Dale Earnhardt, 10 years ago today

[StealthBird]

I remember it well. I saw the finish, saw Waltrip win, and no one at the time (contrary to how it's been built up over the years) thought anything about the Earnhardt crash. I was waiting for Dale to come out of the car. Then they showed Schraeder by Dale's car, and I thought he was chewing out Earnhardt about the crash. I thought we would have another repeat of the 1979 Daytona Allison/Yarborough fight or something.

I turned off the TV. About two hours, I received a call from someone saying the Daytona 500 finish was wild, and 'that Earnhardt guy' was killed. Since this person wasn't a big NASCAR fan, I assumed he must have misheard something.

I turned on ESPN, and I was in total shock.

I posted/created this clip last year. A side of Dale a lot of people didn't see.

3 segments : The Intimidator Camaro SS, Dale's 24 Hours Daytona Corvette, and Dale tinkering with his old 57 Chevy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWA93clQFZk