Neil Bonnett, 15 years ago

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Neil was one of the really good old boys. I remember the day he died and it was such a shock. Neil might not have been a title holder, but he was certainly a champ to me.
 
Now that we've had a re-generation of rookies...

I vote Helton show that video in both thursdays and sunday's drivers meetings
 
RIP Neil. I remember watching his show Winners after his crash and thinking he would never race again. I wish he hadn't. :(
 
Boy if only drivers would stand up and do what rusty did in that meeting today. You hear all the time that there is no respect in the garage anymore. Well the only way to get it back is if drivers and people start working together again. So many rookie drivers non of them seem out spoken anymore something that needs to change.
 
buckaroo said:
Neil was one of the really good old boys. I remember the day he died and it was such a shock. Neil might not have been a title holder, but he was certainly a champ to me.
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Thought he was an awesome driver, my dad and I really enjoyed watching him race.
 
I found several web sites about Neil last night. He and Sr were good close friends.
Both died at Daytona of head injuries. Both crashed in turn 4, hitting the wall in about the same spot.
Kinda spooky.
 
SST55 said:
I found several web sites about Neil last night. He and Sr were good close friends.
Both died at Daytona of head injuries. Both crashed in turn 4, hitting the wall in about the same spot.
Kinda spooky.
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He was an outdoorsman like dale sr and childress. They were all hunting buddies and dale and richard helped him get back into racing. It must have been awfully hard on both of them when he died because of a wreck on the track. That's all part of racing but when dale died at daytona also it's hard to imagine how childress keeps so involved in the sport. It's good to see RCR almost back to the top of it's game.
 
SlowNeasy said:
He was an outdoorsman like dale sr and childress. They were all hunting buddies and dale and richard helped him get back into racing. It must have been awfully hard on both of them when he died because of a wreck on the track. That's all part of racing but when dale died at daytona also it's hard to imagine how childress keeps so involved in the sport. It's good to see RCR almost back to the top of it's game.
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I always wondered how Richard could keep going on in the sport after the loss of two close buddies. Guess it is what Dale and Neil would of wanted.
 
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