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HI. THIS IS TRACE ADKINS,
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YOUR HOST ON
"COUNTY MUSIC COUNTDOWN."
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THIS ONE TAKES US BACK
TO FEBRUARY, 2001.
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A PAIR OF UNLIKELY FRIENDS
SHARED DESTINY
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ON THE HIGH BANKS OF THE
DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY.
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IT WAS A DAY
WE'LL NEVER FORGET.
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A DAY OF TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY.
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IF YOU'RE OUT THERE
LISTENING, MIKEY,
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THIS ONE'S FOR YOU.
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♪ SO MANY PEOPLE ♪
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♪ SO MANY PLANS ♪
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♪ MY MAMA SAID ♪
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♪ LEAVE IT UP TO THE MAN ♪
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♪ ALL OF THE ANSWERS ♪
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♪ COME BY AND BY ♪
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♪ IT ALL HAPPENS IN ♪
THE BLINK OF AN EYE ♪
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Announcer: SET FOR THE START
OF THE DAYTONA 500.
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WHOSE FACE WILL
GRACE VICTORY LANE TODAY?
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♪ I GOT DUES TO PAY ♪
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Announcer: I'M GOING NUMBER 15,
MICHAEL WALTRIP.
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I KNOW HE'S MOTIVATED,
AND BELIEVE ME,
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HE'S GOT A MAN
WHO CAN MOTIVATE HIM,
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HIS OWNER, DALE EARNHARDT.
I LIKE MICHAEL WALTRIP.
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♪ I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT ♪
SAYING GOODBYE ♪
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♪ AND JUST DON'T ASK ME WHY ♪
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♪ IT ALL HAPPENS ♪
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♪ MM, MMM ♪
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DALE EARNHARDT IS THE MOST
PROLIFIC DRIVER
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IN NASCAR HISTORY,
CHASING HIS 35th TOTAL
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VICTORY HERE, IN DAYTONA.
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I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE
EXCITING RACING.
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GONNA SEE SOMETHING YOU PROBABLY
HADN'T EVER SEEN ON FOX.
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[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
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Announcer: MICHAEL WALTRIP
LEADS THE DAYTONA 500.
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RIGHT NOW, THE CAR BEHIND HIM IS
HIS TEAMMATE, DALE EARNHARDT JR.
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THEN THE MAN WHO OWNS
THOSE CARS, DALE EARNHARDT.
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PRETTY IMPRESSIVE,
UP THERE, IN THE LEAD.
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DALE EARNHARDT IN,
THAT'S WHAT D.E.I. STANDS FOR.
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WALTRIP, EARNHARDT JR.,
EARNHARDT SR.
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THEY WANT ONE
OF THOSE CARS TO WIN.
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- WHOA!
- LOOK AT EARNHARDT!
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STERLING GOT INTO EARNHARDT.
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DALE IS DOING EVERYTHING HE CAN
TO KEEP STERLING BEHIND HIM
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BECAUSE THIS IS A CHESS MATCH
AT HIGH SPEED.
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MICHAEL WALTRIP
HAS NEVER WON A CUP RACE.
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EVERY DRIVER DREAMS
OF WINNING THE DAYTONA 500.
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MICHAEL WALTRIP DREAMS
JUST OF WINNING ANY PLACE
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TO BREAK THAT BIG OH-FOR STREAK,
0 FOR 462.
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EVERYBODY SAID, "WHY DID DALE
PUT MICHAEL IN THIS CAR?"
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FOLKS, HERE IS WHY
HE PUT HIM IN THERE.
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MICHAEL WANTS TO WIN A RACE
WORSE THAN ANYBODY OUT THERE,
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AND HE'S NOT GOING TO GIVE UP
THAT LEAD WITHOUT A FIGHT.
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DARRELL, YOUR FIRST
EVER RACE ON FOX.
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DID YOU THINK
IT'D BE LIKE THIS?
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THAT'S THE GREATEST RACE
IN THE WORLD, THE DAYTONA 500.
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MY BABY BROTHER'S
LEADING IT.
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COME ON, MIKE, LET'S GO.
YOU'RE MY MAN.
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JUST STAY UNDER HIM, DALE JR.
JUST STAY UNDER HIM, BUDDY.
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BLOCK HIM. BLOCK HIM.
THAT A BOY.
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TO THE FLAG.
COME ON, MIKEY,
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YOU GOT IT, MAN.
YOU GOT IT. YOU GOT IT!
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MIKEY!
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- THE 3 CAR --
- OH!
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BIG TROUBLE.
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Man:
THEY'RE WRECKING BEHIND YOU.
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THEY'RE WRECKING BEHIND YOU.
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Announcer: MICHAEL WALTRIP HAS
WON THE DAYTONA 500.
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WHILE RESCUE WORKERS
TEND TO DALE EARNHARDT,
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WHO'S STILL IN HIS CAR,
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HIS DRIVER IS IN OUR
COCA-COLA VICTORY LANE,
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HERE JEFF BURTON.
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Michael: I'VE NEVER BEEN TO
VICTORY LANE BEFORE.
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I BEGAN THIS ASK BUFFY,
"WHERE'S DALE?"
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AND I ASKED, TY, YOU KNOW,
"HOW COME DALE'S NOT HERE?"
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AND THEN, MY FRIEND,
KENNY SCHRADER,
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HE CAME TO VICTORY LANE, AND...
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AND I NEVER WILL FORGET
BECAUSE HE COMES UP AND SAYS,
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"I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW,
I SAW DALE, AND IT AIN'T GOOD."
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I DON'T THINK PEOPLE...
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NO, LET ME BACK UP.
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SO, PEOPLE ARE OBVIOUSLY
CAPABLE OF HANDLING
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THE HIGHEST OF HIGHS
AND THE LOWEST OF LOWS,
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GOD MADE US THAT WAY.
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BUT I DON'T KNOW...
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I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE
HAVE HAD TO EXPERIENCE THEM
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WITHIN SECONDS OF EACH OTHER.
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[ CROWD CHEERING ]
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SO, BRYSON, YOU JUST KIND OF
HAVE YOUR MICROPHONE LIKE THIS
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WHEN I'M TALKING TO YOU,
AND I'LL SAY,
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"IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH,
SO JUST PAY CLOSE ATTENTION
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AND LISTEN TO ME."
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AND THEN, YOU GO,
"I THINK I GOT THIS, MIKE."
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17 YEARS LATER,
I HAVEN'T GONE TO THERAPY,
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AND I STILL STRUGGLE WITH IT.
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BUT EVERYTHING ON EARTH
HAPPENS FOR A REASON.
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OUR HAIRS ARE COUNTED,
OUR DAYS ARE NUMBERED,
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AND WE'RE GOING
TO LEAVE THIS WORLD
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WHEN WE'RE SUPPOSED
TO LEAVE IT.
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LIFE'S HARD.
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YOU'RE GOING
TO HAVE UPS AND DOWNS,
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AND I'LL BE DARNED
IF MY TWO BIGGEST ONES,
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YOU KNOW, TWO OF
THE BIGGEST ONES OF MY LIFE
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CAME CRAMMED TOGETHER,
AND YOU JUST GOT TO PERSEVERE.
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YOU GOT TO KEEP PUSHING.
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WHEN I WAS BORN
IN OWENSBORO, KENTUCKY,
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IT WAS A THREE-BEDROOM HOUSE
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AND THERE WERE SEVEN OF US
LIVING IN IT.
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SO I SHARED A ROOM
WITH MY SISTER
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UNTIL I WAS
7 OR 8 YEARS OLD.
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EVENTUALLY,
EVERYBODY MOVED OUT,
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AND IT WAS JUST ME,
AND MOM, AND DAD.
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AND WE LIVED
RIGHT THERE IN TOWN.
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AND I WAS ALWAYS TRYING TO FIND
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FIND SOMEBODY
TO RACE BIKES WITH.
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I REMEMBER I WOULD ORGANIZE
500 LAP BIKE RACES,
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AND WE'D GO IN A CIRCLE
500 TIMES
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BECAUSE THAT WAS LIKE
A NASCAR RACE.
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[ CROWD CHEERING ]
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[ ENGINE REVVING ]
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MY BROTHER WAS THE REASON
WHY I WAS SUCH A DREAMER.
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YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS BORN,
HE WAS 16.
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AND SO EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE
THAT I KNEW OF, HE WAS RACING.
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Announcer: THEY'RE 600 FEET AWAY
FROM THE LINE.
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BAKER GOES TO THE INSIDE.
WALTRIP HAS WON IT!
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DARRELL WALTRIP IN VICTORY LANE
FOR THE 10th TIME THIS SEASON.
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Michael:
HE HAD FIGURED OUT A WAY.
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MY DAD WAS A PEPSI MAN.
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MY MAMA WORKED
AT THE GROCERY STORE.
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AND HE HAD FIGURED OUT A WAY
TO TALK THEM
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INTO BUYING THEM A GO-KART.
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AND MOM AND DAD KEPT HELPING,
AND HE WON ON HIS GO-KART.
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AND HE KEPT WINNING, AND WHILE
THERE WAS NO EXTRA MONEY,
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THEY FIGURED OUT A WAY
TO HELP DARRELL.
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AND I SAID,
"I WANT TO DO THAT, TOO.
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I WANT TO BE
JUST LIKE MY BIG BROTHER."
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ONE THING I CAN TELL YOU
ABOUT MICHAEL,
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HE HAS A BIG HEART.
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HE LOVES TO GIVE.
HE LOVES TO HELP PEOPLE.
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HE'S PROVEN THAT
TIME AND TIME AGAIN.
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HE'S PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT
OPPOSITE OF ME.
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I MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT SELFISH.
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HE IS A GOOD MAN,
AND HE IS A GOOD BROTHER.
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HE'S A BETTER BROTHER TO ME THAN
I WAS TO HIM, UNFORTUNATELY.
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BUT I THINK IN A LOT OF WAYS
WE'VE MADE UP FOR THAT.
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Michael: WE WOULD GO TO
THE LITTLE TRACKS IN OUR AREA
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TO WATCH MY BROTHER RACE,
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AND THAT'S JUST
HOW I WAS RAISED,
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WAS TRAVELING FROM TOWN TO TOWN
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AND GOING TO THE RACES ON
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY NIGHT.
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MOM AND DAD WOULD COME
WITH THE CAR LOADED UP,
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PACKED UP ON
A WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON,
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GET ME OUT OF SCHOOL, AND WE
WOULD START OUR TREK TO DAYTONA.
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WE WOULD DRIVE TO DAYTONA
THROUGH THE NIGHT
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TO BE THERE ON THURSDAY MORNING
FOR THE QUALIFYING RACES.
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I NEVER WILL FORGET GOING
THROUGH THAT TUNNEL
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THE FIRST TIME
AND COMING OUT THE OTHER SIDE
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AND LOOKING UP
AND SEEING THOSE BANKS.
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I MEAN, THEY WERE
GLORIOUS TO ME.
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AND HOW MASSIVE THOSE TURNS
WERE, HOW HIGH THEY WERE BANKED,
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AND WHAT A HUGE TRACK THIS WAS.
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IT JUST INTRIGUED ME COMPLETELY.
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I WAS SO INTO THAT PLACE
AND GETTING TO WATCH MY BROTHER
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RACE THERE, AND IT JUST
CONTINUED TO BUILD THE ENERGY
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AND MY ENTHUSIASM FOR ONE DAY
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GETTING THE CHANCE
TO RACE THERE.
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YOU KNOW, I TOLD MOM AND DAD
MY BUDDY DOWN THE ROAD'S
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GOT A GO-KART, AND IT'S $500,
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AND I'M GOING
TO BE ABLE TO RACE.
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AND THEY SAID,
"WELL, WE DON'T HAVE $500,
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AND YOU DON'T HAVE $500,
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SO HOW DO YOU THINK
YOU'RE GOING TO DO THIS?"
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DARRELL HAD A REALLY NICE CAR
WHEN HE CAME TO TOWN.
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HE WAS WINNING TROPHIES
AND HECK, I EVEN SAW HIM HOLDING
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A BIG CHECK ONCE
THAT SAID "$1,000."
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I SAID, "I ONLY NEED
HALF OF THAT. I GOT THIS.
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I KNOW WHAT I'LL DO, MOM.
I'LL CALL DARRELL."
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BUT I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS 12
CLIMBING UP ON THE KITCHEN TABLE
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AND DIALING UP DARRELL,
TELLING HIM
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I WANTED TO GO RACING HIM
JUST LIKE HIM.
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HE'S LIKE, "BROTHER,
IT'S A LONG ROAD.
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LIGHTNING VERY RARELY
STRIKES TWICE.
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AND MOM AND DAD DON'T WANT
TO GO THROUGH ALL THAT AGAIN.
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I PUT THEM THROUGH A LOT,
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AND I DON'T THINK
IT'S IN THE CARDS FOR YOU."
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AND I'M LIKE,
"ALL RIGHT, OKAY,
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WELL, I'LL SEE YOU LATER,"
AND HUNG UP.
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AND I THOUGHT, "WELL, DAMN, THAT
DIDN'T GO ANYTHING NEAR LIKE
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I THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA."
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MY BROTHER, BOBBY,
HE HAD A GO-KART.
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I CONVINCED BOBBY
THAT I COULD DRIVE THAT GO-KART
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IF HE WOULD GIVE ME A CHANCE.
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I REMEMBER WHEN THEY CAME
TO MURFREESBORO, TENNESSEE.
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I LIVE IN FRANKLIN,
NOT FAR FROM THERE.
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AND BOBBY CALLED ME AND SAID,
"MICHAEL IS GOING TO RUN HIS
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FIRST RACE AT THE GO KART TRACK
OVER IN MURFREESBORO.
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WHY DON'T YOU COME AND WATCH?"
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Michael:
AND SO WE GO TO THE RACE TRACK,
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AND I GET ON BOBBY'S GO-KART.
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AND HE GOES INTO THE FIRST TURN
OF THAT GO KART RACE...
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♪
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HE'S IN THE GRASS,
HE'S IN THE DIRT,
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HE'S OFF THE TRACK.
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HE'D COME BACK UP
IN FRONT OF THE PACK.
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WINS THE RACE!
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MY FIRST EVER RACE, FIRST TIME
I EVER DROVE ANYTHING, I WON.
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AND I LEFT THERE
THAT DAY THINKING,
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"I AM GOOD AT THIS, AND I
WILL BE A RACE CAR DRIVER."
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♪
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SO I DIDN'T GIVE HIM ENOUGH
CREDIT FOR THE ABILITY HE HAD,
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AND I DIDN'T GIVE HIM ENOUGH
CREDIT FOR THE DESIRE HE HAD,
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AND I DIDN'T GIVE HIM ENOUGH
CREDIT FOR THE RESOLVE HE HAD.
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AND SO AS TIME WENT BY,
WE WERE NOT CLOSE.
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HE'S OVER HERE, I'M OVER HERE.
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AND HE WAS DOING HIS THING,
AND I'M DOING MY THING.
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AND I'M FIGHTING TOOTH AND NAIL
WITH EVERYBODY ELSE.
