Do you remember Dale Earnhart?

Question

I do.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nascar/news?slug=jb-earnhardtanniversary021607&prov=yhoo&type=lgns
"Put a kerosene rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat that candy ***."--THAT was Dale Earnhart. The man who wore an open-faced helmut, who would put cars into walls to win and who never once changed his personality to suit the NASCAR P.C. police.
Those days are gone--will there ever be another Dale Earnhart?

Answer 1

name sounds familiar. are You sure You remember Him ? because, You misspelled His name. it's Earnhardt.

Answer 2

Probably the closest...could be Tony Stewart or Dale Jr. if he gets some of the team problems straightened out...but Dale Sr. came from the old school and they don't much make them like that anymore. If you go back to when he started, the Cale Yarboroughs, Richard Petty's, Allisons, on and on...they didn't have 8-10 backup cars or millions of dollars of parts and crews the size of today. They "drove" to victory and if they had a good chief mechanic who could make it run fast and long, they made the checkered flag. In a sentence, no, I don't think there will be another Dale Earnhart...nor Richard Petty, nor a few others...in any form of racing. There won't be another AJ Foyt or Jim Hurtabese who had his burned hands wired so he could hold a wrench and a steering wheel. There won't be another Don Garlits or Shirley Shahaan. Most of those people drove for the love of it..often worked on their own cars...missed house payments to get their cars ready or make an entry fee...and later made some money because they gave it all they had. Dale had many reasons to quit when he was young...but he loved it and couldn't see a future without racing.

Answer 3

I think Dale Jr. could come close, given that we accept the differences in race team organization and make up now vs. Dale Sr's times. Dale Jr. has the charisma and personality, but lacks the fire sometimes when he's racing. Sr. made everyone attempting to pass him on the track work for every inch they gained. Jr., on the other hand, is much more a gentleman, allowing competitors much more leeway when they want to pass.
I think Tony's on track personality, right now, more closely matches Sr.'s. I hope he will display Sr.'s leadership over the years as well.

Answer 4

"Didn't mean to wreck him, just wanted to rattle his cage a bit" DE Sr. after spinning Terry Labonte to win Bristol.
Laughed when he hit the wall at Daytona, cried when I found out he was dead. Miss him more and more every time I see Jiminy Johnston (AKA Jeffy II) interviewed.

PS Tony Stewart isn't fit to wash Earnardt's car. Although I always cheered against the man in black, I always admired his willingness to admit when he hit someone, and the fact that he seldom whined when he was the one that got tagged. I recall one interview after another driver had obviously spun Dale out. When asked by a reporter what happend Senior simply replied, "got wrecked" (in a no biggie, happens all the time, I owe him one now, kind of way)

Answer 5

I have to disagree. Tony Stewart is not going to be the next Earnhardt.

Dale wouldn't back down because of a penalty. Tony does. Tony gets ticked off.. and then he cools down. Dale got ticked but wouldn't forget it.

I think NASCAR really needs his brutal honesty. We lost a legend 6 years ago.

Answer 6

Yea, and everyone does!!! Didn't like him but respected him and it makes me sick to know he is turning in his grave right now. He would have a fit if he was here to see all the changes nascar has done. I now if he was still here he would never put up with this crap. He would leave the track only after he broke every rule he could to prove to them it was his track and all drivers track that drove for Winston Cup. I just hope he knows that there are alot of us race fans that don't like the new way!!! God Bless Him Always

Answer 7

The only way to get NASCAR to hear us is to stop watching and going to the races.

Like Big E said, "It doesn't matter if there booing or cheering, as long as there making noise",if the only noise Brian France hears is silence, he will change some things back BOYCOTT NASCAR

Answer 8

the man was a legend lived every day of his life in the grey area of safety and rules thinking he was superman. well if he had listened to the rules instead of making his own and wore some of the safety gear such as the neck restraint he just might be alive today. hes gone now so let him REST IN PIECES the man was a rebel

Answer 9

Dale Earnhardt was the the man in black u cant replace a legion

Answer 10

I see a little bit of Dale in Tony Stewart. You can tell when he interviews that he want to "tell it like it is" but holds back. Then sometimes he doesn't hold back.......on air or on the track.