Mine aren't doing so good either in the contest,but it only takes one day to change that, so hang in there.
I'm bummed out over loosing my idol:
By Marty Smith, Turner Sports Interactive
February 18, 2001
9:33 PM EST (0233 GMT)
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- When it occurred, the accident that claimed Dale Earnhardt's life didn't look all that violent.
Earnhardt was battling Kenny Schrader, an old nemesis with visions of a return to glory, door-to-door down the backstretch and into Turn 3 on the final lap of Sunday's Daytona 500. Several cars, including those of Rusty Wallace and Sterling Marlin, were in tow.
Both Earnhardt and Schrader yearned to place their team in the top three behind race-winner Michael Waltrip and runner-up Dale Earnhardt Jr., and both refused to give an inch.
Dale Earnhardt scored 76 career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victories.
As they entered Turn 3, Wallace sneaked between Marlin and Schrader to Earnhardt's rear bumper. Marlin got a bit loose, and subsequently tapped Earnhardt in the right rear quarter panel, sending him up the track and into the Turn 4 wall at approximately a 45-degree angle.
Schrader, unable to maneuver around Earnhardt, plowed into the side of his Chevrolet.
The two slid down the track and into the infield grass. Schrader quickly jumped out. Earnhardt did not.
"I don't know for sure what happened," Schrader said. "We all spread out going down the back straightaway. I knew that was going to happen. I was just hoping we'd get someone to go with us.
"They spread out, so I just hung with the guys on the outside. I guess someone got into Dale because Dale got into me and then we went up (the track). We hit pretty hard, and Dale hit harder."
Hard enough to kill the man whom NASCAR Chairman of the Board Bill France called "the greatest driver ever."
I don't mind loosing a few bucks, but I enjoyed watching the best race...the good die young. |
