In addition to all of the things I miss about his driving, I really miss his commercials. Does anyone miss the "Dale Earnhardt, gentleman farmer" commercial?

 

I also miss the "Top 10"s with David Letterman about the reasons he didn't (and then did) win the Daytona 500.

The ESPN commercial where the guy and his dog was in the car with Dale while he was racing was hilarious. Do you remember that one?

The ESPN commercial where the guy and his dog was in the car with Dale while he was racing was hilarious. Do you remember that one?

 

Yes...and the one where Jr. asks him for the car keys and he replies with something like "Nope, don't think so!"

 

I remember the first time I actually saw him. It was at Talladega. Our seats were right on the start finish line, right where they had driver introductions. When he walked out on stage, I nearly knocked over the person who came to the race with me, hitting her in the arm, screaming "IT'S HIM! IT'S REALLY HIM!"

 

The last time I saw him was at the Aug. Bristol race the year before he was killed. Again, during driver introductions, he was riding around in the back of a white truck, kind of casually, with his arms crossed, as if saying "you want a piece of this?" I remember thinking that he was just so much larger than life.

 

My favorite race video shots were always of the camera from the back of someone else's car as he was gaining on them. There was just a "presence" about him and that black Goodwrench car.

 

Yes...and the one where Jr. asks him for the car keys and he replies with something like "Nope, don't think so!"

 

I remember the first time I actually saw him. It was at Talladega. Our seats were right on the start finish line, right where they had driver introductions. When he walked out on stage, I nearly knocked over the person who came to the race with me, hitting her in the arm, screaming "IT'S HIM! IT'S REALLY HIM!"

 

The last time I saw him was at the Aug. Bristol race the year before he was killed. Again, during driver introductions, he was riding around in the back of a white truck, kind of casually, with his arms crossed, as if saying "you want a piece of this?" I remember thinking that he was just so much larger than life.

 

My favorite race video shots were always of the camera from the back of someone else's car as he was gaining on them. There was just a "presence" about him and that black Goodwrench car.

 

Plain and Simple he was our generations John Wayne. RIP DE3

Excellent way to put it...

My funnies memory of him was when I was at Martinsville and had him on the scanner. Not sure if any of you are south park fans, but he was about to be put a lap down by Gordon and at Martinsville all they do is bang. So as they are going around the track Dale keeps pounding the right side of Gordons car and then he comes on the radio and says "He will respect my authoriti!" I about died laughing...

One of my favorite was when Earnhardt went from 18th to 1st at Talladega in 3 laps. Amazing demostration of how to use the draft. Another favorite was Bristol round 2 with Terry Labonte .

I agree! I just loved looking at that black#3 running out front!

If you venture below the yellow line to improve your position, they send you to the tail end of the longest line, if they catch you! :eek: I'm sure that's why, when Smoke sent Kenseth into the grass earlier this year, he made sure Kenseth had gone completely off the track before assuming that position. :creepy:

That is only on the 2 super speedways.

 

I like when Dale won the Daytona 500 on his 20th try in 1998.

A yellow line is a yellow line. You cannot improve your position if you go below the yellow line. Now, if you go below the yellow to avoid a wreck, that's a different circumstance altogether, just like it is when they run down pit road to avoid a wreck. But it you get caught passing, and then improving your position, by going below the yellow line, the penalty is to drop back to the end of the longest line! :thumb:

A yellow line is a yellow line. You cannot improve your position if you go below the yellow line. Now, if you go below the yellow to avoid a wreck, that's a different circumstance altogether, just like it is when they run down pit road to avoid a wreck. But it you get caught passing, and then improving your position, by going below the yellow line, the penalty is to drop back to the end of the longest line! :thumb:

 

'Yellow-line' rule clarified, stiffened by NASCAR: During Sunday's pre-race drivers meeting, NASCAR President Mike Helton announced a revision to the sanctioning body's "yellow line" rule, which is enforced at Daytona and Talladega. Under the rule, drivers are black-flagged if they drive below the yellow line to advance their position on the track. The line marks the end of the racing groove. Beginning with Sunday's Daytona 500, a driver who forces others to go below the yellow line in an effort to prevent a pass will also be subject to a black flag. "Now what we are beginning to see happen, and we saw it yesterday (in the Busch race), is some of you have figured out to protect your spot, you can move down against the yellow line to prevent someone from going on your inside," Helton said. "That is OK. But if you do it while that guy is trying to get around you and you move him down there while he has a quarter-panel or fender alongside of you, if you make him go down there, then you are subject to a black flag, too." The announcement received a round of applause from the drivers, crew chiefs and car owners in attendance. Helton also announced a policy adapted for Saturday's Busch race regarding the use of the red flag to ensure a green flag finish, would be used in Sunday's Daytona 500 as well. If a caution comes out with less than five laps remaining in the race, the race will not be restarted under green.(ThatsRacin.com)(2-16-2003)

Nascar, as they do on a regular basis, amends their amendments and, in this case, I believe the most current amendment is that the penalty for such an infraction is enforced by relegating that driver to the tail-end of the longest line. Of course, a new amendment may be in place by the time we see the first green flag of the year at Daytona. Only time will tell, and that time is almost here.... I won't be there this year, but I feel sure I'll get a whiff of that distinguishable smell with the first breeze from the south soon after 8PM on Saturday!

Yeah but you said "and which would be against the rules for Bill Elliott now, since he was also below the yellow line(actually I'm not real sure those were there then either) during that deal." The "Pass in the grass was at the now Lowe's Speedway so there for Elliott would not have been against the rule because it is not a rule a Lowes just Daytona and Talladega is what I was tryin to clear up.

Yeah, maybe you can find out what the rules are now. I believe they're still only allowed to pass on the outside on restarts, at any track. :walk:

Yeah, maybe you can find out what the rules are now. I believe they're still only allowed to pass on the outside on restarts, at any track. :walk:

Yeah that is still ture but the pass in the grass was not a restart either.

Cool!

Too many to mention. Dale's career was winding down, but it would still be great to see that black #3 on the track.