Condolences from Fans
As a father of a now 3year old boy, I struggled to find a
"true" hero. I wanted it to be someone that I could
point to without having to use the words "but" or
"sometimes". I wanted someone who would stand the test
of time, who later wouldn't turn out to be something else like,
when I found out John Wayne never fought those battles or won any
wars, or would later break a million hearts in a slow speed
pursuit. I wanted someone from todays era that unlike today's
sport stars didn't use drugs or have scandals about them, that
hero was Dale Earnhardt, He made the sport what it is, He had
family and always had time for the fans. He is the only person I
could find who I could tell my son to strive to be like or
pattern himself after. I can only offer my deepest sympathy and
hope that some day I will be half the dad that he was a hero.
Richard
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To the Earnhardt family,
Ever since I was a little girl, I have loved Dale Sr. He was the
first name I knew as a race fan, and my mother and I broke into
tears when we learned of his death. Every night I pray for your
family. Please know that you are in our thoughts always. My
mother, father and I will all be sporting "In loving memory
of Dale Earnhardt" stickers on our cars, which they have
started to distribute here in Orlando, FL. I will never forget
the words of one fan "May Dale now rest in a place where the
checkered flag always waves." How true. Good luck Dale Jr.
Make your daddy proud. In loving thoughts and deepest sympathies,
The Coho Family (Terry, Cheri and Amanda)
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I agree to only allow 42 driver in Sunday's race at Rockinham.
I am a parts counter man for a chevy dealer, and probably the
biggest influence was Dale.
Dale was such a terrific influence in my life as well as others.
I was able to have a pit tour of the #3 hauler, as wall as met
Dale Jr. in 1998, the day befor Dale won the 500. Although I
never met Dale personaly,but that was by far my most memorable
race weekend of my life.
I am also getting married on 3-31-01 for my favorite team,
3: for Dale
31: for Mike Skinner
1: for Steve Park
Added together.....
8: for Dale Jr.
Thank you for this chance give a peek into how much someone I've
never met has affected my life.
Bryan Gibson
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My name is Andy, I'm 24 years old. For as long as I can remember I've grown up watching Nascar races every Sunday with my dad and for just as long I've been an Earnhardt fan. I always had fun watching Dale because it was like competing with my dad, me pulling for Dale and my dad pulling for his favorite driver. In some way I've always looked at Dale as a superhero. It's a traggic loss. May God bless and be with the Earnhardt family. We will miss the Man of Steel. With Love, The Beane Family
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FROM MY FAMILY TO YOU, I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE THE PAIN YOU ARE
ALL GOING THROUGH. WE NEVER NEW DALE PERSONALLY, BUT WE FEEL AS
THOUGH A MEMBER OF OUR OWN FAMILY IS GONE. WHEN OUR SON WAS SIX
MONTHS OLD HE WOULD SIT ON HIS DADDIES LAP AND WATCH "THE
RACE" EVERY WEEKEND IT WAS ON, AND FROM THE TIME HE WAS ONE,
HE WOULD POINT TO THE SCREEN WHENEVER HE SAW DALE SR. OR THE #3
CAR AND SAY "DALE". OUR SON IS NOW 2 AND KNOWS WHO BOTH
JR. AND SR. ARE.
WHEN WE HEARD OF DALES PASSING ON SUNDAY, IT WAS VERY HARD TO
WATCH THE COVERAGE WITH OUR SON CONSTANTLY POINTING TO THE TV
SAYING "DALE".
I FEEL SICK WHEN I THINK OF OUR SON NOT GROWING UP WATCHING DALE
SR. RACE LIKE I WAS ABLE TO. I ALWAYS WANTED TO GO TO A RACE, BUT
WAS NEVER ABLE TO; IF ONLY I COULD HAVE BEEN TO ONE RACE.
WE PLAN TO KEEP DALES MEMORY ALIVE; AND WILL CONTINUE TO WATCH
THE RACES, AND MAYBE SOMEDAY WE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE DALE JR.
RACE.
I KNOW NOTHING WILL EVER FILL YOUR VOID, WE JUST WANTED TO LET
THE WHOLE FAMILY KNOW HOW MUCH WE LOVED DALE; AND THAT WE WILL
ALWAYS CHERISH THE MEMORIES OF HIM; AND CONTINUE TO WATCH LITTLE
D EVERY RACE; AND KNOW THAT DALE SR. IS FLYING OVER THE RACE
TRACK WITH HIS SON.
