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From: BRIAN LAROCHE
Date: 2/24/01
Time: 6:03:30 PM
Remote Name: 63.57.215.113
I REMEMBER A FEW YEARS AGO, WHEN I WAS STILL IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, ME AND MY DAD WENT ON A TRIP TO NORTH CAROLINA TO GO TO DALE'S OPEN HOUSE. THERE WE SAW HIS WHOLE HISTORY. FROM THE NEIL BONNET'S WRECKED CAR THAT TOOK HIS LIFE TO THE CARS DALE DROVE IN THE 80S. BUT OF COURSE THE ONE REASON WE WENT ABOVE ALL WAS TO SEE THE INTIMADATOR HIMSELF!! WE WAITED 6 HRS. IN A LINE WITH NOTHING BUT DIEHARD EARNHARDT FANS. WHEN I GOT UP THERE DALE WAS LAUGHIN HAVING FUN WITH THE PEOPLE AROUND HIM, SAYING JOKES. HE WOULD ASK EACH PERSON IN THAT LINE SOMETHING, JUST TO MAKE CONVERSATIONS WITH EACH FAN. AND THAT TOLD ME HOW TRUE AND GRATEFUL HE WAS TO HIS FANS. YOU COULDN'T FIND A BETTER ATHLETE AND I AM JUST GLAD THAT THE LORD HAS LEFT US WITH LIL' E SO SOMEONE LIKE ME BEING A SOPHMORE IN HIGH SCHOOL CAN WATCH NASCAR AND SEE MY FAVORITE DRIVER'S SON FOLLOW IN HIS FOOT STEPS. JUST LIKE MY PARENTS GOT TO SEE DALE BECOME THE GREATEST DRIVER OF ALL TIME. DALE, MY FAMILY AND MYSELF ALL ARE GONNA MISS HAVING YOU AT THE TRACK. I JUST HOPE SOMEDAY I WILL GET TO SEE YOU WIN THE DAYTONA 500 IN HEAVEN.