This Sunday Feb.17 50th running of the world's biggest stock car race will be held.
It has been 10 years since Dale Earnhardt won his first Daytona 500 although he had
a numerous wins in other races held on Daytona, but 500 eluded him for a wery long time
and mainly only due to bad luck. Most notable Dales Daytonas were '90 when the flat
tyre costed him the win few hundered meters form the chequet flag, than in '96 we
saw Dale and Dale show, with Jarett the eventual winner, in '97 he had spectacular
roll on the backstretch, was taken to ambulance but insisted to race and finished.
in 98 he won.
1998
In '01 he died in a crash few hundered meter from the flag. His son Dale Junior
also contested in that race.
Few days ago Junior won Bud shootout, sort of prelude to D500 (he won it already in 2003). It was his first win
for Hendrick Mtsp. and he was backed up by Jimmy Johnson, thus removing speculations that
were around, that Hendrick mtsp won't be able to manage three top drivers (Dale Junior, Jimmy Johnson
and Jeff Gordon). and that they won't work together.
Junior winning 2003 Bud Shootout
There was some nervouse when Busch and Stewart come together, reportedly they were put on
probation.
Jimmy Johnson qualified on pole, while Michael Wlatrip qualified outside pole driving
Toyota and proving pre season speculations that Toyota will be strong this year.
We miss you Dale.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 02/12/2008 09:17PM by red 5.