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FSN in Denver is rebroadcasting the Daytona 500 right now (they're currently
on lap 75,) and it's just unreal seeing #3 out there racing with the pack
and being totally unsuspecting, while the viewer knows exactly what's going
to happen.  It's going to be really odd watching them enter that last lap.
I'm not sure I'll be able to watch it.  I'm not even sure how I feel that
FSN is showing the race in light of what happened.

Earnhardt just went under Hornaday on the inside.  Oh, man...

Tex

I tried to watch, its just to odd though.

Nick

I taped it, but didn't watch. Just couldn't stand to see it knowing what was
waiting for Dale.

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Morgan Vincent Wooten
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I wanted to see the race anyway as I had to work Sunday and missed the
original.  When I saw it I knew what happened and I found myself saying "If
only (fill in the blank here) he'd still be with us".  My emotions are all over
the place right now.  While I wasnt an Earnhardt fan (actually I didnt like the
guy much at all as a driver) but he was a tremendous human being.  And I will
admit even I was pulling for him to win the 500 in 1998.  I dont know what to
say right now really.  I'm still coming off the shock.

I will say I'm happy Michael waltrip finally won a race...and to do it in the
Daytona 500 is just incredible.  He was always my darkhorse favorite...the guy
I always pulled for even though he wasnt my favorite driver.  I always liked
seeing him up front running well and I knew his deal with DEI was his ticket to
a victory.

Words cant express the depth of the loss however.  I've never had this feeling
before really because when Senna died at Imola I was only 12 and didnt totally
grasp the concept of death yet.  I'm sure the next few days I'm going to be
asking alot of questions about the fragility of life.  Dale was a great
driver...theres no denying it.  Love him or hate him he won races and did it
with a style of racing he invented.  While I didnt like that style of
racing...it kept things interresting.  It was a throw back to the old
"drive-it-like-you-stole-it" Street Stocks most of us grew up watching on local
dirt tracks.  To see a guy succeed in NASCAR with the same driving style made
it seem closer to a reality that someday I could do it...that could be me out
there someday.  And while that was only an illusion it was plausable because of
Earnhardt.  My deepest sympathys go out to the Earnhardt family, friends, and
all the employees of Richard Childress Racing and DEI.  We will all keep you in
our thoughts and prayers.

Dale we will miss you...

Chris