Has it really been that long ago?

[ZuraX]

Race car driver, Dale Earnhardt, known as the Intimidator, seven-time winner of the NASCAR championship the Winston Cup, died in a wreck at the Daytona 500.

Date of Birth: 04/29/1951
Date of Death: 02/18/2001
Age at Death: 49
Cause of Death: Racing accident

 

[swimjenni]

Yes, it has been 5 years ago today. I rember that day very much. My parents were at the race and my grandparents came to stay with us. That last lap the crash didn't look that bad but when Earnhardt didn't go see Michael or Jr. thats when I thought there was something going on. Then for the next hour or 2 my brother and I were flipping channels and online looking to find something out. Then we found out he died. My parents went with close friends and they droped them off and came home- not listening to the radio to know. My brother and I ran outside when we sale them pull in and told them. Then they called the other couple and they were shocked to. That was a sad day.

 

[deleted984054565403]

Yes, I remember that day well. I remember I was in a NASCAR Chat on AIM (before the bots) with about 50 people in it and I was the person that broke the news to them.

 

[CrazyTech]

I'm not a huge Nascar fan but I do watch it and keep abreast of the action. I'd definitely agree that it just doesn't seem like it was now five years ago that a racing legend was lost. I never was an Earnhardt fan, but everyone knows his contributions to the sport.

 

[dgridley]

Gordon is my man but yeah.. I remember that happening. Doesn't seem like more than a year or two ago!

 

[Rudy]

It was a sad day indeed. I didn't realize it's been that long ago. I'm not a NASCAR fan either, but all the same it was a sad day.

 

[CrazyTech]

Nice to see another Gordon fan gridley.

 

[dgridley]

Watching the 500 now.. have to leave for work soon tho

Nice to see another Gordon fan gridley.

 

[darkand]

It's kind of sad. I mean I don't always watch NASCAR but it's never good to have that date come around. I didn't think it was 5 years. heh