Dale Earnhardt's home town was Kannapolis, NC. My father worked on Dale's
father's race cars and tells me that as a child I played with Dale. I
remember nothing of this. From my father's reports Dale learned the love of
racing from his father. My uncle Henry raced his father at the Concord
raceway. If you were growing up in the Concord/Kannapolis area your choices
were few. Either you worked for Cannon Mills (now in bankruptcy) or you got
the hell away from the area. Dale is a double success story because he did
not work for Cannon Mills. I am a success story because I do not work for
Cannon Mills. Once you have succeeded at anything it become possible to
grow and become without to much fear. A life worth living is pursuing your
dreams in a playful manner. I would say that Dale did this and died happy.
Ron Blue
http://turn.to/ai
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From: "Michael Sylvester" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "TIPS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 12:06 PM
Subject: A sad day in Daytona
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> Dale Earnhardt was killed in an accident during the Daytona 500.
> We had a few reflections about this heroic and NASCAR many championships
> in my Psych Class this morning.
> One student comment was that he died in what he loved doing the best.
> I raised the issue that some of the Nascar drivers seem to be involved
> in the shared environment of stock car racing.Families,bothers and
> children all seem to follow in that sport: Bobines,Jarret,Waltrips,
> Allisons,Pettys and others.
> We were unable to deduce that Stockcar genes were involved.
> One student raised the issue if it was possible to clone
> A Dale Earnhardt and maybe have that same type of sportmanship
> a few years down the road ?
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> Michael Sylvester,PhD
> Daytona Beach,Florida
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