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I DON'T NEED
MY BROTHER INVOLVED.
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[ ENGINES REVVING ]
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Michael: YOU KNOW,
I HAD THIS PLAN.
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I'M GOING TO RACE
A KENTUCKY MOTOR SPEED
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THE SAME TRACK THAT DARRELL
STARTED AT 16 YEARS EARLIER.
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I'M GOING TO MOVE UP TO
THE DARLINGTON DASH SERIES.
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THAT'S THE FOUR CYLINDER,
MINI MODIFIED CARS.
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THEY WOULD RACE ON SATURDAY.
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I'M GOING TO WIN
THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN DASH.
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AND THE NEXT YEAR,
I'M MOVING TO THE BUSCH SERIES.
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I'M GOING TO RUN THE SATURDAY
RACES IN THE BUSCH SERIES
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AND WIN THAT CHAMPIONSHIP.
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AND THEN AFTER THAT...
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ON SUNDAY,
WE'RE GOING CUP RACING.
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THAT'S WHAT THE KID
WAS DREAMING.
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I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DRIVE
A MINI MODIFIED CAR,
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AT KENTUCKY MOTOR SPEEDWAY,
AND I NEEDED $400 SPONSORSHIP.
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IF YOU DON'T HAVE A SPONSOR,
YOU DON'T GO RACING.
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MY DAD SAID, "WHY DON'T YOU
GO SEE FRED GIPE
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DOWN AT GIPE AUTOMOTIVE?
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TELL HIM YOUR PLAN,
SEE IF HE'LL SPONSOR YOU."
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AND HE SAID,
"I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I'LL DO.
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I'LL GIVE YOU
$400 CREDIT ON PARTS.
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YOU JUST HAVE TO PUT
MY NAME ON YOUR CAR."
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I'M LIKE, "DEAL!"
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AND I WON THE FEATURE.
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♪
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IN '82, THIS RIDE IN
THE DARLINGTON DASH SERIES
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OPENED UP.
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I HAD SPONSORSHIP FROM
A GENTLEMAN NAMED BILL BORDEN.
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GUESS HOW I GOT
THAT SPONSORSHIP.
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Announcer: DARRELL WALTRIP!
Announcer#2: DARRELL WALTRIP!
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Michael: DARRELL HAS COME
TO THE PARTY NOW.
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♪
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I HELPED HIM WHEN I COULD,
WHEN I GUESS QUITE HONESTLY
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IN A SELFISH WAY,
WHEN IT WAS CONVENIENT,
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I HELPED HIM.
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BUT NOT EVERY DAY.
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Michael: I HAD GONE FROM,
"WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE
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TO WORK THIS, SON.
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IT'S NOT GOING
TO WORK FOR YOU"
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TO GO-KARTS,
TO THE MINI MODIFIED
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KENTUCKY MOTOR SPEEDWAY
TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP,
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TO CHAMPION OF THE DASH SERIES
IN NASCAR.
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IT WAS INCREDIBLE HOW WELL I DID
AND HOW GOOD I COULD DRIVE.
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♪
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YOU KNOW WHAT'S CRAZY,
WHEN YOU'RE A KID,
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YOU DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND
HOW UNREALISTIC IT WOULD BE
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FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO DO WHAT
WE WERE ABLE TO EVENTUALLY DO.
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I JUST FELT LIKE A KID,
LIKE A NORMAL KID,
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THAT HAPPENED TO WIND UP
IN THE MIDDLE
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OF SOME
EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES.
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Announcer: ONCE IN A GREAT
WHILE IN EVERY SPORT,
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A SUPERSTAR EMERGES --
BABE RUTH IN BASEBALL,
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IN BOXING, JACK DEMPSEY.
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AND DURING 1967,
ANOTHER SUPERSTAR EMERGED.
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HIS NAME IS RICHARD PETTY
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RICHARD PETTY IS THE MOST
SUCCESSFUL RACER
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IN THE HISTORY OF NASCAR.
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HE HAD A NICKNAME,
THEY CALLED HIM "THE KING."
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Announcer: RICHARD PETTY HAS WON
THE 200th RACE
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OF HIS INCOMPARABLE
GRAND NATIONAL
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STOCK CAR RACING CAREER.
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Michael: AND I'M GOING TO LEAVE
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT ME.
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SO IN CASE YOU SAY
SOMETHING BAD,
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I DON'T HAVE TO
LISTEN TO IT.
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WHAT IF I SAY
SOMETHING GOOD?
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[ LAUGHS ]
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I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW
HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE YOU.
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OKAY, BUDDY.
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- GOOD MORNING.
- I FEEL BAD.
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I HELPED GET HIM STARTED.
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[ LAUGHS ]
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OKAY, MIKEY.
THANK YOU, BUDDY.
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I REALLY DON'T KNOW
EXACTLY THE FIRST TIME
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I EVER SEEN MIKEY,
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BUT SOMEHOW I KNOW
THAT HIM AND KYLE,
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MY SON, GOT TOGETHER SOMEWHERE.
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MICHAEL MOVED IN WITH HIM
FOR A WHILE.
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Michael: SO IN '83,
WHEN I MOVED IN WITH KYLE,
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EVENTUALLY GIVING ME A JOB
AT PETTY ENTERPRISES.
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♪
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PETTY ENTERPRISES.
YOU HEAR WHAT I'M SAYING?
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THIS IS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL TEAM
IN THE HISTORY OF NASCAR.
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THEY NOT ONLY RACE CARS,
THEY BUILD CARS,
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00:21:05,698 --> 00:21:10,698
THEY MANUFACTURE THESE
INCREDIBLE RACING MACHINES.
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00:21:13,205 --> 00:21:16,475
SO ONE DAY I WAS GETTING READY
TO LEAVE WORK.
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IT WAS ABOUT 45 MINUTES
TO DRIVE TO KYLE'S HOUSE.
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MRS. PETTY, LINDA,
WALKS UP, AND SHE SAYS,
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"MICHAEL, IT'S A LONG WAY OUT
THERE TO BADIN LAKE EVERY DAY
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FOR YOU TO MAKE THAT DRIVE.
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WE LIVE RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.
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WHY DON'T YOU JUST
MOVE IN WITH US?"
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00:21:30,256 --> 00:21:34,460
AND NOW I'M EATING
POPCORN AT MIDNIGHT,
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SITTING ON THE COUCH
WITH RICHARD PETTY,
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AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE RACE
THAT HAPPENED THAT DAY.
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AND WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT THE CAR, THE "CORE."
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I LOVE WHAT HE SAYS CAR.
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WELL, THE BIG DEAL WAS THAT
MIKEY REALLY WANTED TO GO
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TO CUP, AND, YOU KNOW,
HE'D ALREADY RUN SOME
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BABY GRAND RACES
AND SOME OTHER STUFF.
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AND I THOUGHT IN 1984,
"IT'S THE BUSCH SERIES,
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JUST LIKE THIS KID PLANNED."
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AND I TOLD HIM, I SAID,
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"FORGET WORKING YOUR WAY UP,
JUST GO START AT THE TOP."
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IF YOU WANT TO BE A CUP DRIVER,
YOU GOT TO GET IN A CUP CAR.
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YOU'RE WASTING YOUR TIME WITH
THOSE LITTLE BABY GRAND CARS
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OR RUNNING THE BUSCH SERIES.
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YOU WANT TO BE A CUP DRIVER,
YOU JUST START RIGHT NOW.
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AND THAT WAY, YOU DON'T
HAVE TO RE-LEARN
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FROM ONE KIND OF RACE CAR
TO ANOTHER KIND OF RACE CAR.
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AND THAT'S THE FIRST TIME
I'D EVER HEARD THAT.
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I THOUGHT I HAD TO RUN
THE BUSCH SERIES.
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AND SO I SAID,
"ALL RIGHT, HOW DO YOU THINK
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I SHOULD DO THAT, RICH?"
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[ LAUGHS ] AND HE SAID,
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"WELL, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO
FIGURE THAT OUT ON YOUR OWN.
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I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T HAVE NO CAR.
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I DON'T HAVE NO CAR FOR YOU."
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Announcer: WELCOME TO ONE
OF THE BIGGEST SINGLE DAY
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SPORTING EVENTS IN THE WORLD.
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YOU'RE AT THE WORLD 600
AT CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY
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IN NORTH CAROLINA.
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Michael: AND SO RICHARD PETTY
TELLS ME TO GO
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SEE HUMPY WHEELER.
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HUMPY IS THE PROMOTER
AT THE CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY.
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HUMPY WHEELER
SENDS ME TO DICK BAYER,
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AND DICK OWNED A RACE CAR.
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AND I SAID, "BUD, I WANT
TO RACE A CUP RACE."
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AND HE SAID, "WELL, IF YOU CAN
BRING US SOME SPONSORSHIP,
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THEN YOU CAN RACE MY CAR."
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AND HUMPY WOUND UP
FIGURING OUT A LOCAL BUSINESS
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THAT WOULD BUY ME
A COUPLE SETS OF TIRES
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SO THAT I COULD DRIVE
DICK'S CAR.
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00:23:18,230 --> 00:23:21,467
THIS IS HUGE.
I'M ON THE MAIN STAGE NOW.
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00:23:21,467 --> 00:23:23,435
THIS IS BIG.
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AND I THINK I SHOWED UP
AS DARRELL'S LITTLE BROTHER.
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Announcer: LOOKING BACK THROUGH
THE FIELD, MIKE WALTRIP,
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DARRELL'S BROTHER MAKES
HIS FIRST GRAND NATIONAL
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START TODAY.
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Michael: THAT WAS
AN INTERESTING DAY, TOO.
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DARRELL WAS IN THE RACE.
HE'S MY BROTHER.
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RICHARD WAS IN THE RACE.
I WAS LIVING WITH HIM.
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00:23:41,787 --> 00:23:44,957
AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE DRIVER,
DALE EARNHARDT,
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WHOSE NAME IS "THE INTIMIDATOR."
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AND DALE NEVER BACKED DOWN
FROM ANYTHING.
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HE WAS THE TOUGHEST COMPETITOR
IN THE HISTORY OF NASCAR.
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AND WHEN I SAY TOUGH,
HARD TO RACE, HARD TO BEAT.
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00:24:02,007 --> 00:24:05,611
AND THEN IF YOU WANTED TO GET
IN A SCRAP AFTER THE RACE,
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00:24:05,611 --> 00:24:07,379
YOU KNOW HE WOULD BEAT YOU UP.
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00:24:07,379 --> 00:24:09,048
HE WAS A BADASS.
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♪
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00:24:13,385 --> 00:24:16,055
♪ A TWO-BIT MAN WITH ♪
A HEART OF GOLD ♪
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00:24:16,055 --> 00:24:18,557
♪ HEART OF GOLD ♪
WON'T SAVE YOUR SOUL ♪
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00:24:18,557 --> 00:24:20,559
♪
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00:24:20,559 --> 00:24:23,228
♪ YEAH ♪
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00:24:23,228 --> 00:24:27,666
♪ I'VE BEEN TREMBLING ♪
FOR TOO LONG ♪
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00:24:27,666 --> 00:24:32,137
♪ LOOKING FORWARD, ♪
I DON'T KNOW ♪
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00:24:32,137 --> 00:24:36,909
♪ AND I'VE SEARCHING ♪
FOR THIS CAUSE ♪
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00:24:36,909 --> 00:24:41,814
♪ THROUGH THESE DARK TIMES ♪
AND THE BITTER COLD ♪
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00:24:41,814 --> 00:24:44,116
♪ DON'T YOU KNOW ♪
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00:24:44,116 --> 00:24:46,685
♪ THAT I'M BETTER OFF ALONE ♪
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00:24:46,685 --> 00:24:47,920
I DIDN'T TRY TO WRECK.
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00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:49,154
DIDN'T RUN HIM INTO THE WALL
OR NOTHING.
416
00:24:49,154 --> 00:24:50,789
AND THEN HE TRIED TO
WRECK ME AFTER THE CROSS.
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00:24:50,789 --> 00:24:53,025
I THINK IT'S BECAUSE I SAID IT.
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♪ I GOT NO TIME TO PLAY ♪
THESE GAMES ♪
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00:24:55,461 --> 00:24:58,030
♪ WORLD IS CRUEL, ♪
BUT I'M NO SAINT ♪
420
00:24:58,030 --> 00:25:00,132
I WAS GONNA GET BACK TO HIM
AND JUST RATTLE HIM.
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00:25:00,132 --> 00:25:01,800
I WASN'T GOING TO WRECK HIM,
BUT I GOT TO HIM
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00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:02,935
AND JUST TURNED HIM AROUND.
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00:25:02,935 --> 00:25:04,336
SO DIDN'T MEAN TO REALLY
TURN HIM AROUND.
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00:25:04,336 --> 00:25:06,372
I MEANT TO RATTLE HIS CAGE.
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00:25:06,372 --> 00:25:10,809
♪ I'VE BEEN TREMBLING ♪
FOR TOO LONG ♪
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00:25:10,809 --> 00:25:15,280
♪ LOOKING FORWARD, ♪
I DON'T KNOW ♪
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00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:19,852
♪ AND I'VE SEARCHING ♪
FOR THIS CAUSE ♪
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WHEN A GUY TRIES TO CUT YOU OFF,
YOU STAND YOUR GROUND,
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00:25:22,554 --> 00:25:24,189
AND A LOT OF TIMES,
IT COMES OUT BAD.
430
00:25:24,189 --> 00:25:28,394
BUT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES,
WHEN YOU WIN RACES, TOO.
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00:25:28,394 --> 00:25:31,063
Announcer: WELL, DALE EARNHARDT
HAS GONE OUT IN FRONT,
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00:25:31,063 --> 00:25:33,732
BUT IT HAS NOT BEEN
WITHOUT INCIDENT HERE.
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00:25:33,732 --> 00:25:35,267
LET'S TAKE A LOOK
AT HOW HE DID IT
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BACK IN LAP NUMBER 72, AREA C,
BODINE IN THE 5.
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HE GETS TRAPPED ON A SLOW CAR.
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00:25:41,940 --> 00:25:45,110
AND AS HE GETS -- EARNHARDT JUST
DRIVES AROUND IN THE DIRT.
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Announcer #2: [ LAUGHS ]
HE GOES THROUGH THE DIRT.
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Announcer #3: THAT'S A GOOD
EXAMPLE OF WHAT EARNHARDT
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00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:50,682
WILL DO TO GET IN THE LEAD
IN THE RACE.
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00:25:50,682 --> 00:25:53,185
Announcer: HOW'S THAT FOR A SHOT
OF THE TIRE MARKS FROM EARNHARDT
441
00:25:53,185 --> 00:25:54,653
ON THE SIDE
OF BODINE'S CAR.
442
00:25:54,653 --> 00:25:56,789
Childress: WELL, DALE WAS REALLY
AN AGGRESSIVE RACE DRIVER.
443
00:25:56,789 --> 00:25:59,057
THE FIRST TIME I REMEMBER
HEARING HIS NAME
444
00:25:59,057 --> 00:26:00,893
WAS BACK IN THE '70s.
