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Topic: Happy Birthday Dale Earnhardt
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HouseDadX4
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posted 04-29-2004 05:17 PM
 
I know this is quite a bit off topic, but just wanted to mention that today would have been Dale Earnhardt's 53rd birthday. Happy Birthday Dale..Those of us in the NASCAR community miss you!!! |
Rob Joyner
Member Posts: 1308
From: GA, USA
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted 04-30-2004 02:09 AM
 
Happy Birthday to Dale!
I remember watching some of the Daytona 500 on TV with some of my family the day he died. It was my youngest sister's birthday, Feb 18.
It's the same date Clyde Tombaugh discovered planet Pluto.....[This message has been edited by Rob Joyner (edited April 30, 2004).] |
icarkie
Member Posts: 618
From: BURTON ON TRENT /England
Registered: Nov 2002
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posted 04-30-2004 01:16 PM
Dale and Rusty Wallace are my brothers favourite NASCAR drivers.
He told me this morning that it was Dales birthday, (and this was before I saw this post).
He is one of many UK NASCAR fans.
Ian |
Rick
Member Posts: 379
From: Yadkinville, NC
Registered: Jun 2000
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posted 05-02-2004 02:37 PM
I didn't know there was anybody else on this board interested in NASCAR ... other than my fledgling Padawan learner, Steve Smith. Of course, I'd better be interested in NASCAR ... since I work for NASCAR. E-mail me offline, and let's touch base, if you'd like. |
music_space
Member Posts: 1179
From: Canada
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 05-02-2004 05:38 PM
I don't know much NASCAR, other than the fact that our own Jacques Villeneuve won the championship years back (right?). I followed Formula 1 races for several years, even attending a few right here in my home town Montreal, but I'm pretty out of the loop nowBut, in early Febuary 2001, while I was driving leasurly on my way to Miamy from Phillie, from one Cirque location to another, with two weeks to myself, my path crossed Daytona Beach and I decided to make it to the racetrack's visitor center they were mentionning in my AAA Tourbook. I guess that my feelings there were similar to those experienced by curious but unprepared visitors to KSC or JSC or NASM: amazed at some stuff, clueless at other, probably more important stuff, probably fascinated by details insignificant to connoisseurs, all at once amused, intimidated and inspired by real fans in the crowd... I took the little train ride to the racetrack itself and its mile-long bleachers, I did my best at the pitstop wheel changing challenge they set up there... Of all the info conveyed by the Center, I was impressed by the democratic aspect of the sport, as folks all over America rig stock cars and work their way up, quite unlike the somewhat snobby world of F1, and I remembered the character portrayed there with the most intensity, Dale Earnhardt. You could see one of his cars. Through the exhibits, you could readily feel the guy's great human nature. I even took the time to experience another rite of passage for race afficionados -- driving -- at max. 5 mph or something -- on the packed sand of the beach where original races were held. (After all, I had, a year sooner, done the same on the Pacific coast at Pismo, and even camped on the beach the night before my visit at Vandenberg AFB visitor center). A few days later, I had made it to Cocoa Beach for a six-day stay -- a full-time exploration of the Visitor Center and the AHOF. Saw the launch of STS-98 too. NASCAR had all but vanished from my consciousness. Until, as I approached Miami the following week, the radio announced his death. ------------------
François Guay
Collector of litterature, notebooks, equipment and memories! [This message has been edited by music_space (edited May 02, 2004).] |
november25
Member Posts: 646
From: Douglas, Isle of Man, UK
Registered: Feb 2004
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posted 05-02-2004 06:26 PM
Hi to you Guys,
beleive this or not- I too am interested in NASCAR, hubby and myself have been to the Daytona Speedway on several occasions whilst in Florida,the Daytona 500 races, and had a good look at the show cars- in UNIVERSAL STUDIOS, we also get quite a lot of Formula 1 racing,and bits of Nascar on BRITISH TV. My son Ian came with us to Florida for the race meeting, and now he drives RALLY CARS,simply because he is a motor mechanic,and loves to drive. Hs enterd loads of competitions-won several in his class,I have even tried out a rally car,
and a Nascar years ago, great-really enjoyed it- I LIKE FAST THINGS, HENCE NOW- I AM A PILOT. this grandma has life nin her yet------------
Cheers guys,
Regards from Brenda.
this was posted 11.27GMT 2ndMay.04 |
HouseDadX4
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posted 05-02-2004 07:44 PM
I guess we might have to ask Robert to add a NASCAR section to the message boards... |
John K. Rochester
Member Posts: 1292
From: Rochester, NY, USA
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 05-03-2004 02:56 PM
...NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! Please don't!!!!!....It's as exciting as knitting.. |
DavidH
Member Posts: 1217
From: Huntsville, AL, USA
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted 05-03-2004 03:47 PM
To bring it back onto topic, here's an article from the Web site I write for on the "NASA/NASCAR Connection."
http://nasaexplores.com/show2_articlea.php?id=02-033 There--now this thread officially relates to space!
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http://www.hatbag.net/blog.html
"America's challenge of today has forged man's destiny of tomorrow." - Commander Eugene Cernan, Apollo 17 Mission, 11 December 1972 |
HouseDadX4
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posted 05-03-2004 09:34 PM
David..the article is impressive. I enjoyed it very much. I spoke to someone at NASA a couple years ago after STS 112 launched with the camera mounted on the external tank and the smudging problem that happened to the lenses as a result of the SRB separation. I mentioned to them about the roof cameras with the sliding frames that NASCAR uses. Was told that it was something that is already being looked into by NASA as a possibility for future flights. Another example of the NASA/NASCAR connection.Brian
Yukon, OK [This message has been edited by HouseDadX4 (edited May 03, 2004).] | |
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