Dale Earnhardt Tribute Travis Tritt "I'm Gona be
Somebody" was Dale's song. He said it really told his story. It may take a while to
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On a personal note:
I was always a Mark Martin fan. I even said I was a member of the
ABE club. (Anybody but Earnhart). Now I am glad that I got to see him win in person. I
think we all have drivers we love, and some we wish would not win. That is what makes this
sport great. We can pull for "our" driver, its like wrestling in a way there has
to be a us and them mentality. Dale was what all the other drivers measured
themselves by. If a driver wins today you have to think, "yeah but, he didn't have to
race against Dale". That is just one of the many things that we will miss about
Dale.
Design:
I think Nascar needs to look at what Indy has learned about race car
design. In the early days they made Indy cars like "Bricks" When they wrecked
the would bounce everywhere. They engineered a cockpit around the driver, as tough as
could be built. Then they engineered the rest of the car to break and NOT act like a
brick. Pieces of a Indy car shear off releasing energy. I think Nascar needs to look at
the cars and how they could be designed to release energy, instead of translating it to
the driver. The hans device should be mandatory, no question!
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