THE INTIMIDATOR----GONE, BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN

YESTERDAY FEBRUARY 18, 2001 AT 5:16 PM (EASTERN TIME) WE LOST THE GREATEST NASCAR DRIVER OF ALL TIME...."THE INTIMIDATOR" DALE EARNHARDT.....IF YOU KNOW ME AT ALL YOU WOULD KNOW THAT I AM A DIE-HARD FAN....I HAVE OVER 50 DIE-CAST CARS...POSTERS...PLATES....AND OTHER VARIOUS MEMORABILIA..INCLUDING THE #3 AND A CHECKERED FLAG TATOOED ON MY BACK SHOULDER AREA.....I LIVED AND BREATHED DALE EARNHARDT....IM NOT CLAIMIN TO BE THE BIGGEST FAN....BUT IM PRETTY CLOSE....I DONT KNOW HOW TO WATCH RACIN WITHOUT CHEERIN FOR THE MAN IN BLACK...ITS GONNA BE TOUGH, MY LIFE WAS CHANGED FOREVER YESTERDAY AS I WATCHED THE DAYTONA 500....WATCHED HIM DOIN WHAT HE LOVED TO DO....DOIN WHAT HE KNEW HE COULD DO....HOLDIN OFF THE FIELD TO LET HIS "BOYS" TAKE THE CHECKERED FLAG....SOME WILL SAY HE DIED IN VAIN...I SAY HE DIED DOIN WHAT HE LOVED TO DO...SOME WILL SAY, YOU LIVE BY THE SWORD, YOU DIE BY THE SWORD....I SAY RUBBIN IS RACIN......DALE GAVE US SOME OF THE BEST RACES OF OUR LIVES....NEVER COULD YOU WATCH A RACE WITHOUT BEIN ON THE EDGE OF YOUR SEAT IF HE WAS IN THE TOP 10 WITH 10 LAPS TO GO....HE ALWAYS MADE THE RACE MORE EXCITING.....NO MATTER WHO YOUR FAVORITE DRIVER IS....YOU WERE WORRIED IF "HE" WAS BEHIND THEM......HE WILL BE MISSED BY EVERY NASCAR FAN...NO MATTER IF HE WAS YOUR FAVORITE OR NOT.....ALOT DIDNT LIKE MR. EARNHARDT....ALOT LOVED HIM....ALOT WORSHIPPED HIM AS THEIR HERO...(as i did) HES THE ONLY HERO I HAVE EVER HAD, IN ANY SPORT.....AND I DONT KNOW HOW TO BE ME...I KNOW HE WATCHED THOSE BOYS CROSS THE LINE...I KNOW HE SAW THEM TAKE THE CHECKERS....AND WAS AS PROUD OF THEM AS HE WAS THE DAY HE TOOK THE CHECKERS THERE HIMSELF......ITS GONNA BE HARD.....ITS GONNA BE THE TOUGHEST THING JR. IS GONNA EVER HAVE TO DO......BUT HE WILL.... HES NOT THE BOY ANYMORE.....HES A MAN.....AND HES GONNA BE THE BEST MAN HE CAN BE.....HE WILL BE RACIN WITH A MISSION NOW.....WITH MORE FIRE THAN EVER BEFORE....HE HAD THE INTIMIDATOR AS A TEACHER...THE BEST TEACHER A DRIVER COULD HAVE......SOMEDAY THEY WILL SAY....HE CAN SEE THE WIND.......I SAY....DALE SR. WILL BE THERE TO GUIDE HIM THROUGH IT........WE LOVE YOU DALE.....AND YOU WILL BE MISSED FOREVER....I KNOW....THINGS ARE GETTIN DONE ALOT FASTER IN HEAVEN NOW.......YOU, DAVEY, NEIL, ALAN, KENNY, LEE AND ADAM ARE BUILDIN A TRACK IN HEAVEN......ONE WITH NO RESTRICTORS.....ONE WITH THE GRANDSTANDS ALWAYS FULL....NOT A DRY EYE IN THE HOUSE....ONE WITH AN ENDLESS VICTORY LANE.....AND A BIGGER MORE VALUED TROPHY THAN THE WINSTON CUP........WE KNOW ITS NOT THE WAY YOU WANTED IT TO END DALE.....BUT ITS JR'S TURN NOW.....LET HIM GET #8

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