GOD BLESS YOUR WHOLE FAMILY
THE VOGEL FAMILY- OMAHA, NE
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As my husband (Arron) and I have always been fans of the ultimate Legend Dale Earnhardt we feel the loss of him so much and we are truly going to miss him more then we can express. The sport of racing will not be the same, but we know and feel that Dale Jr. will do his best to carry on the trait that his dad put forth in front of him and we are sure he was shown well. We will continue to watch racing as we will watch Dale Jr. and root for him as we have always done for his dad. We know he will be the man his dad was to the best of his ability. No one however can take Dale Sr.'s spot on the race track and for each and every race we will miss him and think about him. However we beleive that The Man Upstairs (God) had a race to be won that could not be won by any one else, so he had to call on the man that he knew could do it, so we know he is in heaven racing with God. We will all get to the the Winner of the Number 3 again someday. We at this time would like to give and express our condolences to the whole entire Earnhardt family. We are thinking about them and are wishing them well in this time of sorrow. We will be praying for the family and hoping for them that it can be better for them soon...GOOD LUCK DALE JR. AT THE ROCK!!
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Thank you to the Earnhardt family for sharing Dale with us
every weekend. He will be greatly missed. We will continue to be
race fans but something will always be missing.
To Teresa,
As a woman who is married to her best friend my heart aches for
you. I feel sadness for the children because they have lost their
father, but my heart hurts for you, because I know that you
deeply loved Dale and that he was your best friend. My prayers
will be with you.
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To Theresa, Taylor Nicole, Kelly, Kerry, and Dale Jr.,
Out hearts and prayers go out to all of you folks. The tragedy
that happened last Sunday has tore us (and millions others) up.
My enthusiasm for racing is strained without Dale at the
forefront.I know time will help, but he will not ever be
forgotten here.
Dale Jr.,I am glad to see that you are pushing on. If there is
twinge of hesitation, I'm sure it would downright irritate your
Dad. You know better than we all do that hesitation was not game
he played. The man was a true champion in every sense of the
word.
I have been a devoted Dale fan for approximately 15 years. I
have also been a devoted fan of Dale Jr. since entering the Busch
Series. Again, Dale Jr., in time I will regain my ferocious
enthusiasm for racing (driven by the Earnhardt mentality and
style), and I will still cheer, defend, and brag about an
Earnhardt. Only now it'll be #8. That is still a great thing.
I, along with my family will miss him greatly. May he Race In
Peace (likely he'll still be hard charging as ever). The Dale
Earnhardt RCR Goodwrench #3 will always live on in my world. I
know I'm not much for words about this kind of thing, but I hope
it could help some.
Forgive me, I will wear the #3 colors and fly the Intimidator
flag for the remainder of the racing season. It's the least I can
do for a person who has provided me with so much in the past. I
wish I could do more......
Marc Bessac
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There is just so many sad things running though our heads, and
it just seems like you all should know some of them. It is just
so hard to know that my sons and husband are so upset that they
are going to have a hard time getting excited on race day like
they did every weekend. I cannot begin to tell the Earnhardt
family what it meant to hear my family in front of the tv, acting
like this was the best and most important place on earth to be,
and having the time of their lives rooting Dale and Dale Jr on
every lap. I just hope some of the excitement and the noises that
came from that room will return and they will get excited again
by watching Little E without his dad either in front of or behind
him in his #3, but of course always with him. We are missing a
part of our family now but we know he is in a special Black #3
now. Our Love to all of you
The Murphy Family
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Dale will never die in everyone's heart as long as we keep his
memory alive. He was Nascar's greatest driver and always will be.
I still think I'm in shock, I still don't believe it's true, but
I guess it will hit everyone this Sunday at the race when we
don't see him driving his no. 3 car. It will be so disrespectfull
if they put another driver in his car. When you here no. 3 you
hear Dale Earnhardt. Nobody else will ever fill his shoes. My
heart goes out to all of his family and may God guide them
through this difficult time. We all need to remember it was
nobody's fault and we all need to pull together and show our
support. It was Dale himself who made the comment "Bumpers
are made for bumpin" so let's not lay blame. Dale is probaly
lookin down from heaven right now sayin he love's us all and keep
on watching everyone else race.
Pam Alkire
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There will never be another as he was. My favorite guote in
the world is "You can't help someone get up a hill without
getting closer to the top yourself". Dale helped a lot of
people(including myself). There will never be another person in
my life that will hold the position that he held. My condolenses
go out to the family and all the millions of fans that not only
lost a hero but also lost a friend. Racing will never be the
same. The Intimidator has gone on to a better place but his
memories will live within US forever!!!!!!
Lindsey Reece
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i never met dale so why does it hurt so much. i only saw him
on tv i watched him for 10 years.it is very rare when someone you
never met only saw on tv can touch your heart the way dale has
mine..i cheered him on in ever race i watch him with his wife and
kids and when they were around he was always smileing...we all
know how much he loved life and raceing. my heart goes out to his
family. i dont know if i can sit down in front of the tv and
watch a race with out breaking down and crying.. we sure do miss
you dale. i never lost a brother or sister i cant imagine the
hurt being any worse than what im feeling now.will we ever get
over this?
David Brown
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