Dale Earnhardt was a great nascar driver, he won many titles for winning all of his races. He has a quote that i think is very inspirational it is “ you win some, lose some, and wreck some. Second place is just the first place loser. You can’t let one bad moment spoil a bunch of good ones.” Dale Earnhardt was 49 years old when he was in his crash and pasted away. He was traveling 180 mph when his car was hit from behind, turned around and smashed his front end of his rascar into the big thick concrete wall. He was on his last lap to victory. He was cut free from his car and air flown to halifax Medical Center with his son Dale, Jr. by his side. He was pronounced dead at his arrival to the hospital. He was found in this car unconscious and …show more content…
The next year saw Earnhardt's best results yet, as he won 11 races and a third championship title, finishing in the top five in 21 out of 29 races. Dale was loved by all nascar fans even if there favorite driver wasn't him they still loved him. He was known as the “the man in black” he was a man of honor and never let anyone tell him different he stood up for what he wanted just like he did with racing, everyone told him he was to young and he would get hurt but, dale didn't listen he wanted to do what he wanted and loved to do which was to race and be a mechanic. Even though he passed away about 15 years ago everyone still misses dale he was a fantastic driver and parent to his four kids. As for me being a huge race fan it’s still not the same with out dale racing in the nascar racing industry. Dale was my favorite driver and he always will be, i remember it like it was yesterday when i got to meet him in person and got to ride with him after his race he really inspired me and now that he is gone if i ever go to another race again i will not be able to ride in another race car. Most people think i am over exaggerating but meet dale changed my life he made me realize how fast