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re: Jeff Gordon's last year for a championship
Posted on 1/23/15 at 1:50 am to TbirdSpur2010
Posted on 1/23/15 at 1:50 am to TbirdSpur2010
Where did you live in the Great and Glorious Landmass? (Mississippi of course)
And I actually had quite the die cast collection myself, and still do for the most part in an attic somewhere. Not sure what will come of all that
No one thought Dales wreck was that bad, I knew a lot of ppl who had years around the sport and none of them thought it was bad and neither did i. Sadly, we weren't aware of how dangerous the sport had become til that point even though Kenny Irwin/Adam Petty/ and others should've told us.
It's interesting, obviously I'm a huge sports guy but it's hard to explain what it's like to have true childhood heros as sports figures.
Not that I'm any worse than anyone else but as far as leaving the arena (and other worse fates) I've lost Eddie George, Steve McNair, Jevon Kearse, Dale, Mark McGwire, Jeff fisher, Tony LaRussa, Phil Fulmer, even Albert Pujols and I know that the love I've had for those guys will never be duplicated bc it was formed when I was under 10 years old. Jeff will truly be the last and that makes me sad but it's fitting cause he was also the first
ETA: I also remember where I was for that Pepsi 400 and That was something that will never be felt again. What a story and an excellent call from Alan Bestwick whose always been underrated IMO
And I actually had quite the die cast collection myself, and still do for the most part in an attic somewhere. Not sure what will come of all that
No one thought Dales wreck was that bad, I knew a lot of ppl who had years around the sport and none of them thought it was bad and neither did i. Sadly, we weren't aware of how dangerous the sport had become til that point even though Kenny Irwin/Adam Petty/ and others should've told us.
It's interesting, obviously I'm a huge sports guy but it's hard to explain what it's like to have true childhood heros as sports figures.
Not that I'm any worse than anyone else but as far as leaving the arena (and other worse fates) I've lost Eddie George, Steve McNair, Jevon Kearse, Dale, Mark McGwire, Jeff fisher, Tony LaRussa, Phil Fulmer, even Albert Pujols and I know that the love I've had for those guys will never be duplicated bc it was formed when I was under 10 years old. Jeff will truly be the last and that makes me sad but it's fitting cause he was also the first
ETA: I also remember where I was for that Pepsi 400 and That was something that will never be felt again. What a story and an excellent call from Alan Bestwick whose always been underrated IMO
This post was edited on 1/23/15 at 1:52 am
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Posted on 1/23/15 at 2:01 am to Wishnitwas1998
Alan Bestwick and the late Benny Parsons were always a blast to listen to 
Nowadays the MRN guys kill it every week
Biloxi. Dad was stationed at Keesler AFB for a couple of years
Ended up collecting most of the normal starting grid circa 2003-2004. My little brothers have long since probably lost 'em, though
That's quite the list And yeah, the ones you start following during your formative years are the ones that always seem larger than life to you, even when they retire (or otherwise leave the arena).
For me, that first sports idol was David Robinson. That was during an era when most of my hoophead friends were gaga for Michael Jordan, but it was ride or die with The Admiral for me. Got a chance to meet/shake the hand of one of his teammates from that first title team (Sean Elliott) last month, and I was giddy as hell even though I'm usually quite composed in public.
Yeah, it was such a different time. Shame it took tragedies to bring about change, but it's for the best.
It's just crazy, I mean, it wasn't that long before the Dale wreck that Bobby Labonte took a ride down the Talladega backstretch on his damn roof and walked away. Then that tap (by comparison) was enough to take out the The Intimidator.
I shudder to think of what might have happened had a wreck like Carl Edwards going into the Dega catch fence had occurred during that era.
Nowadays the MRN guys kill it every week
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Where did you live in the Great and Glorious Landmass? (Mississippi of course)
Biloxi. Dad was stationed at Keesler AFB for a couple of years
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And I actually had quite the die cast collection myself, and still do for the most part in an attic somewhere. Not sure what will come of all that
Ended up collecting most of the normal starting grid circa 2003-2004. My little brothers have long since probably lost 'em, though
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Eddie George, Steve McNair, Jevon Kearse, Dale, Mark McGwire, Jeff fisher, Tony LaRussa, Phil Fulmer, even Albert Pujols and I know that the love I've had for those guys will never be duplicated bc it was formed when I was under 10 years old. Jeff will truly be the last and that makes me sad but it's fitting cause he was also the first
That's quite the list
And yeah, the ones you start following during your formative years are the ones that always seem larger than life to you, even when they retire (or otherwise leave the arena). For me, that first sports idol was David Robinson. That was during an era when most of my hoophead friends were gaga for Michael Jordan, but it was ride or die with The Admiral for me. Got a chance to meet/shake the hand of one of his teammates from that first title team (Sean Elliott) last month, and I was giddy as hell even though I'm usually quite composed in public.
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No one thought Dales wreck was that bad, I knew a lot of ppl who had years around the sport and none of them thought it was bad and neither did i. Sadly, we weren't aware of how dangerous the sport had become til that point even though Kenny Irwin/Adam Petty/ and others should've told us.
Yeah, it was such a different time. Shame it took tragedies to bring about change, but it's for the best.
It's just crazy, I mean, it wasn't that long before the Dale wreck that Bobby Labonte took a ride down the Talladega backstretch on his damn roof and walked away. Then that tap (by comparison) was enough to take out the The Intimidator.
I shudder to think of what might have happened had a wreck like Carl Edwards going into the Dega catch fence had occurred during that era.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 8:15 am to Wishnitwas1998
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To throw in a random story the first race I ever went to in person was the Spring race at Talledega in 2000. I was 8 years old and I'll let you guess who won, he only won 3 races that year and I got very, very lucky that day
That was an epic race, can't imagine seeing it in person. My first Cup race was Jeff's Million Dollar Date Win at the Southern 500 in 97. That was also the race Dale was "abducted by aliens."
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No one thought Dales wreck was that bad, I knew a lot of ppl who had years around the sport and none of them thought it was bad and neither did i. Sadly, we weren't aware of how dangerous the sport had become til that point even though Kenny Irwin/Adam Petty/ and others should've told us.
I still remember seeing it like it was yesterday, while the wreck wasn't really a bad wreck, everyone that was watching it at my house knew it was extremely bad when they saw Kenny go up to the car like he did...
Sucks Jeff is leaving, but I pretty much stopped watching in recent years. I wasn't a fan of the chase and definitely hate the playoff system.
This post was edited on 1/23/15 at 8:20 am
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