This man Dale Earnhardt saved a sport that only people from the south LOVED....he made people like me from NEW YORK be glued to the TV every Sunday afternoon...thank you Mr. Earnhardt...R.I.P.
Just think, NASCAR got Garth Brooks and had Brooks and Dunn at their races back then. They still get stars to the sport, but man, they had the biggest stars going to the sport. Britney Spears was singing the national anthem at the Pepsi 400 that year.
I remember my parents telling us to turn away when we saw Ken Schrader motioning the track EMS crew when he got to dales car after the crash. Both parents being in public safety, dad a cop and Dale Earnhardt Sr fan and actually met him on more than one occasion and my mom a paramedic. They knew Dale was either dead from that hit or he was in serious condition and knew it wasn’t good after all the wrecks and deaths they have both seen in their professions. But Dale Sr. Was close friends with a guy named David Blanton a close family friend of ours here in LaGrange Georgia and Dale would come hunt down here in LaGrange troup county Georgia and over in Harris county Georgia and a few other prime hunting areas around that are known for big bucks. David Blanton works for Team Realtree and was second or third in charge and Dale Sr LOVED hunting and my dad had the incredible opportunity meet him a few times when his private plane would land at our small airport both when he would be in his police uniform or his number 3 Dale Sr shirt lol. We have a photo of Dale Sr my dad and David Blanton and Richard Childress and Bill Jordan the owner and founder of team realtree standing in front of my dads marked police car and my dad with a GIGANTIC smile while everyone else is smiling like a completely normal person lol. He was asked if he wanted to go hunting one time but he was asked to goto Orlando Florida to teach a class at a Law Enforcement training class and was so pissed lol. He loved fishing tho and was going to ask to have a piece of his Intimidator Bass Boat to be signed by his hero but unfortunately the 2001 Daytona 500 made the world stop when it took the most beloved and most feared driver from us. 2001 was the worst year in American history. First we lose Dale Earnhardt Sr. We lose the GOAT in February and then fast forward to September 11th 2001 and our nation comes under attack in New York City with the Twin Towers and the Pentagon gets hit in Washington DC and a field in Pennsylvania becomes hollow ground after some of the bravest Americans to ever live that are aboard a commercial flight decides that they will not go down without a fight and try and retake control of the plane from the hijackers and they all rose up to get to the cockpit but sadly they weren’t able to do it before becoming victims of the worst day not only in American history but world history. That was the year everything changed and nothing would ever be the same again. Rest In Peace Dale Earnhardt Sr. And Rest In Peace to the 343 FDNY Firefighters and the 23 NYPD Officers who gave their lives that day. And to the 2996 souls who all perished on that day. Worst year in America. #RaiseHellPraiseDale #TheIntimidator #3 #NeverForget
When I hear this song I start crying its part of my good luck songs when I play this song I think of Dale Sr and Kramer Williamson and Jason leffler miss them terribly
We loved Dale Earnhardt Sr and watched him win the Daytona 500 in 1998. We watched him sail thru Heaven's gates in #3 on February18th 2001. I am sure he made a grand entry but I know my Jerry and Sugar Bear are happily watching him race in Heaven! I will join them all later! Gloria and Bear from Tx
I remember shutting the TV off thinking well hell, hope he has a better race next Sunday. Never imagined he was gone! Then my dad called and said Dale died!
Man this is just heartfelt and tearjerking as Davey Allison's tribute song from the band Alabama at the '93 Diehard 500 at Talladega before the race. Seeing all these in the audience that night who truly loved Dale like of course Richard Childress, Michael Waltrip, Chocolate Myers, his own son Dale Jr. and so many,many more breaking down and getting emotional makes me cry too.
The loss of Keith Whitley, Princess Diana, Dale Earnhardt, and 9/11 during my childhood growing up that will always remain a scar on my heart and soul.
My grandpa's favorite driver broke his heart the day it happened and made him cry so my grandpa has been gone for 4 years now due to liver cancer and this is the only song I have for him and it makes me cry. Like this post if you have lost someone who you love and this song reminds you of them
This is terrible camera work. We should see the screen almost the entire time with maybe a glance at a few faces here and there but immediately return to the screen content. They were camera walking down the aisles?? Wth
