the first race is obviously Daytona mhm and
that's when the world loses Dale Earnhart he and and I remember watching it at the time it
wasn't a dynamic wreck no but it was enough with whatever the right conditions were to end
his life and and and that I'm sure was a blow to you personally obviously to the sport as you've
talked about his his importance overall I mean you know as much as me and him butted heads and had
wrecks and had this rivalry um I still looked up to him so much and respected him and and enjoyed
you know racing with him and learning from him on and off the track and I looked at him as this
superhuman person that was almost Untouchable I saw him wreck flip I mean the flip it Daytona
when I W and walk away every single time or one time he had a a pretty bad wreck and and broke his
sternum and the next race went to Watkins Glenn he's not even known to be a road racer and he sat
in the pole I mean that's a kind of you know he was tough so the thought of and and now I'll be
honest on the other side safety you know Wise he had a certain way and comfort about the way he
wanted to be in the car the way the seat belts were man on the way the seat was shaped the helmet
you know he always wore that open face helmet and I always worried about him from that sense
because you know the younger kind of new way was this wraparound cocoon seat headrest um you know
seven point six point harnesses uh you know really covering you know taking care of your your head
and how moves and Dale was just he want I mean he I'd see him sometimes you know he'd have his arm
like this one hand I swear I'm not joking I'll never forget in a race in a race I'm driving down
I'm like this right and I look over and he's like no joke no joke um has an absolute
true story I'm not kidding and that's how comfortable he was in his environment