I'm jealous you got to see Dale race so many times. Wish I had the privilege...what was it like ? Was he as big as a fan favorite as he was after 2001?
This was the middle 80’s thru the all the 90’s
tracks kept building stands and kept selling out
first race was at Richmond,
imagine this the gates opened up after the race and instead of just leaving you could go down to the track and walk around. 1/2 hour after the race was over we were walking thru turns 3 n 4 and our shoes were sticking to the rubber.
the guy I was with pointed out guys coming thru the gates with wagons. Used tires were stacked along pit road free for the taking
Another time Martinsville
again able to go into the race track, after walking around for a time, we found ourselves standing next to a flagged off area. 20 feet away was Earnhardt and Jeff Burtons car. Earnhardt won Burton was second. 5 feet to our left was Jack Roush. Both hoods went up and head testing was performed. Burton‘s car past right away, Earnhardt’s was tested twice, the inspectors left and came back 20 minutes later, both hoods went down Earnhardt’s car passed ?????
last time I saw Davey win in person
went to Wilksboro, had no ticket, standing in line for tickets 10 minutes before the race, guy walked by had 1 ticket, I grabbed it, start finish line top row of track. Davey won!
Oh 1 more Davey win I saw In person “One hot night“ all star race
went to the first Talladega race after Davey died, Earnhardt won, no booo‘s that day
just a polish lap with 28 n 7 flags flying