Doing it for Dale is a subtle nod to the times before. It seems like a distant memory but in his prime the Internet was a gadget and NASCAR had gained national attention on ESPN, etc. We still had guys like Benny Parsons and Ned Jarret calling the race. Davy, Neil and Alan were all there.
As a kid who grew up in the shadow of Charlotte Motor Speedway I went to the track to see my heroes, and I never appreciated the risks. When Mike Helton made the announcement everything changed, just like 9/11. The irony is that Dale Earnhardt would have not liked the comparison, but history has written his legend and it is what it is.
Doing it for Dale is a subtle nod to the times before. It seems like a distant memory but in his prime the Internet was a gadget and NASCAR had gained national attention on ESPN, etc. We still had guys like Benny Parsons and Ned Jarret calling the race. Davy, Neil and Alan were all there.
As a kid who grew up in the shadow of Charlotte Motor Speedway I went to the track to see my heroes, and I never appreciated the risks. When Mike Helton made the announcement everything changed, just like 9/11. The irony is that Dale Earnhardt would have not liked the comparison, but history has written his legend and it is what it is.