445
00:26:00,893 --> 00:26:04,563
MY BROTHER WAS WORKING AT
A LITTLE LOCAL RACE TRACK,
446
00:26:04,563 --> 00:26:05,831
AND I WAS STILL DRIVING.
447
00:26:05,831 --> 00:26:07,666
HE SAID, "IF YOU EVER WANT
TO HIRE A RACE DRIVER,
448
00:26:07,666 --> 00:26:09,735
YOU GOT TO HIRE THIS
DALE EARNHARDT.
449
00:26:09,735 --> 00:26:12,970
HE WAS RACING BUTCH LINDLEY
LAST NIGHT.
450
00:26:12,970 --> 00:26:14,239
HE COME ACROSS THE START,
FINISH LINE
451
00:26:14,239 --> 00:26:17,709
WITH TWO WHEELS UP ON THE WALL
AND WON THE RACE."
452
00:26:17,709 --> 00:26:20,512
HE WOULD DRIVE THAT CAR,
AND YOU NEVER HAD TO QUESTION
453
00:26:20,512 --> 00:26:24,283
THAT YOU WASN'T GETTING 100%
OUT OF HIM.
454
00:26:24,283 --> 00:26:26,351
Announcer: DALE EARNHARDT!
455
00:26:26,351 --> 00:26:29,922
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
456
00:26:34,092 --> 00:26:37,296
Childress: I REMEMBER A FEW
RUN INS WITH DALE AND DARRELL,
457
00:26:37,296 --> 00:26:41,767
AND ONE THAT I REMEMBER PROBABLY
AS GOOD AS ANY WAS AT RICHMOND.
458
00:26:41,767 --> 00:26:43,268
Announcer: AND HERE THEY COME.
459
00:26:43,268 --> 00:26:45,704
CROWD'S UP,
EXCITED ABOUT THIS ONE.
460
00:26:45,704 --> 00:26:46,872
HE'S RUNNING OUT OF TIME.
461
00:26:46,872 --> 00:26:49,508
DARRELL WALTRIP'S
RUNNING OUT OF TIME.
462
00:26:49,508 --> 00:26:51,076
NOW WALTRIP'S ON THE INSIDE.
463
00:26:51,076 --> 00:26:52,911
SIDE BY SIDE.
464
00:26:52,911 --> 00:26:54,480
DOWN TO THE INSIDE.
465
00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:56,782
Announcer #2: OH!
466
00:26:56,782 --> 00:26:58,550
Announcer:
FOUR CARS. THERE IT GOES.
467
00:26:58,550 --> 00:27:00,385
Announcer #2: THERE'S BODINE
INTO THE FENCE.
468
00:27:00,385 --> 00:27:02,521
JOE REDMAN SPINS AROUND.
469
00:27:02,521 --> 00:27:06,859
THERE'S DALE WALTRIP'S
CHEVROLET, AND IT IS TORN UP.
470
00:27:06,859 --> 00:27:09,194
[ LAUGHS ]
WELL, THEY WRECKED ME.
471
00:27:09,194 --> 00:27:11,563
WHEN WE WEREN'T FRIENDS,
WE WRECKED A LOT.
472
00:27:11,563 --> 00:27:13,298
YOU KNOW, HE WOULD LOOK OVER ME.
I WOULD LOOK OVER AT HIM.
473
00:27:13,298 --> 00:27:15,200
"LOOK, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO WIN."
"WELL, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO WIN.
474
00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:16,735
ONE OF US IS GOING
TO GET WRECKED."
475
00:27:16,735 --> 00:27:19,104
THAT WAS ONE OF OUR FIRST FINES.
476
00:27:19,104 --> 00:27:21,340
I NEVER WILL FORGET
DALE SITTING IN THE CAR
477
00:27:21,340 --> 00:27:25,977
ALL LEANED OVER LIKE HE WOULD,
AND THEY WERE INTERVIEWING HIM.
478
00:27:25,977 --> 00:27:26,144
AND...
479
00:27:26,144 --> 00:27:28,113
Man: WHO DO YOU FEEL HIT WHO
ON THAT LAST THING
480
00:27:28,113 --> 00:27:29,448
BETWEEN YOU AND DARRELL?
481
00:27:29,448 --> 00:27:31,383
THAT'S JUST RACING.
482
00:27:31,383 --> 00:27:32,618
ME AND DARRELL'S
GOT TO RACE WEEK TO WEEK,
483
00:27:32,618 --> 00:27:34,986
AND THERE
AIN'T NOTHING TO IT.
484
00:27:34,986 --> 00:27:39,124
AND HIS MUSTACHE
WENT REAL WIDE AND SMILED,
485
00:27:39,124 --> 00:27:42,060
AND I THINK THAT'S WHY
THEY DECIDED TO FINE US,
486
00:27:42,060 --> 00:27:43,662
WAS THAT SMILE
487
00:27:45,697 --> 00:27:49,535
Helton: WHEN YOU SAW THE BLACK
NUMBER 3 COME UP BEHIND YOU,
488
00:27:49,535 --> 00:27:53,705
YOU KNEW THAT YOU WERE GOING
TO HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.
489
00:27:53,705 --> 00:27:56,942
YOU WERE GOING TO HAVE
TO GO FASTER THAN HE WAS GOING.
490
00:27:56,942 --> 00:27:58,744
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE
TO GET OUT OF HIS WAY,
491
00:27:58,744 --> 00:28:01,613
OR YOU GOING TO HAVE TO RACE HIM
TO KEEP YOUR POSITION
492
00:28:01,613 --> 00:28:05,784
AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE
NAME "INTIMIDATOR" CAME FROM.
493
00:28:05,784 --> 00:28:08,620
WHEN YOU SAW HIM COME UP
IN YOUR REAR VIEW MIRROR,
494
00:28:08,620 --> 00:28:13,125
THE INTIMIDATION FACTOR
BECAME PART OF THE SPORT.
495
00:28:13,125 --> 00:28:16,061
I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES
I'D BE RACING HIM.
496
00:28:16,061 --> 00:28:20,232
I'D FINALLY GET BY HIM,
I GO "HA-HA, I GOT BY HIM!"
497
00:28:20,232 --> 00:28:22,967
THEN I'D LOOK IN THE MIRROR,
AND I'D SAY,
498
00:28:22,967 --> 00:28:24,102
"YOU IDIOT.
WHAT'D YOU DO THAT FOR?
499
00:28:24,102 --> 00:28:27,139
NOW HE'S BEHIND YOU
AND YOU KNOW WHAT'S COMING."
500
00:28:28,907 --> 00:28:30,642
Norris: THE COOLEST THING
ABOUT HIM WAS HE HAD
501
00:28:30,642 --> 00:28:34,179
THAT BIG OLD BUSHY MUSTACHE
AND AN OPEN FACE HELMET.
502
00:28:34,179 --> 00:28:37,982
AIR COMING OVER
HAS A CERTAIN WAY.
503
00:28:37,982 --> 00:28:38,884
WHEN ANOTHER CAR IS NEXT TO IT.
504
00:28:38,884 --> 00:28:40,786
HE COULD FEEL IT ON HIS FACE.
505
00:28:40,786 --> 00:28:43,055
HE WOULD GET TO A CERTAIN SPOT
ON ANOTHER GUY'S CAR,
506
00:28:43,055 --> 00:28:46,358
AND HE FEELS THE AIR
INSIDE THE CAR CHANGE,
507
00:28:46,358 --> 00:28:48,460
AND HE COULD SENSE IT
AND FEEL IT.
508
00:28:48,460 --> 00:28:50,329
THEN HE WOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF WHATEVER MOMENTUM
509
00:28:50,329 --> 00:28:52,364
HE COULD PULL OUT OF IT.
510
00:28:52,364 --> 00:28:54,833
I THINK DALE JUST
TURNED ON ALL HIS SENSES,
511
00:28:54,833 --> 00:28:56,101
NOT JUST HIS EYES.
512
00:28:56,101 --> 00:28:57,669
Announcer: NOW HERE'S THE HELMET
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
513
00:28:57,669 --> 00:29:01,707
MOST OF THE DRIVERS NOW
RUN A FULL FACE HELMET
514
00:29:01,707 --> 00:29:05,977
WITH A FULL CHIN BAR,
BUT EARNHARDT IS ONE OF A FEW
515
00:29:05,977 --> 00:29:07,079
THAT PREFERS
THE OPEN FACE HELMET.
516
00:29:07,079 --> 00:29:09,681
Darrell:
WELL, THERE'S PROS AND CONS.
517
00:29:09,681 --> 00:29:12,184
DALE IS CONVINCED --
518
00:29:12,184 --> 00:29:15,387
THE HELMET -- YOU SHOULDN'T BE
TALKING ABOUT THE HELMET HERE.
519
00:29:15,387 --> 00:29:18,256
IT'S THE SAFEST HELMET
IN WINSTON CUP RACING TODAY.
520
00:29:18,256 --> 00:29:21,959
Man: WELL, LET, BUT LISTEN,
YOU GOT TO UNDERSTAND.
521
00:29:21,959 --> 00:29:23,829
ALL I HEAR IS "OH, EARNHARDT.
HE CAN SEE THE WIND."
522
00:29:23,829 --> 00:29:25,664
NOW, YOU KNOW,
YOU'RE A SMART MAN.
523
00:29:25,664 --> 00:29:28,367
AIN'T NOBODY
CAN SEE THE WIND.
524
00:29:28,367 --> 00:29:29,601
IF IT'S BLOWING IN
YOUR FACE, YOU CAN.
525
00:29:29,601 --> 00:29:31,303
WELL, THAT'S WHAT
I'M TRYING TO TELL YOU.
526
00:29:31,303 --> 00:29:34,606
THAT WAS MY SAYING THAT DALE
COULD SEE AIR
527
00:29:34,606 --> 00:29:36,241
AT THESE RACE TRACKS.
528
00:29:36,241 --> 00:29:39,645
HE WOULD KNOW WHERE THE AIR
WOULD BE COMING OFF OF A CAR.
529
00:29:39,645 --> 00:29:41,446
IT WAS ALMOST LIKE
HE COULD SEE IT,
530
00:29:41,446 --> 00:29:43,215
SO I SAID HE COULD SEE IT.
531
00:29:46,685 --> 00:29:50,689
I'VE NEVER BEEN AROUND SOMEONE
WHO WAS SO SELF-AWARE.
532
00:29:50,689 --> 00:29:52,758
HE KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON
IN THE ENGINE SHOP.
533
00:29:52,758 --> 00:29:54,226
HE KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON
IN THE FAB SHOP.
534
00:29:54,226 --> 00:29:56,128
HE KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON
WITH THE TIRE COMPANIES.
535
00:29:56,128 --> 00:29:59,498
HE KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON
WITH THE MARKETING COMPANIES.
536
00:29:59,498 --> 00:30:04,498
I WOULD SAY FROM A GRAND SCALE,
HE HAD ENOUGH INFORMATION,
537
00:30:05,237 --> 00:30:07,639
INSIGHT TO EVERY ASPECT
OF THE INDUSTRY.
538
00:30:07,639 --> 00:30:09,775
THE PIT ROAD IS A BIG THING
THAT YOU GOT TO REMEMBER.
539
00:30:09,775 --> 00:30:11,176
YOU RUN FAST HERE
AND YOU DON'T THINK
540
00:30:11,176 --> 00:30:13,145
YOU'RE GOING THAT FAST
COMING DOWN PIT ROAD.
541
00:30:13,145 --> 00:30:14,446
YOU HIT YOUR BREAKS
AND START SLIDING,
542
00:30:14,446 --> 00:30:17,115
IT'S GOING TO SLIDE THE INSIDE.
543
00:30:17,115 --> 00:30:20,519
Norris: HE WAS THE GRAVITATIONAL
PULL FOR PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE,
544
00:30:20,519 --> 00:30:23,422
AND I DON'T THINK
HE EVER ASKED FOR IT.
545
00:30:23,422 --> 00:30:26,925
THERE WAS A LOT OF TIMES
WHEN HE DIDN'T WANT IT.
546
00:30:26,925 --> 00:30:29,695
EVERYONE COULD RELATE TO HIM
EVEN THOUGH
547
00:30:29,695 --> 00:30:33,198
HE WAS PROBABLY ONE OF
THE SPORTS' BIGGEST ICONS.
548
00:30:33,799 --> 00:30:38,437
Announcer: EVERY MAN ON EVERY
CREW HAS COME OUT TO THE EDGE
549
00:30:38,437 --> 00:30:43,108
OF PIT LANE TO CONGRATULATE
THE MAN WHO HAS DOMINATED
550
00:30:43,108 --> 00:30:46,244
EVERYTHING THERE IS
TO WIN IN THIS SPORT.
551
00:30:46,244 --> 00:30:50,082
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
552
00:30:51,149 --> 00:30:52,718
Norris: THERE'S REALLY ONLY
ONE RICHARD PETTY.
553
00:30:52,718 --> 00:30:54,853
RICHARD PETTY WAS THE KING.
554
00:30:54,853 --> 00:30:57,656
FOR SOME REASON,
DALE EARNHARDT JUST SEEMED LIKE
555
00:30:57,656 --> 00:30:59,157
IF YOU'RE GOING
TO GET TO A SCRAP,
556
00:30:59,157 --> 00:31:01,159
I WANT TO HAVE HIM ON MY SIDE
557
00:31:01,159 --> 00:31:04,463
AND IF I WANT TO HAVE A BEER,
I WANT TO HAVE IT WITH DALE.
558
00:31:06,198 --> 00:31:11,198
HE REPRESENTED THE GUY
WHO CAME OUT OF A MILL TOWN,
559
00:31:11,903 --> 00:31:16,903
BLUE COLLAR GUY,
HAD TO SURVIVE, THRIVED,
560
00:31:17,275 --> 00:31:19,878
AND NEVER FORGOT WHO HE WAS,
HOW HE GOT THERE.
561
00:31:19,878 --> 00:31:24,878
♪
562
00:31:26,384 --> 00:31:31,384
♪
563
00:31:32,891 --> 00:31:36,661
Childress: HIS STYLE OFF
THE RACE TRACK WAS VERY WARM,
564
00:31:36,661 --> 00:31:38,296
VERY PERSONABLE.
565
00:31:39,531 --> 00:31:41,900
LOVED THE OUTDOORS.
566
00:31:41,900 --> 00:31:43,735
Michael: I KNOW THERE'S
TWO DALE EARNHARDT'S,
567
00:31:43,735 --> 00:31:46,805
BUT HE DIDN'T WANT YOU
KNOWING THAT.
568
00:31:47,739 --> 00:31:49,474
I KNOW THAT HE HAD
A HEART OF GOLD,
569
00:31:49,474 --> 00:31:52,144
AND HE CARED ABOUT PEOPLE.
570
00:31:53,012 --> 00:31:56,181
NOT MANY PEOPLE DID KNOW IT.
571
00:31:58,350 --> 00:32:01,153
AND THEN THERE'S
THE SHREWD BUSINESSMAN
572
00:32:01,153 --> 00:32:04,156
THAT'S BUILDING THIS EMPIRE.
573
00:32:04,156 --> 00:32:06,825
HE'S JUST INTENSELY
COMPETITIVE, OBVIOUSLY.
