Comments on: Remembering Dale- Heroes Never Die

By: BOYD

BOYD — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:08:20 +0000

MARTI
YOU ARE RIGHT ABOUT NOT WANTING TO SEE THE #3 RUN AT THE BACK LIKE THE #43, BUT IF DALE JR WOULD LIKE TO RUN THE #3 NEAR THE END OF HIS CARER AND THE CAR WOULD BE PREPARED BY SOME ONE LIKE RCR,OR HMS I WOULD NOT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT, IF THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE THEN LIKE THE KEITH BRYANT SONG RIDDING WITH THE LEGGEND SAYS AS THEY PULLED ONTO THE TRACK, HE SAID THIS IS WHERE YOU GET OUT BOY CAUSE #3 ANT COMING BACK

By: Marti

Marti — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:39:35 +0000

Great article! Made me cry again, but that still happens a lot when I think of how much we missed out on because of Dales death. Think of the great commercials we would have seen between Dale and Jr. They had only begun to scratch the surface on those. The hard racing, goes without saying. Glad you’re teaching your kids about Dale. Saw a little boy the other day that had to be about 6 or 7 and he had a Dale #3 jacket on and boy was he proud of that jacket. Looked like his dad was bringing him up right. LOL! I’m on the side of the #3 never racing again because I want the mystic of Dale to live on and on. Too many younger fans don’t remember the way the #43 was when Richard was behind the wheel. All they remember is always seeing the #43 running at the back of the pack. I NEVER want to see that happen to #3.

By: Larry

Larry — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 14:54:42 +0000

As I wrote in the sympathy card I sent to Teresa Earnhardt after Dale’s death, I lost a hero, a brother and a best friend on that fateful day at Daytona. The race Steve Park won was on a Monday due to a rain out and when he won, I cried at work. When Kevin Harvick won at Atlanta, I sat in the living room at my since-departed mother’s house watching the race with her and we both cried. And when Dale, Jr. won at Daytona in the Firecracker 400 that summer, my wife and I cried with joy in our living room at the end of that race and I told her I believe that was the most wonderful thing I had ever seen in my life.
There’s no doubt Dale is still sorely missed nearly eight years later. He was, is and always will be the best. There will only be one like Dale Earnhardt ever.

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:52:08 +0000

JimmyMac, I doubt that anyone who knew Dale Sr could have said that any better. That story rocks and, admittedly, had me sort of choked up. I am still a fan of Dale Sr’s and follow Dale Jr’s career. As you said, “reminiscent od the deaths or Elvis and JFK”. He was the “Joe Namath” of NASCAR and I doubt that there will ever be a better race driver in the future. Tho, there maybe a “Big E” out there somewhere, he hasn’t come to the spotlight yet.