inspired by Dale Earnhardt Sr.'s legacy | Motorsports on NBC

Dale Earnhardt, Sr. Fights, Arguments and Temper

Top 10 Dale Earnhardt Moments in NASCAR

Replica Dale Earnhardt Car

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Monday, February 24, 2014

Remembering '98


 
REMEMBERING DALE EARNHARDT'S DAYTONA 500 VICTORY
 
I should have thought of this before last night's Daytona 500, but I didn't.

My last Daytona 500 in person was in 1998, a big year for Daytona 500s. That was the year Dale Earnhardt finally broke through.

I was writing for a web site — I don't remember which one; it doesn't exist anymore — and a bunch of us web writers were stuck in a tent beside the Winston Cup garage. I could go in the outer area for the Benny Kahn pressroom; my credentials wouldn't let me set up my computer in the main pressroom.

On Saturday before the 500, I led my notebook by saying that this was finally Dale Earnhardt's year, that he'd win it. I wasn't prescient or anything; I just needed something interesting to write, and that seemed appropriate.

On Sunday, I spent the last half of the race in the outer lobby, watching the race on TV. I listened to several sports writers talking about how Earnhardt was bound to lose this one, too. I hoped they were wrong. I liked Earnhardt despite his sometimes aggravating ways, and I thought he deserved to win one.

When he actually won it, I was happy for him. And I was happy that he made me look smart.

Right after the race, I saw Joe Gibbs, the car owner and former (and future) NFL coach. I spoke to him and told him that we'd just recently talked on the phone; I'd interviewed him for a story on Tony Stewart.

Apparently he didn't understand me, because he put that stupid smile on that famous people use when they meet riffraff like me. He pulled out something and signed an autograph. He handed it to me and walked away; I stood there wondering what had just happened. I didn't care about autographs.

Later, when I was writing my notebook for the web site, NASCAR was checking some of the race engines on a dynamometer near us. It was amazing how loud it was, and, yes, it wasn't easy to write with all that noise so close.

I didn't get to see Earnhardt's famous trip down pit road — with all of the other teams saluting him — until later. I was stuck in that tent.

It's funny, but I didn't think to write about that for I Remember Dale Earnhardt or Angel in Black: Remembering Dale Earnhardt Sr. It just came back to me.

One other thing: Congratulations to Dale Earnhardt Jr. Way to go.
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(a book of great stories about the Intimidator)
(the book of great NASCAR stories)

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Anecdotes by Tom Gillispie

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