574
00:32:06,825 --> 00:32:10,762
EVERYBODY KNOWS
WHO HE WAS ON THE TRACK.
575
00:32:10,762 --> 00:32:13,398
SO YOU GOT THE INTIMIDATOR...
576
00:32:13,398 --> 00:32:14,666
[ GRUNTS ]
577
00:32:14,666 --> 00:32:17,002
...VERSUS DARRELL'S
LITTLE BROTHER.
578
00:32:17,002 --> 00:32:20,005
Announcer: BACK AT CHARLOTTE
MOTOR SPEEDWAY, THE WORLD 600,
579
00:32:20,005 --> 00:32:23,475
THE LONGEST RACE IN DISTANCE
ON THIS NASCAR CIRCUIT.
580
00:32:23,475 --> 00:32:28,413
Michael: AS I COME OFF TURN 2,
HE WAS COMING UP TO LAP ME,
581
00:32:28,413 --> 00:32:33,413
AND I MEAN, MY CONCENTRATION,
MY FOCUS WAVERED A BIT.
582
00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:37,856
AND BECAUSE OF WHAT
A GREAT DRIVER HE WAS,
583
00:32:37,856 --> 00:32:41,860
HE'S LIKE, "I BETTER WATCH
DARRELL'S LITTLE BROTHER.
584
00:32:41,860 --> 00:32:43,595
HE'S PROBABLY
GOING TO SLIDE UP."
585
00:32:43,595 --> 00:32:46,531
AND AT THE LAST MINUTE,
WHEN I SLID UP --
586
00:32:46,531 --> 00:32:49,301
AND WE'RE RUNNING
160 MILES AN HOUR, REMEMBER --
587
00:32:49,301 --> 00:32:52,237
BUT HE'S LIKE POINTING
STRAIGHT AT ME
588
00:32:52,237 --> 00:32:56,741
WITH HIS OPEN FACE HELMET
AND HIS BUBBLE GOGGLES,
589
00:32:56,741 --> 00:32:59,011
AND IT SCARED
THE [BLEEP] OUT OF ME.
590
00:32:59,011 --> 00:33:02,614
MAN, I ALMOST WRECKED
DALE EARNHARDT.
591
00:33:02,614 --> 00:33:05,350
THAT WOULD BE BAD
ON MANY LEVELS.
592
00:33:05,350 --> 00:33:10,350
AND HIS WARNING
TO ME WAS, "FOCUS."
593
00:33:10,422 --> 00:33:13,558
IT WASN'T LIKE, "YOU DUMBASS."
594
00:33:13,558 --> 00:33:17,329
IT WAS MORE OF A LESSON TO ME.
595
00:33:17,329 --> 00:33:21,433
THAT'S WHAT I TOOK
FROM IT, WAS LIKE,
596
00:33:21,433 --> 00:33:23,602
"YOU BETTER FIGURE THIS OUT."
597
00:33:23,602 --> 00:33:24,769
Jenkins:
AND GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY.
598
00:33:24,769 --> 00:33:26,738
I'M BOB JENKINS.
WELCOME TO DARLINGTON.
599
00:33:26,738 --> 00:33:28,807
THIS WAS THE VERY FIRST
SUPER SPEEDWAY
600
00:33:28,807 --> 00:33:32,878
BUILT FOR NASCAR
RACING BACK IN 1950.
601
00:33:32,878 --> 00:33:35,847
Michael: DARLINGTON IS THE
TOUGHEST TRACK ON THE CIRCUIT.
602
00:33:35,847 --> 00:33:39,885
ITS NICKNAME IS
"THE TRACK TOO TOUGH TO TAME."
603
00:33:39,885 --> 00:33:43,455
IT'S NARROW, IT'S FAST,
IT'S SLIPPERY,
604
00:33:43,455 --> 00:33:46,691
ESPECIALLY ON A HOT
SEPTEMBER LABOR DAY WEEKEND.
605
00:33:46,691 --> 00:33:51,691
I MEAN, YOU CAN'T IMAGINE HOW
HOT GETS IN A CAR AT DARLINGTON.
606
00:33:52,297 --> 00:33:54,733
Announcer: NOW LOOK AT
MICHAEL WALTRIP, AS HE CLOSES IN
607
00:33:54,733 --> 00:33:56,668
ON THE LEADER, STERLING MARLIN.
608
00:33:56,668 --> 00:33:58,236
HE MAY BE LOOKING
FOR THE LEAD HERE
609
00:33:58,236 --> 00:34:01,473
COMING OUT OF TURN NUMBER 2
AND DOWN THE BACK STRETCH.
610
00:34:01,473 --> 00:34:03,675
MICHAEL WALTRIP
PASSES STERLING MARLIN
611
00:34:03,675 --> 00:34:05,110
AND TAKES OVER THE LEAD.
612
00:34:05,110 --> 00:34:07,212
Michael: YOU'D THINK, "WHO'S
GOING TO WIN DARLINGTON?
613
00:34:07,212 --> 00:34:08,280
DALE EARNHARDT.
614
00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:10,282
IT'S THE TRACK
TOO TOUGH TO TAME,
615
00:34:10,282 --> 00:34:12,317
AND WHO'S TOUGHER
THAN DALE EARNHARDT?"
616
00:34:12,317 --> 00:34:13,718
WELL, THAT DAY I WAS.
617
00:34:13,718 --> 00:34:15,353
WE LED THE MOST LAPS,
618
00:34:15,353 --> 00:34:18,256
OVER 200 LAPS OUT IN FRONT
AT DARLINGTON.
619
00:34:18,256 --> 00:34:21,259
Announcer: MICHAEL WALTRIP
MAY BE HAVING SOME
620
00:34:21,259 --> 00:34:23,061
TERMINAL PROBLEMS HERE.
621
00:34:23,061 --> 00:34:25,664
BOY, THIS WILL BE A SHAME
BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN
622
00:34:25,664 --> 00:34:27,933
UNBELIEVABLE TODAY
HERE AT DARLINGTON.
623
00:34:27,933 --> 00:34:29,534
Announcer #2: HE MAY HAVE
A FLAT TIRE.
624
00:34:29,534 --> 00:34:31,102
IT MIGHT BE JUST
A SIMPLE FLAT TIRE
625
00:34:31,102 --> 00:34:33,838
BECAUSE HE WENT
ALMOST OFF THE WALL.
626
00:34:33,838 --> 00:34:35,240
Announcer: WELL, THAT'S WHAT
THEY'RE SAYING
627
00:34:35,240 --> 00:34:36,808
MIGHT BE A PROBLEM.
I THINK YOU MIGHT HAVE A TIRE
628
00:34:36,808 --> 00:34:38,443
GOING DOWN, THAT'S WHY THE CAR
WENT AWFULLY HIGH
629
00:34:38,443 --> 00:34:40,278
AND BRUSHED THE WALL
JUST LAP OR SO AGO.
630
00:34:40,278 --> 00:34:44,616
Michael: I JUST SAT THERE
PAINFULLY WAITING WHILE
631
00:34:44,616 --> 00:34:48,653
DAVEY ALLISON AND RICKY RUDD
DROVE BY,
632
00:34:48,653 --> 00:34:52,891
AND THEY RAN ONE, TWO,
AND I FINISHED THIRD THAT DAY.
633
00:34:54,826 --> 00:34:57,329
THE WAY WE HAD BEEN
RUNNING COMPETITIVELY,
634
00:34:57,329 --> 00:35:00,098
I HAD BEGAN TO FEEL
LIKE I BELONGED.
635
00:35:00,098 --> 00:35:03,335
AND I WAS AT A POINT
IN MY CAREER WHERE I SAID,
636
00:35:03,335 --> 00:35:06,171
"I CAN DO THIS. I'M GOING TO WIN
ONE OF THESE RACES SOON.
637
00:35:06,171 --> 00:35:08,840
I KNOW I AM. A WIN'S COMING."
638
00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:13,840
♪
639
00:35:18,383 --> 00:35:20,452
Announcer: OH, A CAR
JUST TURNED DOWN.
640
00:35:20,452 --> 00:35:21,753
ONE CAR JUST TURNED OVER.
641
00:35:21,753 --> 00:35:22,887
IT'S MICHAEL.
642
00:35:22,887 --> 00:35:27,325
♪
643
00:35:27,325 --> 00:35:28,927
- OH, TROUBLE!
644
00:35:28,927 --> 00:35:30,862
THAT IS CLINT BOWYER
IN THE 29 CAR
645
00:35:30,862 --> 00:35:33,064
AT THE 99 OF MICHAEL WALTRIP.
646
00:35:37,268 --> 00:35:39,137
MICHAEL WALTRIP IN SECOND SPOT,
647
00:35:39,137 --> 00:35:41,673
AND DAVEY ALLISON'S JUST UP
IN FRONT ON THE POINT.
648
00:35:41,673 --> 00:35:42,841
HOW'S MICHAEL
DOING OUT THERE?
649
00:35:42,841 --> 00:35:44,876
HE'S GOT TO HAVE
A SMILE A MILE WIDE.
650
00:35:44,876 --> 00:35:46,311
YEAH, I GUESS
HE DOES RIGHT NOW.
651
00:35:46,311 --> 00:35:47,946
JUST COMING OUT OF TURN
NUMBER 4,
652
00:35:47,946 --> 00:35:50,115
MICHAEL WALTRIP, NUMBER 30.
653
00:35:50,115 --> 00:35:52,217
LOOK LIKE IT SPOTS THE CYLINDER.
654
00:35:52,217 --> 00:35:57,217
♪
655
00:36:01,626 --> 00:36:06,626
♪
656
00:36:11,036 --> 00:36:16,036
Michael: UP UNTIL 1984,
I'D WON AT EVERYTHING.
657
00:36:16,474 --> 00:36:19,811
I LOOKED LIKE I WAS
THE NEXT RICHARD PETTY.
658
00:36:19,811 --> 00:36:23,782
WHEN I DIDN'T WIN
WHEN I GOT TO THE CUP SERIES,
659
00:36:23,782 --> 00:36:28,753
THAT WAS A REAL REALITY CHECK
FOR ME THAT I THINK I NEEDED.
660
00:36:28,753 --> 00:36:32,557
UNDERSTANDING THAT IT WASN'T
GOING TO BE A CAKE WALK.
661
00:36:32,557 --> 00:36:34,826
Announcer: MICHAEL WALTRIP,
A FINE THIRD PLACE FINISH TODAY.
662
00:36:34,826 --> 00:36:36,828
MICHAEL, YOU KIND OF ROLLED
THE DICE THERE AT THE END
663
00:36:36,828 --> 00:36:38,096
AND IT DIDN'T QUITE WORK OUT.
664
00:36:38,096 --> 00:36:40,632
HEY, CHUCK, ARE YOU GOING
TO FIRE HIM THIS WEEK?
665
00:36:40,632 --> 00:36:43,568
NO WAY. I WAS NEVER
GOING TO DO IT.
666
00:36:43,568 --> 00:36:45,103
WE'RE GOING TO BE TOGETHER
A LONG TIME.
667
00:36:45,103 --> 00:36:46,838
HE'S A GREAT GUY
AND A GREAT DRIVER.
668
00:36:46,838 --> 00:36:48,039
WELL, MICHAEL,
I'M GLAD TO SEE
669
00:36:48,039 --> 00:36:49,974
ALL THESE FINE RUMORS
PUT TO REST.
670
00:36:49,974 --> 00:36:52,977
YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN
FIRED 600 TIMES THIS WEEK,
671
00:36:52,977 --> 00:36:56,214
THROWN OUT OF MY OWN RIDE.
SO EVERYBODY SAYS, OF COURSE.
672
00:36:56,214 --> 00:36:59,851
MY CAR OWNER CHUCK RIDER,
HE'S AS SOLID AS A ROCK,
673
00:36:59,851 --> 00:37:01,219
AND I APPRECIATE
THE WORLD OUT OF HIM.
674
00:37:01,219 --> 00:37:03,987
MY GIRLFRIEND, BUFFY,
WHO I'M FIXING TO ASK
675
00:37:03,987 --> 00:37:04,756
TO MARRY ME
ONE OF THESE DAYS.
676
00:37:04,756 --> 00:37:06,524
HEY, WOULD YOU MARRY ME?
677
00:37:06,524 --> 00:37:08,793
YEAH!
678
00:37:08,793 --> 00:37:11,962
HEY, WERE YOU
SERIOUS, MICHAEL?
679
00:37:11,962 --> 00:37:12,230
YEAH.
YOU WERE?
680
00:37:12,230 --> 00:37:13,465
I GOT YOU A RING
IN THE TRUCK.
681
00:37:13,465 --> 00:37:14,866
I JUST DIDN'T KNOW
WHEN TO GIVE IT TO HER.
682
00:37:14,866 --> 00:37:16,935
I NEVER DID IT BEFORE,
SO I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO DO IT.
683
00:37:16,935 --> 00:37:19,404
BUFFY,
WHAT ABOUT THAT?
684
00:37:19,404 --> 00:37:20,572
DO YOU ACCEPT?
685
00:37:20,572 --> 00:37:22,540
YES!
686
00:37:22,540 --> 00:37:24,943
HEY, GUYS,
WHAT DO WE DO NOW?
687
00:37:24,943 --> 00:37:26,277
I DON'T KNOW
WHAT TO DO NOW.
688
00:37:26,277 --> 00:37:29,980
Hawthorne: I FIRST MET MICHAEL
WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE,
689
00:37:29,980 --> 00:37:32,450
WHEN I WORKED FOR A P.R.
AND MERCHANDISING
690
00:37:32,450 --> 00:37:37,450
LICENSING COMPANY THAT
HANDLED ALL OF DALE'S STUFF,
691
00:37:37,988 --> 00:37:38,456
MICHAEL'S STUFF.
692
00:37:38,456 --> 00:37:41,493
IN FACT, I LOST MY JOB BECAUSE
I STARTED DATING MICHAEL.
693
00:37:41,493 --> 00:37:43,128
[ LAUGHS ]
694
00:37:43,128 --> 00:37:45,463
NOT FROM --
DALE DIDN'T LET ME GO,
695
00:37:45,463 --> 00:37:48,566
BUT THE OTHER GUY
THAT OWNED THE COMPANY WITH DALE
696
00:37:48,566 --> 00:37:50,869
OR WAS HIS PARTNER,
697
00:37:50,869 --> 00:37:55,869
UM, DIDN'T SEEM TO THINK THAT
THAT WOULD WORK, SO...
698
00:38:00,044 --> 00:38:02,380
HE HAD AS MUCH CONFIDENCE
699
00:38:02,380 --> 00:38:07,380
AS ANYBODY THAT HE WOULD
WIN A CUP RACE, AND I DID, TOO.
700
00:38:08,786 --> 00:38:10,455
IT'S HARD.
