FEBRUARY 18, 2001, THE NASCAR FAMILY LOST THE BEST DRIVER EVER, DALE EARNHARDT. ALL OF US NASCAR FANS ARE IN A STATE OF SHOCK AND DISBELIEF AS WE ALL TRY TO FIGURE OUT - HOW WE WILL GO ON WITHOUT OUR #3 STARTING EACH RACE EACH WEEK. NASCAR WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AS ALL FANS KNOW - BUT WE MUST ALL COME TOGETHER AND SUPPORT OUR NASCAR DRIVERS AS THEY CONTINUE TO DRIVE EACH WEEK AS DALE EARNHARDT WOULD WANT THEM TO.
AS A NASCAR FAN - I WILL NEVER TAKE FOR GRANTED OUR NASCAR DRIVERS. THEY SHOULD NOT BE NAME CALLED AND RIDICULED -BECAUSE ALL OUR DRIVERS ARE HUMAN AND PROVIDE US FANS WITH WEEK AFTER WEEK EXCITEMENT AND JOY - WHILE KNOWING THAT EACH RACE COULD BE THEIR LAST. I HOPE THE NASCAR FANS WILL ALL RALLY TOGETHER AND KEEP THE MEMORY OF DALE EARNHARDT ALIVE AND STRONG.
WE SHOULD ALL REMEMBER THAT A LIFE IS PRECIOUS AND ALTHOUGH DALE EARNHARDT WAS THE BEST DRIVER EVER - TO HIS FAMILY - I KNOW HE WAS THE BEST HUSBAND, FATHER AND FRIEND. THANKS AGAIN DALE - WE KNOW YOU WERE DOING WHAT YOU LOVED TO DO - BUT WE ALL HATED TO LOSE YOU AND WILL MISS YOU ALWAYS AND NEVER FORGET YOU!
AS I WATCHED THE VIDEO OF THE PRERACE ACTIVITIES - I NOTICED DALE TOOK A BIG SIGH BEFORE HE CLIMBED INTO HIS CAR - IF ONLY WE COULD HAVE KNOWN WHAT THOUGHT HE HAD IN HIS HEAD AT THAT VERY MOMENT. THANKS AGAIN "INTIMIDATOR" - GOD BLESS YOUR FAMILY AND ALL THE NASCAR FAMILY!
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