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 Junior: 'Sometimes the hero is built up to be torn down'Dale Earnhardt Jr. is reliving hell. His eyes, crystal blue and rimmed in red, are swollen, damp. He peers downward. Eye contact somehow makes emotional divulgence more difficult.More   Five Years Later: Is the sport SAFER?Since the first automobile competition more than a century ago, racing has always contained an element of danger. When you run a car near the limits of its performance, accidents will happen. That's part of the allure for spectators.More  By the Numbers: Dale EarnhardtNo. 3 is Dale Earnhardt. He could have signed it as an autograph and most would've been happy. He donned the forward-slanted white sticker for more than 15 years, a rarity in today's NASCAR world.More  Memorabilia: 'He started a new way of doing business'Dale Earnhardt turned the selling of No. 3 products into a number one business -- and set the standard for all in the NASCAR industry to follow.More  It took five years, but DEI is back on trackOne would think that it would be no big deal that Martin Truex Jr. is driving the No. 1 Chevrolet full-time in 2006.More  Media Coverage: Death furthered attention to the sportThroughout his 26-year NASCAR career, Dale Earnhardt often made the media's job easier, whether it was through a jaw-dropping quote or a breathtaking move on the racetrack. Five years after his death in the 2001 Daytona 500, it can be said that Earnhardt is still helping the media -- every single week.More  Best Quotes: Dale EarnhardtBehind the reflective sunglasses, under the GM Goodwrench black and beyond the Intimidator nickname, Dale Earnhardt certainly had personality.More  Showdown showed true EarnhardtRon Bouchard misses Dale Earnhardt often, but never so much as Christmas mornings, back home in the former Cup Rookie of the Year's native Massachusetts.More  Dale Earnhardt still inspiresOn the fifth anniversary of the passing of seven-time NASCAR champion Dale Earnhardt, he still inspires respect -- and quite a few grins.More |
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