701
00:38:10,455 --> 00:38:14,726
I MEAN, I CAN REMEMBER
SITTING IN A CAR IN THE INFIELD
702
00:38:14,726 --> 00:38:17,929
OF A RACE TRACK AT
5:00 IN THE MORNING
703
00:38:17,929 --> 00:38:20,998
JUST TO BEAT TRAFFIC
704
00:38:20,998 --> 00:38:24,269
AND HIM JUST BEING COMPLETELY
CONSUMED WITH QUALIFYING
705
00:38:24,269 --> 00:38:27,705
AND IF HE WAS GOING
TO MAKE THE RACE.
706
00:38:27,705 --> 00:38:32,705
AND I WOULD BE SITTING THERE
KNOWING THAT MY FATE,
707
00:38:33,811 --> 00:38:35,280
THE WHOLE MOOD
OF THE WHOLE WEEKEND
708
00:38:35,280 --> 00:38:39,384
WAS GOING TO BE SET
BASED ON QUALIFYING,
709
00:38:39,384 --> 00:38:42,220
AND THAT'S JUST KIND OF
HOW WE LIVED OUR LIFE, SO...
710
00:38:42,220 --> 00:38:47,220
♪
711
00:38:53,765 --> 00:38:55,967
Michael: WE WERE AT BRISTOL,
STARTED IN THE BACK
712
00:38:55,967 --> 00:38:57,268
AND MADE MY WAY TO THE FRONT.
713
00:38:57,268 --> 00:38:58,736
Announcer:
NUMBER 30, MICHAEL WALTRIP,
714
00:38:58,736 --> 00:39:01,139
HAS PASSED TWO OR THREE CARS
UP ON THE OUTSIDE,
715
00:39:01,139 --> 00:39:04,042
SO HE'S PRETTY BRAVE
GETTING UP THERE.
716
00:39:04,042 --> 00:39:06,077
Michael:
AND AS I CAME OFF TURN 2...
717
00:39:06,077 --> 00:39:07,779
Announcer: BACK UP FRONT,
L.D. OTTINGER NOW.
718
00:39:07,779 --> 00:39:08,913
GETTING CHASED.
719
00:39:08,913 --> 00:39:10,782
Announcer #2: BAD CRASH
OVER IN TURN 2.
720
00:39:10,782 --> 00:39:12,417
MICHAEL WALTRIP HAS
HIT THE WALL HARD.
721
00:39:12,417 --> 00:39:15,019
THE CAR IS UPSIDE DOWN,
722
00:39:15,019 --> 00:39:17,822
AND YOU CAN SEE THE CAR
IS REALLY TORN UP.
723
00:39:19,891 --> 00:39:23,928
Michael: FOR SOME REASON, I WAS
THE FIRST DUMBASS TO EVER HIT
724
00:39:23,928 --> 00:39:28,533
RIGHT WHERE THE ARMCO STEEL
AND CONCRETE CAME TOGETHER.
725
00:39:30,101 --> 00:39:35,101
I CLOBBERED INTO THE CONCRETE,
AND THE CAR JUST DISINTEGRATED.
726
00:39:35,873 --> 00:39:38,109
OR AS DARRELL WOULD SAY
IN HIS INTERVIEW,
727
00:39:38,109 --> 00:39:39,944
IT "DIS-INDEGRATED,"
728
00:39:39,944 --> 00:39:43,181
WHICH IS WHAT WE CALLED IT
IN KENTUCKY, EVIDENTLY.
729
00:39:43,181 --> 00:39:48,181
BUT ANYWAY, THE CAR BLEW UP,
AND THE CROWD WENT SILENT
730
00:39:50,655 --> 00:39:55,655
AND JUST KNEW THEY HAD SEEN
MICHAEL WALTRIP DIE.
731
00:39:57,729 --> 00:40:01,099
AND SOME OF THE COMPETITORS
RUN OUT TO TRY TO SEE
732
00:40:01,099 --> 00:40:02,900
WHAT THEY COULD DO.
733
00:40:02,900 --> 00:40:07,900
AND WHEN THEY PULLED
THE METAL BACK, THERE I SAT.
734
00:40:09,307 --> 00:40:11,309
Man: DARRELL, WHAT
AN UNBELIEVABLE CRASH
735
00:40:11,309 --> 00:40:14,078
THAT YOUR LITTLE
BROTHER MICHAEL HAD.
736
00:40:14,078 --> 00:40:17,582
I JUST PRAISE GOD
THAT HE'S ALIVE.
737
00:40:17,582 --> 00:40:20,151
I WAS STANDING LOOKING RIGHT
AT IT, AND I COULDN'T MOVE.
738
00:40:20,151 --> 00:40:21,586
I MEAN, I JUST FROZE.
739
00:40:21,586 --> 00:40:24,088
I NEVER SEEN ANYTHING
LIKE THAT IN MY LIFE.
740
00:40:24,088 --> 00:40:26,691
THE CAR JUST DISINTEGRATED,
AND I KNEW HE WAS IN IT.
741
00:40:26,691 --> 00:40:30,161
AND I THOUGHT HE WAS HURT.
742
00:40:30,161 --> 00:40:32,630
BUT I WALKED UP THERE,
AND THE CAR IS GONE,
743
00:40:32,630 --> 00:40:35,900
EVERYTHING'S GONE, AND THE
ROLL CAGE IS ALL BOWED UP.
744
00:40:35,900 --> 00:40:37,769
I LOOKED AT HIM,
HE LOOKED UP AT ME AND WINKED.
745
00:40:37,769 --> 00:40:42,769
SO MOM, DAD, HE'S A WALTRIP.
HE GOT A PRETTY HARD HEAD.
746
00:40:42,907 --> 00:40:44,475
[ LAUGHS ]
747
00:40:45,443 --> 00:40:47,578
Michael: I WAS STILL
SITTING IN MY SEAT.
748
00:40:47,578 --> 00:40:49,314
THERE WAS NO STEERING WHEEL
IN FRONT OF ME.
749
00:40:49,314 --> 00:40:51,049
IT WAS OVER THERE SOMEWHERE.
750
00:40:51,049 --> 00:40:54,452
AND THERE WAS NO FLOOR BOARD
UNDER ME.
751
00:40:54,452 --> 00:40:58,790
MY FEET WERE ON THE TRACK,
BUT I APPEARED TO BE OKAY.
752
00:40:58,790 --> 00:41:01,359
OR AT LEAST IN ONE PIECE.
753
00:41:01,359 --> 00:41:03,094
WHEN THEY GOT THERE,
I WAS COMING TO,
754
00:41:03,094 --> 00:41:06,397
BECAUSE I HADN'T HIT MY HEAD,
I JUST GOT MY BREATH BACK.
755
00:41:06,397 --> 00:41:09,400
AND SO I'M LIKE, "I'M FINE."
756
00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:13,504
SO I GET OUT OF THE CAR,
AND THEY TAKE ME
757
00:41:13,504 --> 00:41:16,174
TO THE INFIELD CARE CENTER,
AND WE GET TO
758
00:41:16,174 --> 00:41:18,509
THE INFIELD CARE CENTER...
759
00:41:24,415 --> 00:41:27,218
WE GET TO
THE INFIELD CARE CENTER, AND...
760
00:41:31,489 --> 00:41:35,927
...ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE
THERE WAS WAS DALE.
761
00:41:35,927 --> 00:41:39,964
MY BROTHER CAME,
AND DALE WAS THERE,
762
00:41:39,964 --> 00:41:41,966
AND...
763
00:41:52,710 --> 00:41:55,880
AND, UM...
764
00:41:55,880 --> 00:41:57,682
THESE ARE TEARS OF JOY.
765
00:41:57,682 --> 00:42:00,518
THIS MAKES ME SO HAPPY
TO REMEMBER.
766
00:42:00,518 --> 00:42:05,123
BUT HE COMES IN
AND SAYS, "BOY..."
767
00:42:05,123 --> 00:42:06,791
REMEMBER THIS IS A GUY
A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO
768
00:42:06,791 --> 00:42:09,494
THAT TRIED TO STRAIGHTEN ME OUT.
769
00:42:09,494 --> 00:42:10,895
AND HE CAME IN THERE,
AND HE LOOKED AT ME
770
00:42:10,895 --> 00:42:14,232
AND JUST SHOOK HIS HEAD,
AND HE SAID,
771
00:42:14,232 --> 00:42:17,535
"YOU'RE ONE TOUGH SON
OF A BITCH. I'LL TELL YOU THAT."
772
00:42:17,535 --> 00:42:19,771
AND TURNED AROUND
AND WALKED OUT.
773
00:42:19,771 --> 00:42:23,274
[ LAUGHS ] AND I WAS --
AND EVERYBODY IN THERE LAUGHED.
774
00:42:25,543 --> 00:42:30,543
AND SO THE REASON WHY I'M CRYING
IS BECAUSE,
775
00:42:30,748 --> 00:42:32,617
YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY
I AM ONE TOUGH SON OF A BITCH,
776
00:42:32,617 --> 00:42:37,121
FIRST OF ALL, BUT SECONDLY,
IT WAS SO AWESOME
777
00:42:37,121 --> 00:42:42,121
THAT WE'D COME FROM THE POINT
WHERE THE TOUGHEST DRIVER
778
00:42:43,928 --> 00:42:48,166
IN NASCAR WHO HAD TO STRAIGHTEN
OUT DARRELL'S LITTLE BROTHER,
779
00:42:48,166 --> 00:42:52,670
NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN HAS CALLED
ME A TOUGH SON OF A BITCH.
780
00:42:52,670 --> 00:42:56,441
AND SO WHEN MY BUDDIES
COME IN --
781
00:42:56,441 --> 00:42:57,742
THEY LET STARTED
LETTING PEOPLE IN --
782
00:42:57,742 --> 00:42:58,810
THEY'RE LIKE,
"YOU ALL RIGHT?"
783
00:42:58,810 --> 00:43:00,144
"YEAH, YEAH, I'M FINE."
784
00:43:00,144 --> 00:43:01,579
I SAID, "GUESS WHAT, Y'ALL,
DALE EARNHARDT SAID
785
00:43:01,579 --> 00:43:04,582
I'M A TOUGH SON OF A BITCH.
I'LL TAKE THAT."
786
00:43:06,684 --> 00:43:09,520
Norris: I MET MICHAEL IN
THE LATE '80s
787
00:43:09,520 --> 00:43:11,689
DURING THAT PROCESS
WHEN I WAS A SPORTSWRITER,
788
00:43:11,689 --> 00:43:13,858
AND I WOULD TALK TO DALE,
AND HE WOULD TALK ABOUT
789
00:43:13,858 --> 00:43:15,827
THE TIRE AT RICHMOND IS SO BAD,
790
00:43:15,827 --> 00:43:18,329
AND I'M TALKING ABOUT
A DOVER RACE
791
00:43:18,329 --> 00:43:22,066
AND THE AERODYNAMICS THERE
AND SUCH AND SUCH THERE
792
00:43:22,066 --> 00:43:23,301
AND TORQUE IN MY ENGINE.
793
00:43:23,301 --> 00:43:24,902
THAT'S HOW HE WOULD
TALK ABOUT IT.
794
00:43:24,902 --> 00:43:27,505
YOU TALK TO MICHAEL
ABOUT THE DOVER RACE,
795
00:43:27,505 --> 00:43:30,508
AND HE WOULD GO, "THEY GOT
A REALLY NICE CRAB SHACK THERE.
796
00:43:30,508 --> 00:43:31,843
I'D REALLY LIKED
TO GO GET CRABS THERE,
797
00:43:31,843 --> 00:43:33,177
AND I REALLY LIKE
TO GO DO THIS."
798
00:43:33,177 --> 00:43:38,015
AND HIS WHOLE OUTLOOK
AT THINGS WERE DIFFERENT.
799
00:43:39,884 --> 00:43:42,820
IT DIDN'T MAKE HIM ANY LESS
INTENSE AS A RACE CAR DRIVER.
800
00:43:42,820 --> 00:43:45,957
HIS LIFE WAS AROUND
MANY MORE THINGS,
801
00:43:45,957 --> 00:43:47,692
SO PEOPLE DIDN'T TAKE HIM
AS SERIOUS
802
00:43:47,692 --> 00:43:49,293
AS THEY TOOK OTHER DRIVERS,
803
00:43:49,293 --> 00:43:52,029
BECAUSE MICHAEL
WAS FUN LOVING MICHAEL.
804
00:43:52,029 --> 00:43:57,029
♪
805
00:43:59,470 --> 00:44:03,841
A VERY STRANGE EVENT HAPPENED.
IT WAS PROBABLY '93.
806
00:44:03,841 --> 00:44:07,778
DALE CALLED ME, AND HE SAID,
"I JUST GOT THIS YACHT.
807
00:44:07,778 --> 00:44:10,448
I'M GOING DOWN
TO THE BAHAMAS IN JUNE."
808
00:44:10,448 --> 00:44:14,985
HE SAID, "I WANT YOU TO GO."
809
00:44:14,985 --> 00:44:16,087
I THOUGHT THAT WAS LIKE
WINNING THE LOTTERY.
810
00:44:16,087 --> 00:44:17,455
AND IT WAS.
811
00:44:17,455 --> 00:44:20,358
AND HE GOES, "YEAH,
AND MICHAEL'S GOING, TOO."
812
00:44:20,358 --> 00:44:22,493
I'M LIKE, "MICHAEL WHO?"
AND HE GOES, "MICHAEL WALTRIP."
813
00:44:22,493 --> 00:44:24,995
AND I WAS, "OKAY.
814
00:44:25,296 --> 00:44:28,499
THIS IS THIS MOST STRANGE
COMBINATION OF THREE PEOPLE."
815
00:44:28,499 --> 00:44:31,669
AND SO THAT'S WHERE
I SAW THE RELATIONSHIP
816
00:44:31,669 --> 00:44:33,771
WITH MICHAEL AND DALE START.
817
00:44:33,771 --> 00:44:36,574
YOU GUYS WILL
BE SURPRISED.
818
00:44:36,574 --> 00:44:41,574
♪
819
00:44:45,583 --> 00:44:50,583
♪
820
00:44:54,625 --> 00:44:56,794
THIS IS SUNNY MONEY,
AND THIS IS OUR DINING ROOM.
821
00:44:56,794 --> 00:44:58,563
THIS IS WHERE
MICHAEL WALTRIP SITS.
822
00:44:58,563 --> 00:45:00,431
Michael: RIGHT THERE.
MY PLACE RIGHT THERE.
823
00:45:00,431 --> 00:45:04,735
WALTRIP SITS.
THIS IS WHERE TIANARA SITS.
824
00:45:04,735 --> 00:45:06,871
[ SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY ]
825
00:45:06,871 --> 00:45:08,739
TERESA DIANE EARNHARDT SITS.
826
00:45:08,739 --> 00:45:12,276
[ SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY ]
827
00:45:12,276 --> 00:45:17,276
TAYLOR EATS DOWNSTAIRS
IN THE BED WATCHING TV.
828
00:45:17,281 --> 00:45:19,983
OKAY, AND HERE'S MICHAEL NOW.
829
00:45:19,983 --> 00:45:21,619
- TURNING OVER.
- I'D LIKE TO ADD TO THAT,
830
00:45:21,619 --> 00:45:22,920
WHATEVER HE SAID.
831
00:45:22,920 --> 00:45:25,089
HERE'S TO YOU, MAN.
