![]() 02/18/2015 at 11:52 • Filed to: Earnhardt | ![]() | ![]() |
and it still hurts. I still remember that day like it was yesterday.
So to brighten the mood a little here are some of Earnhards greatest moments
![]() 02/18/2015 at 12:11 |
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I still remember seeing this happen on TV going - no way people hit harder than that all the time.
I couldn't comprehend it, but it's all about the way he hit, not the dramatic-ness of the crash.
![]() 02/18/2015 at 12:20 |
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I remember watching it happen when I was 7 years old. So dramatic and sad. I think it was what turned my family off of racing for a while.
![]() 02/18/2015 at 12:26 |
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Thanks.
![]() 02/18/2015 at 12:42 |
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I was 9 and i couldn't comprehend that he died. He was my childhood hero, they weren't supposedto die. I couldn't sleep in my room for days after since I had a wall covered in his stuff.
![]() 02/18/2015 at 12:43 |
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yeah I rember the investigation afterwards because it didn't look that bad
![]() 02/18/2015 at 12:47 |
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That is rough man. Jeff Gordon has always been my driver, I'm glad he's been so successful and survived. I'm definitely going to try and go to a race this summer for his last full season and trying for a pit pass to take photos.
![]() 02/18/2015 at 12:51 |
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I luckily got see him race in 99 and 2000. My grandpa and I went to the Vegas race both times. Plus in 2000 I got to see the only year SR and Jr ran together
![]() 02/18/2015 at 13:04 |
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I went to a ton of races and meet n' greets when my dad was really into all that and I was a kid. We went to practices at Indy, Charlotte, and a decent portion of the Midwest tracks. I have all his old negatives of pictures he took and got signed as well as some that got bought/used by the teams. Also a veritable fleet of hotwheels stock cars. I've met so many drivers but Gordon and JR have stood out as great guys, never got to meet SR.
![]() 02/18/2015 at 13:07 |
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Of note: A running joke in my family is that we have Tony Stewart's nuts. My dad got a set of used nuts off a wheel from one his pit crew at a race.