Posted by Diana on February 20, 2001 at 20:17:17:
In Reply to: A Loss.... posted by Ronnie on February 19, 2001 at 09:08:38:
Aaah, poor Dale--but--and I hope you guys don't think I'm being ghoulish--he had massive head and chest trauma, and no pulse when the paramedics got to him. Hopefully, hopefully, he went like *that* (snap).
I *was* thinking, since The Intimidator often got ahead of his opponents by "puttin' the iron on 'em" (i.e., tapping fenders and swapping paint) that he'd ground into another car and spun out---but no; the instant replay showed no car contact. They're thinking he just lost sufficient downforce, which is not something you want to do at 190 MPH.
Yeah, I'll miss him. I'm glad I didn't see it happen; it probably would have given me nightmares.
Here's to you, Dale, put some iron on 'em for me--