CHEERS.
832
00:45:27,758 --> 00:45:29,527
Hawthorne: I FEEL LIKE
DALE ALWAYS BROUGHT OUT
833
00:45:29,527 --> 00:45:31,162
THE BEST IN MICHAEL.
834
00:45:31,162 --> 00:45:33,764
YOU KNOW, HE MADE HIM HAPPY.
835
00:45:35,333 --> 00:45:36,634
WE GOT TO GET YOU
SOME OF THESE RIGHT HERE.
836
00:45:36,634 --> 00:45:39,103
I GOT THESE.
THEY'RE MY BEER SHORTS.
837
00:45:39,103 --> 00:45:40,338
YOUR WHAT SHORTS?
838
00:45:40,338 --> 00:45:41,505
AH, THESE AIN'T THEM.
839
00:45:41,505 --> 00:45:43,407
OH, HERE THEY ARE.
HERE IT IS.
840
00:45:43,407 --> 00:45:45,810
THEY'RE FOR BEER.
BEER SHORTS.
841
00:45:47,445 --> 00:45:51,148
A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK
MICHAEL'S HAPPY ALL THE TIME.
842
00:45:51,148 --> 00:45:52,416
HE CAN PUT ON A GOOD ACT,
843
00:45:52,416 --> 00:45:56,921
BUT DALE TRULY MADE HIM
HAPPY AS A FRIEND.
844
00:45:59,790 --> 00:46:01,525
Earnhardt Jr.:
DAD AND MICHAEL'S RELATIONSHIP
845
00:46:01,525 --> 00:46:02,927
TO ME WAS PRETTY ODD.
846
00:46:02,927 --> 00:46:05,563
THERE'S AN AGE
DIFFERENCE THERE.
847
00:46:05,563 --> 00:46:09,867
DAD AND DARRELL WERE, YOU KNOW,
FIERCE COMPETITORS.
848
00:46:11,168 --> 00:46:12,937
THEY WERE FRIENDS,
BUT AT THE SAME TIME,
849
00:46:12,937 --> 00:46:15,972
THEY WERE COMPETITIVE
850
00:46:15,972 --> 00:46:17,808
ON AND OFF THE TRACK
IN LIFE, YOU KNOW?
851
00:46:18,709 --> 00:46:20,911
AND DAD WAS HANGING OUT
WITH HIS BROTHER
852
00:46:20,911 --> 00:46:24,582
WHO'S MUCH YOUNGER,
AND I JUST DIDN'T SEE DAD
853
00:46:24,582 --> 00:46:29,582
AND MICHAEL BEING COMPATIBLE
AS FAR AS HAVING A FRIENDSHIP.
854
00:46:29,820 --> 00:46:31,656
IT JUST, UH...
855
00:46:32,189 --> 00:46:36,494
Norris: I THINK DALE LOVED
MICHAEL'S FUN LOVING CHARACTER.
856
00:46:36,494 --> 00:46:39,730
AND WHEN HE WENT TO THE BAHAMAS,
HE JUST WANTED TO HAVE FUN.
857
00:46:41,198 --> 00:46:44,168
BUT IT TURNED INTO MORE
THAN JUST A GUY
858
00:46:44,168 --> 00:46:45,603
YOU'RE RACING
ON THE RACE TRACK,
859
00:46:45,603 --> 00:46:48,139
MORE THAN JUST
DARRELL WALTRIP'S BROTHER.
860
00:46:48,139 --> 00:46:49,874
THEY BECAME FRIENDS.
861
00:46:49,874 --> 00:46:52,543
I KNOW DALE PAID ATTENTION
TO EVERYTHING MICHAEL DID.
862
00:46:52,543 --> 00:46:57,543
AND I JUST THINK THAT DALE
ALWAYS BELIEVED MORE IN MICHAEL
863
00:46:58,549 --> 00:47:01,819
PROBABLY THAN MICHAEL
EVEN BELIEVED IN HIMSELF.
864
00:47:01,819 --> 00:47:05,656
Earnhardt Jr: I THINK DAD SAW,
OR WAS CURIOUS EVEN,
865
00:47:05,656 --> 00:47:09,193
AS TO WHAT MICHAEL COULD DO
IN A REALLY, REALLY GOOD CAR.
866
00:47:10,428 --> 00:47:15,428
THE COMMON THEME, WHEN WE WERE
SITTING ON THE BACK OF THE BOAT
867
00:47:15,733 --> 00:47:18,269
OR RIDING AROUND THE FARM WAS,
868
00:47:18,269 --> 00:47:20,905
"YOU'D WIN IN ONE OF MY CARS."
869
00:47:20,905 --> 00:47:22,907
AND HE WOULD SAY THAT A LOT.
870
00:47:22,907 --> 00:47:25,242
"I PUT YOU IN ONE OF MY CARS,
YOU'D WIN."
871
00:47:25,242 --> 00:47:30,242
AND I THINK THAT DALE BELIEVED
THAT I WAS A GOOD DRIVER,
872
00:47:31,248 --> 00:47:33,584
BUT I HADN'T DONE
A VERY GOOD JOB
873
00:47:33,584 --> 00:47:36,253
OF MANAGING MY CAREER
NECESSARILY.
874
00:47:36,253 --> 00:47:40,224
THAT THAT KEPT ME GOING,
THAT KEPT ME INSPIRED,
875
00:47:40,224 --> 00:47:45,224
MAINLY BECAUSE I KNEW THAT ONE
OF THE BEST EVER BELIEVED IN ME
876
00:47:48,032 --> 00:47:52,136
AND MY DESIRE WAS BURNING MORE
THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE
877
00:47:52,136 --> 00:47:56,741
JUST TO GET OUT THERE
IN A CAR AND WIN ON SUNDAY.
878
00:47:56,741 --> 00:47:58,642
THAT'S ALL I COULD THINK ABOUT.
879
00:48:02,580 --> 00:48:04,415
Announcer: THAT IS
MICHAEL WALTRIP
880
00:48:04,415 --> 00:48:07,384
OUT OF CONTROL, TRI-OVAL,
INTO A SERIES OF SIDEWINDERS,
881
00:48:07,384 --> 00:48:09,754
NINE SHATTERING, SNAP ROLL.
882
00:48:09,754 --> 00:48:14,125
♪
883
00:48:14,125 --> 00:48:16,660
OH, WALTRIP IS
A LITTLE UPSET HERE.
884
00:48:16,660 --> 00:48:19,096
Announcer #2: MICHAEL WALTRIP
WENT OVER AND HAD WORDS
885
00:48:19,096 --> 00:48:22,066
AND MAYBE MORE
WITH CAR NUMBER 9.
886
00:48:25,703 --> 00:48:26,670
- WHOA NOW!
- OH!
887
00:48:26,670 --> 00:48:29,607
WHOA, MIKEY! COME ON MAN!
AAH!
888
00:48:29,607 --> 00:48:32,176
- HIT RIGHT UP AGAINST THE WALL.
- HE HIT IT AWFUL HARD.
889
00:48:32,176 --> 00:48:37,176
♪
890
00:48:39,617 --> 00:48:44,617
♪
891
00:48:47,091 --> 00:48:52,091
♪
892
00:48:54,532 --> 00:48:58,469
HIS WINLESS STREAK
WAS DEFINITELY...
893
00:48:58,469 --> 00:49:00,337
I MEAN, I TRIED TO IGNORE IT.
894
00:49:00,337 --> 00:49:03,940
IT WAS PAINFUL TO WATCH.
895
00:49:04,475 --> 00:49:09,475
I TRIED TO JUST BE AS POSITIVE
AS I COULD EVERY WEEK.
896
00:49:10,381 --> 00:49:14,718
FORGET ABOUT LAST WEEK.
LET'S MOVE ON TO THIS WEEK.
897
00:49:14,718 --> 00:49:19,323
BUT, YOU KNOW, I NEVER LOST
CONFIDENCE IN HIM.
898
00:49:19,323 --> 00:49:24,323
AND THERE'S A LOT OF DRIVERS
THAT, THEY EVENTUALLY DISAPPEAR
899
00:49:24,595 --> 00:49:29,595
BECAUSE THEY DON'T EVER PERFORM
WELL ENOUGH IN WHATEVER TEAMS
900
00:49:30,100 --> 00:49:33,671
THEY DRIVE FOR, AND THEN
THEY JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW,
901
00:49:33,671 --> 00:49:37,041
EVENTUALLY GO AWAY.
902
00:49:37,041 --> 00:49:41,345
FOR MICHAEL, I MEAN,
THAT MAN IS A SURVIVOR.
903
00:49:42,313 --> 00:49:43,447
I DON'T KNOW.
904
00:49:43,447 --> 00:49:44,949
YOU KNOW, ANY TIME
THINGS DON'T GO RIGHT,
905
00:49:44,949 --> 00:49:46,951
YOU LOOK BACK AND TRY TO FIGURE
OUT HOW YOU COULD FIX THEM.
906
00:49:46,951 --> 00:49:50,621
AND I THINK I JUST LOOK BACK
AND THINK I DON'T THINK
907
00:49:50,621 --> 00:49:55,621
I WAS BOLD ENOUGH OR CONFIDENT
ENOUGH TO TAKE A CHANCE.
908
00:49:59,230 --> 00:50:03,934
WHEN I WATCHED SOME KIDS MY AGE
GET A BETTER RIDE THAN ME,
909
00:50:03,934 --> 00:50:05,569
WHAT DO YOU DO?
910
00:50:05,569 --> 00:50:08,572
YOU QUIT YOUR JOB
AND HOPE FOR A BETTER ONE?
911
00:50:08,572 --> 00:50:11,809
I JUST FEEL LIKE
IF I'D HAVE TAKEN A CHANCE,
912
00:50:11,809 --> 00:50:13,644
IT MIGHT HAVE PAID OFF,
913
00:50:13,644 --> 00:50:16,981
THAT SOMETHING WOULD COME
ALONG BETTER THAN WHAT I HAD.
914
00:50:19,116 --> 00:50:23,954
Hawthorne: MICHAEL WAS TALKING
TO A COUPLE DIFFERENT
915
00:50:23,954 --> 00:50:26,023
CAR OWNERS AND OPTIONS.
916
00:50:26,023 --> 00:50:28,325
Michael:
I DIDN'T WANT TO SETTLE.
917
00:50:28,325 --> 00:50:30,094
I DIDN'T WANT TO JUST
SIGN IT TO BE RACING.
918
00:50:30,094 --> 00:50:32,897
I DID THAT A COUPLE TIMES
EARLY IN MY CAREER
919
00:50:32,897 --> 00:50:37,635
WHERE I SIGNED AGAIN
JUST TO KNOW I HAD A JOB.
920
00:50:39,203 --> 00:50:42,206
Norris: IN THE SUMMER OF 2000,
WE AT THE TIME,
921
00:50:42,206 --> 00:50:43,008
DALE EARNHARDT INC.,
HAD THREE TEAMS,
922
00:50:43,008 --> 00:50:47,745
BUT TWO WERE IN CUP,
AND ONE WAS IN THE LOWER SERIES.
923
00:50:47,745 --> 00:50:51,916
AND DALE SAID, "I'M ONLY GOING
TO RACE IN CUP," AND I WAS LIKE,
924
00:50:51,916 --> 00:50:55,185
"WELL, THAT MEANS YOU HAVE
TO HAVE A THIRD CUP CAR,"
925
00:50:55,185 --> 00:50:57,955
AND HE GOES, "YEAH."
HE SAID, "LET'S GO TO NAPA
926
00:50:57,955 --> 00:50:59,024
AND SEE IF NAPA
WOULD COME UP WITH US
927
00:50:59,024 --> 00:51:01,325
AND GO CUP RACING."
928
00:51:01,325 --> 00:51:02,626
AND I LOOKED AT HIM, AND I SAID,
929
00:51:02,626 --> 00:51:04,994
"WELL, WHO WOULD
YOU HAVE DRIVE IT?"
930
00:51:04,994 --> 00:51:05,663
AND HE GOES, "MICHAEL.
WE'RE GOING TO PUT MICHAEL IN."
931
00:51:05,663 --> 00:51:08,699
HE GOES, "CALL MICHAEL RIGHT NOW
AND SEE IF HE'S AVAILABLE."
932
00:51:08,699 --> 00:51:12,836
Michael: AND WHEN IT COMES
TO LATE AUGUST, SEPTEMBER
933
00:51:12,836 --> 00:51:17,641
OF A SEASON, PLANS ARE
PRETTY MUCH SET FOR
934
00:51:17,641 --> 00:51:22,641
THE FOLLOWING YEAR,
AND SO MY HOLDING OUT HOPE
935
00:51:23,714 --> 00:51:27,751
WAS ABOUT TO RUN ITS COURSE.
936
00:51:27,751 --> 00:51:29,920
SO I CALLED MICHAEL, AND I SAID,
937
00:51:29,920 --> 00:51:31,388
"HEY, I KNOW THIS IS KIND OF
A STRANGE QUESTION,"
938
00:51:31,388 --> 00:51:33,090
I SAID, "HAVE YOU SIGNED
YOUR CONTRACT YET?"
939
00:51:33,090 --> 00:51:34,391
I DIDN'T SIGN IT.
940
00:51:34,391 --> 00:51:37,194
WE WERE LIKE, "DON'T SIGN IT."
941
00:51:37,194 --> 00:51:41,765
HMM. MAYBE SOMETHING'S
GONNA WORK OUT.
942
00:51:42,900 --> 00:51:44,535
Norris:
SO WE GO IN, WE SIT DOWN.
943
00:51:44,535 --> 00:51:47,404
DALE AND I SAT DOWN WITH
THE NAPA FOLKS, AND DALE SAID,
944
00:51:47,404 --> 00:51:49,273
"I DON'T WANT TO DO
BUSCH RACES ANYMORE.
945
00:51:49,273 --> 00:51:52,876
I WANT TO GO CUP RACING, AND I
NEED TO HIRE A CUP DRIVER,"
946
00:51:52,876 --> 00:51:55,312
AND HE GOES, "WELL, HOW MUCH
MONEY DO YOU NEED?"
947
00:51:55,312 --> 00:52:00,312
AND HE SAID, "TY, TELL HIM."
I WAS LIKE, "UH, $9 MILLION."
948
00:52:00,684 --> 00:52:02,953
AND THEY WERE LIKE "OKAY,"
SO THEY WROTE IT DOWN.
949
00:52:04,388 --> 00:52:06,857
AND THEN HE SAID, "WHO WILL
YOU HAVE DRIVE FOR US?"
950
00:52:06,857 --> 00:52:09,393
IT WAS BOB McKINNON WHO DID IT.
I'LL NEVER FORGET IT.
951
00:52:09,393 --> 00:52:11,962
AND DALE LOOKED AT ME,
AND I LOOKED AT HIM,
952
00:52:11,962 --> 00:52:13,597
AND I LOOKED BACK AT HIM,
AND DALE FINALLY SAYS,
953
00:52:13,597 --> 00:52:15,032
"I'M GOING TO PUT
MICHAEL WALTRIP IN THAT CAR
954
00:52:15,032 --> 00:52:16,900
'CAUSE I THINK HE CAN WIN."
955
00:52:16,900 --> 00:52:21,372
AND IT WAS A SPLIT SECOND
HESITATION, AND I'M LIKE...
956
00:52:22,306 --> 00:52:23,674
AND BOB McKINNON GOES,
957
00:52:23,674 --> 00:52:27,011
"DO YOU REALLY THINK YOU CAN
GET HIM TO DRIVE FOR US?"
958
00:52:27,011 --> 00:52:29,580
I WAS WITH MY MOM.
959
00:52:29,580 --> 00:52:33,717
SHE WAS DRIVING,
AND MY PHONE RANG,
960
00:52:33,717 --> 00:52:38,717
AND IT WAS DALE, AND HE'S LIKE,
"WHERE'S MICHAEL?"
961
00:52:38,989 --> 00:52:40,491
I WAS LIKE, "I DON'T KNOW.
962
00:52:40,491 --> 00:52:43,794
I GUESS HE'S AT THE HOUSE
OR AT THE OFFICE.
963
00:52:43,794 --> 00:52:45,029
I DON'T KNOW."
964
00:52:45,029 --> 00:52:47,931
THE PHONE RING, AND DALE SAID,
"GET OVER HERE,"
965
00:52:47,931 --> 00:52:50,134
AND I SAID, "WHAT DO YOU NEED?"
HE SAID, "JUST DO WHAT I SAID."
966
00:52:50,134 --> 00:52:52,503
AND SOMETIMES HE WAS LIKE THAT.
967
00:52:52,503 --> 00:52:56,607
SO I DROVE TO HIS SHOP,
AND I SAID, "WHAT'S UP?"
968
00:52:56,607 --> 00:53:00,744
AND HE SAID, "WE'VE BEEN
TO ATLANTA, ME AND TY,
969
00:53:00,744 --> 00:53:03,447
AND WE TOLD NAPA
WE WANTED TO GO CUP RACING
970
00:53:03,447 --> 00:53:07,851
AND WE WANTED THEM AS A SPONSOR
AND YOU AS A DRIVER,
971
00:53:07,851 --> 00:53:11,388
AND THEY SAID
THEY WOULD THINK ABOUT IT."
972
00:53:11,388 --> 00:53:16,388
♪
973
00:53:20,330 --> 00:53:22,499
I JUST KNOW FOR ME,
974
00:53:22,499 --> 00:53:25,702
I JUST KEPT THINKING
THIS WOULD BE UNBELIEVABLE,
975
00:53:25,702 --> 00:53:30,702
THIS WOULD BE THE BEST
FAIRY TALE STORY EVER.
976
00:53:33,744 --> 00:53:37,181
DALE'S GONNA LOOK LIKE A HERO
FOR GIVING MICHAEL THE CHANCE,
977
00:53:37,181 --> 00:53:41,485
AND MICHAEL'S GONNA, YOU KNOW,
GET THE DARK CLOUD OFF HIS BACK.
978
00:53:46,023 --> 00:53:51,023
AND THEN DALE CALLED AND SAID,
"LET'S DO THIS, NAPA'S IN.
979
00:53:51,728 --> 00:53:53,297
WE'RE GOING RACING."
980
00:53:53,297 --> 00:53:58,297
♪
981
00:53:59,069 --> 00:54:01,672
Michael: WELL, MY MOM'S GOING TO
BE REALLY EMBARRASSED.
982
00:54:01,672 --> 00:54:03,740
I TOLD HER I GOT A RIDE
WITH EARNHARDT.
983
00:54:03,740 --> 00:54:06,877
[ APPLAUSE ]
984
00:54:06,877 --> 00:54:08,312
I HAD DRIVE THAT TRUCK,
985
00:54:08,312 --> 00:54:09,880
AND THEY WON'T
EVEN TURN THE HAT AROUND.
986
00:54:09,880 --> 00:54:11,882
[ LAUGHTER ]
987
00:54:11,882 --> 00:54:13,484
DALE SAID I ONLY
HAD TO DRIVE THAT TRUCK
988
00:54:13,484 --> 00:54:17,688
UNTIL I WON ONE OF THOSE RACES
ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON, SO...
989
00:54:17,688 --> 00:54:20,124
WHEN THIS THING HAPPENED
AND I CALLED HIM,
990
00:54:20,124 --> 00:54:22,593
TY NORRIS AND I CALLED HIM,
HE SAID,
991
00:54:22,593 --> 00:54:23,961
"ARE YOU SURE NOW?
992
00:54:23,961 --> 00:54:25,929
I MEAN, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS,
NOTHING EVER HAPPENED,"
993
00:54:25,929 --> 00:54:27,698
BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE
A GREAT RACE TEAM RIGHT HERE.
994
00:54:27,698 --> 00:54:29,900
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE
A WINNER BEFORE LONG,
995
00:54:29,900 --> 00:54:32,069
AND THE EXCITEMENT OF IT
IS REALLY GOOD.
996
00:54:32,069 --> 00:54:33,837
Norris: THERE WERE
A LOT OF NAYSAYERS.
997
00:54:33,837 --> 00:54:36,607
I MEAN, PEOPLE COME UP TO US
ALL THE TIME AND SAY,
998
00:54:36,607 --> 00:54:38,809
"MAN, IF YOU WERE GOING TO HAVE
THAT RIDE,
999
00:54:38,809 --> 00:54:40,110
WHY DIDN'T YOU TALK TO ME?
1000
00:54:40,110 --> 00:54:42,946
WHY DIDN'T YOU DO THIS?
WHY DIDN'T YOU DO THAT?"
1001
00:54:42,946 --> 00:54:45,883
I JUST SAID,
"THIS IS WHAT DALE WANTED."
1002
00:54:45,883 --> 00:54:49,653
BY THAT POINT, DAD HAD SAID
SEVERAL TIMES,
1003
00:54:49,653 --> 00:54:53,690
"HEY, I THINK THE GUY CAN DO IT.
I DON'T THINK THIS IS CRAZY."
1004
00:54:53,690 --> 00:54:55,893
IN MY MIND, WE'RE BUILDING
1005
00:54:55,893 --> 00:54:58,529
WHAT IS GOING TO BE
THE BIGGEST AND GREATEST
1006
00:54:58,529 --> 00:55:02,999
AND MOST COMPETITIVE
RACING TEAM IN NASCAR.
1007
00:55:02,999 --> 00:55:03,767
THAT'S OUR VISION, RIGHT?
1008
00:55:03,767 --> 00:55:07,970
AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE LOOKING
AT MICHAEL'S RECORD,
1009
00:55:07,970 --> 00:55:09,673
AND THEN YOU'RE THINKING, "HMM."
1010
00:55:09,673 --> 00:55:11,241
Michael: I THINK HOW LUCKY
I AM TO BE
1011
00:55:11,241 --> 00:55:13,911
A NASCAR WINSTON CUP DRIVER
AND HOW FORTUNATE I AM
1012
00:55:13,911 --> 00:55:15,913
TO HAVE A GREAT SPONSOR
LIKE NAPA AUTO PARTS.
1013
00:55:15,913 --> 00:55:18,315
Norris: THE VERY FIRST
COMMERCIAL NAPA MADE,
1014
00:55:18,315 --> 00:55:22,019
IT WAS THE FIRST PART OF MICHAEL
1015
00:55:22,019 --> 00:55:24,855
MAKING FUN OF HIMSELF
IN A NATIONAL COMMERCIAL.
1016
00:55:24,855 --> 00:55:26,757
Michael:
AND IT'S AT TIMES LIKE THIS,
1017
00:55:26,757 --> 00:55:29,059
LOOKING AROUND
AT THE EMPTY GRANDSTANDS
1018
00:55:29,059 --> 00:55:33,830
AND LISTENING TO THE SILENCE
OF PIT ROAD THAT I REALIZE...
1019
00:55:33,830 --> 00:55:36,999
I'M AT THE WRONG TRACK.
1020
00:55:38,835 --> 00:55:41,772
AND IT WAS A HUGE HIT
AMONGST THE FANS.
1021
00:55:41,772 --> 00:55:43,273
THEY LOVED IT,
AND EVERYONE WOULD SAY,
1022
00:55:43,273 --> 00:55:45,642
"MICHAEL, YOU AT
THE RIGHT TRACK?"
1023
00:55:45,642 --> 00:55:48,712
THAT COMMERCIAL PUTTING HIM
IN THE NATIONAL LIMELIGHT,
1024
00:55:48,712 --> 00:55:51,915
IT BROUGHT WHAT WAS A NATURAL
PERSONALITY FOR MICHAEL.
1025
00:55:51,915 --> 00:55:54,218
IT TIED HIM IN
TO DALE EARNHARDT.
1026
00:55:54,218 --> 00:55:56,820
Earnhardt Jr: DAD HAD BEEN ON
THE RACE TRACK WITH MICHAEL
1027
00:55:56,820 --> 00:55:58,522
FOR ALL THESE YEARS.
1028
00:55:58,522 --> 00:56:02,292
HE HAD SEEN MICHAEL
RUN ALL OF THESE LAPS.
1029
00:56:02,292 --> 00:56:04,828
HE'D PHYSICALLY BEEN BEHIND HIM
ON THE RACETRACK
1030
00:56:04,828 --> 00:56:07,364
AND WATCHED HIM
GO THROUGH COUNTLESS CORNERS.
1031
00:56:07,364 --> 00:56:12,102
SO IF ANYONE COULD JUDGE
AND BE THE DECISION MAKER
1032
00:56:12,102 --> 00:56:14,471
ON WHETHER MICHAEL BELONGED
IN THERE OR NOT,
1033
00:56:14,471 --> 00:56:16,306
IT HAD TO COME FROM A DRIVER
1034
00:56:16,306 --> 00:56:18,675
THAT HAD EXPERIENCED
THAT TRACK WITH MICHAEL.
1035
00:56:18,675 --> 00:56:21,144
THEY'D BECOME GREAT FRIENDS,
THEY'D PROBABLY HAD A MILLION
1036
00:56:21,144 --> 00:56:22,779
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS.
1037
00:56:22,779 --> 00:56:24,047
DAD PROBABLY TOLD HIM,
1038
00:56:24,047 --> 00:56:25,649
"LOOK, MAN, YOU'RE GOING TO
HAVE TO BUCKLE DOWN.
1039
00:56:25,649 --> 00:56:26,850
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK.
1040
00:56:26,850 --> 00:56:28,218
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE
TO BE MARKETABLE
1041
00:56:28,218 --> 00:56:29,553
AND DO ALL THE THINGS OFF
THE TRACK
1042
00:56:29,553 --> 00:56:33,523
THAT WE NEED YOU TO DO,"
WHICH MICHAEL WAS EXCELLENT AT.
1043
00:56:33,523 --> 00:56:36,126
WHATEVER NEEDS TO HAPPEN,
MICHAEL DOES IT.
1044
00:56:37,661 --> 00:56:39,763
YOU KNOW, BEING TEAMMATES
IS ABOUT MORE
1045
00:56:39,763 --> 00:56:42,232
THAN JUST HELPING EACH OTHER
WIN RACES EVERY WEEK.
1046
00:56:42,232 --> 00:56:44,001
IT'S ALSO ABOUT HELPING
EACH OTHER LEARN.
1047
00:56:44,001 --> 00:56:45,769
THAT'S RIGHT.
MICHAEL HAS TAUGHT ME
1048
00:56:45,769 --> 00:56:47,137
THAT NAPA PARTS
PROFESSIONALS
1049
00:56:47,137 --> 00:56:48,438
CAN ALWAYS HELP
YOU GET THE JOB
1050
00:56:48,438 --> 00:56:49,806
DONE RIGHT
THE FIRST TIME.
1051
00:56:49,806 --> 00:56:52,009
YEAH, AND JUNIOR TAUGHT ME
HOW TO DO THIS.
1052
00:56:52,009 --> 00:56:53,677
[ RECORD SCRATCHING ]
1053
00:56:53,677 --> 00:56:56,680
[ HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING ]
1054
00:56:56,680 --> 00:56:58,148
I'M NOT TAKING
CREDIT FOR THAT.
1055
00:56:59,616 --> 00:57:01,852
SO WHEN DAD SAYS, "HEY, MAN,
THIS IS WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN
1056
00:57:01,852 --> 00:57:04,421
AND I BELIEVE IT'LL WORK,"
EVERYBODY WAS LIKE,
1057
00:57:04,421 --> 00:57:05,889
"OH, WOW, OKAY.
1058
00:57:05,889 --> 00:57:09,526
IF DALE BELIEVES,
THIS IS PROBABLY GONNA WORK."
1059
00:57:10,494 --> 00:57:12,596
AND DALE LOVED PUT THAT BIG ARM
AROUND YOU AND SAY,
1060
00:57:12,596 --> 00:57:14,064
"I TOLD YOU SO."
1061
00:57:14,064 --> 00:57:16,033
THAT WAS HIS -- HE LOVED THAT.
1062
00:57:16,033 --> 00:57:19,469
ALL THE PEOPLE YOU COULD'VE
CHOSEN TO DRIVEN THAT CAR,
1063
00:57:19,469 --> 00:57:21,605
AND YOU CHOSE MICHAEL?
1064
00:57:21,605 --> 00:57:24,508
AND DALE, LIKE, PUT THAT BIG ARM
AROUND PEOPLE AND SAID,
1065
00:57:24,508 --> 00:57:28,978
"I TOLD YOU SO, I TOLD YOU
HE COULD GET THE JOB DONE."
1066
00:57:32,982 --> 00:57:34,151
Michael: IT WAS MINE
AND DALE'S PROJECT.
1067
00:57:34,151 --> 00:57:37,421
WE DID IT ALL TOGETHER.
1068
00:57:37,421 --> 00:57:38,855
"WHO'S GOING TO BE
THE CREW CHIEF?"
1069
00:57:38,855 --> 00:57:40,223
"I DON'T KNOW,
EGGLESTON'S SMART.
1070
00:57:40,223 --> 00:57:42,192
HE DOES A GOOD JOB.
LET'S GET HIM."
1071
00:57:42,192 --> 00:57:45,195
"DEAL."
"WHO'S THE SPOTTER?"
1072
00:57:45,195 --> 00:57:47,997
"I LIKE MY SPOTTER I HAD
A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO,
1073
00:57:47,997 --> 00:57:49,333
YOU WANT TO KEEP HIM?"
"SURE."
1074
00:57:49,333 --> 00:57:52,102
"WHO'S GOING TO DO P.R.?"
1075
00:57:52,102 --> 00:57:55,138
"THAT'D BE UP TO NAPA.
1076
00:57:55,138 --> 00:57:56,606
THEY GOT SOMEONE NAMED BROOKE.
1077
00:57:58,675 --> 00:58:01,478
SHE SEEMS KIND OF TOUGH."
1078
00:58:02,279 --> 00:58:07,279
WHEN I WAS ASSIGNED TO MICHAEL,
I WASN'T HAPPY.
1079
00:58:08,485 --> 00:58:11,054
I DIDN'T LIKE THE THINGS
THAT I HAD HEARD ABOUT HIM.
1080
00:58:11,054 --> 00:58:14,224
I DIDN'T LIKE HOW COCKY
HE WAS WITH THE MEDIA.
1081
00:58:14,224 --> 00:58:18,994
HE JUST --
HE KNEW HE WAS PRETTY SAVVY.
1082
00:58:18,994 --> 00:58:19,363
HE CERTAINLY DIDN'T NEED
A PUBLICIST
1083
00:58:19,363 --> 00:58:22,733
TO TELL HIM WHAT TO DO
AND WHEN TO DO IT.
1084
00:58:22,733 --> 00:58:25,135
Michael: I'D HAD SOME
INTERESTING CONVERSATIONS
1085
00:58:25,135 --> 00:58:28,705
WITH P.R. PEOPLE TRYING TO
EXPLAIN WHY I DIDN'T WIN AGAIN,
1086
00:58:28,705 --> 00:58:32,042
AND I THINK I KIND OF
GOT SIDEWAYS WITH MOST OF THEM.
1087
00:58:32,042 --> 00:58:36,580
THERE WAS NO HIDING
MICHAEL'S WINS VERSUS LOSSES.
1088
00:58:36,580 --> 00:58:41,451
IT WAS 0 AND 462, AND IT WAS
TALKED ABOUT REGULARLY.
1089
00:58:41,451 --> 00:58:46,451
HE JUST HAD THIS
GUARDED, DEFENSIVE AURA
1090
00:58:50,060 --> 00:58:52,028
WHEN YOU WENT DOWN THAT PATH,
1091
00:58:52,028 --> 00:58:57,028
AND I THINK THAT'S BECAUSE
TRULY, HE KNEW HE WAS A WINNER.
1092
00:58:57,234 --> 00:58:59,770
HE WAS GETTING HIS SHOT
OF A LIFETIME,
1093
00:58:59,770 --> 00:59:03,440
AND WHY DID WE HAVE TO GO
AND FOCUS ON 0 AND 462?
1094
00:59:03,440 --> 00:59:06,209
IT WAS A NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR ME,
1095
00:59:06,209 --> 00:59:09,146
AND I FELT LIKE I NEEDED
TO HAVE A NEW ATTITUDE
1096
00:59:09,146 --> 00:59:13,450
AND I NEEDED TO MAKE SURE
I RESPECTED
1097
00:59:13,450 --> 00:59:17,187
EVERY PART AND PIECE OF IT,
OF THAT CHANCE
1098
00:59:17,187 --> 00:59:21,458
AND SO I GAVE HER
THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT,
1099
00:59:21,458 --> 00:59:22,793
AND OFF WE WENT.
1100
00:59:29,965 --> 00:59:33,637
OH, NO, THIS IS A PERFECT WAY TO
KICK OFF A GREAT SEASON FOR US.
1101
00:59:33,637 --> 00:59:35,739
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF MONTHS
TO BUILD NEW CARS
1102
00:59:35,739 --> 00:59:37,941
AND PREPARE FOR THIS RACE,
SO WHEN WE COME TO DAYTONA,
1103
00:59:37,941 --> 00:59:40,544
WE'RE AS PREPARED AS WE'RE GONNA
BE ALL YEAR LONG.
1104
00:59:40,544 --> 00:59:44,881
WE'RE FRESH, AND WE GOT OUR NEW
STUFF, AND WE'RE READY TO ROLL.
1105
00:59:44,881 --> 00:59:47,451
Petty:
DAYTONA IS OUR SUPER BOWL.
1106
00:59:47,451 --> 00:59:50,387
IF YOU JUST WIN ONE,
IT'S STILL A BIG, BIG DEAL.
1107
00:59:50,387 --> 00:59:53,924
IF YOU DON'T WIN ANY RACE
IN YOUR WHOLE CAREER,
1108
00:59:53,924 --> 00:59:56,860
IF YOU WIN DAYTONA,
YOU'RE A WINNER.
1109
00:59:56,860 --> 00:59:58,929
OKAY? AND THAT'S THE WAY
EVERYBODY LOOKS AT IT.
1110
01:00:00,230 --> 01:00:01,698
Announcer: WELCOME TO
DAYTONA, FLORIDA,
1111
01:00:01,698 --> 01:00:02,899
AND FOX RACING.
1112
01:00:02,899 --> 01:00:04,100
WE'VE BEEN HERE
ALL WEEK FOR SPEED WEEK,
1113
01:00:04,100 --> 01:00:05,802
AND IF YOU'RE JOINING US
FOR THE FIRST TIME,
1114
01:00:05,802 --> 01:00:07,170
YOU'RE IN FOR A TREAT TODAY.
1115
01:00:07,170 --> 01:00:10,207
PROMISES TO BE
A TRULY EXCITING DAY OF RACING.
1116
01:00:10,207 --> 01:00:11,708
DALE, WELCOME
TO "TOTALLY NASCAR."
1117
01:00:11,708 --> 01:00:12,709
GREAT TO BE HERE.
1118
01:00:12,709 --> 01:00:14,344
IT'S GREAT
TO BE BACK AT DAYTONA
1119
01:00:14,344 --> 01:00:15,679
AND TRY TO WIN
SOME OF THESE RACES.
1120
01:00:15,679 --> 01:00:17,981
HOW ABOUT AS A CAR OWNER?
YOU'VE GOT MICHAEL WALTRIP
1121
01:00:17,981 --> 01:00:19,616
JOINING DALE JR.
1122
01:00:19,616 --> 01:00:20,851
MICHAEL IS DOING
A GREAT JOB OUT THERE
1123
01:00:20,851 --> 01:00:22,118
IN PRACTICING
AND DRAFTING.
1124
01:00:22,118 --> 01:00:23,587
I WANT TO SEE HOW HE DOES
IN THE QUALIFYING RACE
1125
01:00:23,587 --> 01:00:26,223
ON THURSDAY, WHICH I'M IN
THAT SAME RACE I THINK.
1126
01:00:29,626 --> 01:00:30,861
Michael:
IT'S THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
1127
01:00:30,861 --> 01:00:32,195
IT'S THE QUALIFYING RACES.
1128
01:00:32,195 --> 01:00:37,167
WE'RE RACING TO GET OUR STARTING
SPOTS IN THE DAYTONA 500.
1129
01:00:37,167 --> 01:00:39,736
I WAS UP IN THE TOP FIVE, SIX.
1130
01:00:39,736 --> 01:00:42,839
WHEN I WAS RUNNING THROUGH
THIRD GEAR,
1131
01:00:42,839 --> 01:00:45,475
INSTEAD OF SHIFTING
AT THE PERFECT TIME,
1132
01:00:45,475 --> 01:00:47,878
YOU KNOW, I WAS FOCUSED
ON MAKING THE MOVE,
1133
01:00:47,878 --> 01:00:50,046
AND I'M LIKE...
[ IMITATES ENGINE SPUTTERING ]
1134
01:00:50,046 --> 01:00:52,482
THE ENGINE HIT THE REV LIMITER,
1135
01:00:52,482 --> 01:00:54,150
AND I LOST ALL MY POWER.
1136
01:00:54,150 --> 01:00:56,620
AND WHEN THAT HAPPENED,
CARS START GOING BY ME,
1137
01:00:56,620 --> 01:00:58,722
AND I GRABBED FOURTH,
AND IT'S TOO LATE.
1138
01:01:01,625 --> 01:01:05,262
AND I FINISHED NINTH
I THINK IN MY QUALIFYING RACE,
1139
01:01:05,262 --> 01:01:08,131
A RACE THAT I HAD PUT MYSELF
IN A POSITION TO WIN.
1140
01:01:10,934 --> 01:01:13,603
YOU TALKING ABOUT
BEATING YOURSELF UP?
1141
01:01:13,603 --> 01:01:15,939
I'M LIKE,
THAT'S A ROOKIE MISTAKE,
1142
01:01:15,939 --> 01:01:19,276
AND YOU'RE 16 YEARS IN.
1143
01:01:19,276 --> 01:01:20,777
YOU CAN'T DO THAT.
1144
01:01:20,777 --> 01:01:24,180
I WOULD TELL MYSELF,
AND I WOULD TELL BUFFY,
1145
01:01:24,180 --> 01:01:28,652
AND I WOULD TELL MY TEAM,
1146
01:01:28,652 --> 01:01:31,121
AND I WAS NOT LOOKING
FORWARD TO SEEING DALE.
1147
01:01:36,760 --> 01:01:41,231
TWO DAYS BEFORE THE 500,
AND I'M WALKING TOWARD MY BUS,
1148
01:01:41,231 --> 01:01:44,801
AND AS I'M HEADING THAT WAY,
I PASS DALE'S BUS,
1149
01:01:44,801 --> 01:01:46,570
AND THE DOOR SWINGS OPEN.
1150
01:01:46,570 --> 01:01:48,572
HE SAID, "HEY, GET IN HERE."
1151
01:01:48,572 --> 01:01:50,740
I'M LIKE...
1152
01:01:50,740 --> 01:01:52,842
I WALKED IN, AND I SAID,
1153
01:01:52,842 --> 01:01:55,445
"HEY, MAN, I'M SORRY.
THAT WAS MY FAULT."
1154
01:01:55,445 --> 01:01:57,113
HE SAID, "WHAT ARE YOU
TALKING ABOUT?"
1155
01:01:57,113 --> 01:01:59,649
I SAID, "I SHOULD HAVE WON
THAT DAMN RACE. I MESSED UP."
1156
01:01:59,649 --> 01:02:01,051
HE SAID,
"NO, YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE.
1157
01:02:01,051 --> 01:02:02,953
I SHOULD HAVE WON IT.
YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE WON IT.
1158
01:02:02,953 --> 01:02:04,554
THAT DON'T MATTER.
THAT WAS YESTERDAY.
1159
01:02:04,554 --> 01:02:06,756
HERE'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO
WIN THE DAYTONA 500."
1160
01:02:08,325 --> 01:02:12,162
IT WAS SO AWESOME
TO HEAR HIS RESPONSE
1161
01:02:12,162 --> 01:02:15,231
TO WHAT I HAD DWELLED ON
FOR 24 HOURS
1162
01:02:15,231 --> 01:02:19,302
AND HIS FOCUS ON THE PRIZE,
WHAT MATTERED.
1163
01:02:19,302 --> 01:02:22,439
AND DALE WAS LIKE,
"WE GOT TO WORK TOGETHER.
1164
01:02:22,439 --> 01:02:24,608
WE GOT TO PUSH, WE GOT TO SHOVE,
WE GOT TO PUSH EACH OTHER.
1165
01:02:24,608 --> 01:02:28,545
WE GOT TO HANG TOGETHER.
ME AND YOU AND DALE JR."
1166
01:02:31,681 --> 01:02:33,116
WE GET TO THE FRONT.
1167
01:02:33,116 --> 01:02:37,153
WHEN WE GET TO THE FRONT,
WE'RE GONNA STAY THERE.
1168
01:02:37,153 --> 01:02:38,622
WE WERE GONNA WORK TOGETHER.
1169
01:02:38,622 --> 01:02:40,824
WE WERE GONNA DRAFT TOGETHER,
WE WERE GONNA PUSH,
1170
01:02:40,824 --> 01:02:45,195
AND I FOUND THAT I LOVED IT.
1171
01:02:45,195 --> 01:02:47,731
I SAID, "YEAH, THAT'S PERFECT.
LET'S DO IT."
1172
01:02:47,731 --> 01:02:51,267
BUT ALSO DIDN'T FIND IT
TO BE OVERLY REALISTIC
1173
01:02:51,267 --> 01:02:55,438
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
I'M STARTING 20th
1174
01:02:55,438 --> 01:02:56,773
I THINK BACK THAT WAY SOMEWHERE,
1175
01:02:56,773 --> 01:02:59,542
AND HE'S UP FRONT, AND DALE JR
IS SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN,
1176
01:02:59,542 --> 01:03:02,412
AND THERE'S 39 OTHER CARS
OUT THERE.
1177
01:03:02,412 --> 01:03:04,547
YOU KNOW, HOW ARE YOU
GOING TO DO THAT?
1178
01:03:04,547 --> 01:03:06,416
Earnhardt Jr: I REMEMBER DAD
TELLING ME AND MICHAEL
1179
01:03:06,416 --> 01:03:07,884
THAT WE NEEDED
TO ALL WORK TOGETHER.
1180
01:03:07,884 --> 01:03:10,520
HE GOES, "MAN, IF ALL THREE OF
US HELP EACH OTHER ALL DAY,
1181
01:03:10,520 --> 01:03:12,489
JUST US, ONE OF US WILL WIN."
1182
01:03:12,489 --> 01:03:14,924
AND I'M LIKE,
THAT'S A CRAZY PLAN.
1183
01:03:14,924 --> 01:03:17,127
NO, THAT'S NOT GONNA" --
I'M SAYING THIS IN MY HEAD.
1184
01:03:17,127 --> 01:03:18,461
YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T...
1185
01:03:18,461 --> 01:03:21,765
I'M LIKE, "YEAH, YEAH,
LET'S ALL WORK TOGETHER."
1186
01:03:21,765 --> 01:03:24,234
BUT IN MY MIND,
I'M LIKE, "THAT'S SILLY.
1187
01:03:24,234 --> 01:03:26,770
I'M JUST GOING TO DO
WHAT I NEED TO DO FOR MYSELF.
1188
01:03:26,770 --> 01:03:29,272
I'M GOING TO BE SELFISH,
AND I'M GOING TO WIN THIS RACE.
1189
01:03:29,272 --> 01:03:31,708
IF I WIN IT, IT'S GOING TO
BECAUSE OF WHAT I DID."
1190
01:03:33,843 --> 01:03:38,843
Michael: THAT'S THE FIRST TIME
I'D EVER BEEN IN A MEETING
1191
01:03:41,017 --> 01:03:45,221
WITH A CAR OWNER
THAT WAS LAYING OUT TO ME
1192
01:03:45,221 --> 01:03:47,657
HOW WE WERE GOING TO GO
WIN THE RACE,
1193
01:03:47,657 --> 01:03:51,461
AND I LEFT THAT BUS
A DIFFERENT PERSON.
1194
01:03:52,462 --> 01:03:57,462
AND HE VERY SPECIFICALLY TOLD ME
1195
01:04:01,037 --> 01:04:03,840
EXACTLY HOW WE WERE GOING TO
GO ABOUT WINNING THIS RACE.
1196
01:04:03,840 --> 01:04:08,840
♪
1197
01:04:10,380 --> 01:04:15,380
♪
1198
01:04:16,953 --> 01:04:20,989
Announcer: IF I'M A CREW CHIEF
RIGHT NOW, I'M REALLY KIND OF
1199
01:04:20,989 --> 01:04:22,991
CONCERNED ABOUT HOW MUCH TENSION
THESE GUYS ARE FEELING.
1200
01:04:22,991 --> 01:04:23,560
THIS IS THE FIRST RACE
OF THE YEAR,
1201
01:04:23,560 --> 01:04:24,694
AND THERE'S A LOT OF TENSION
1202
01:04:24,694 --> 01:04:26,062
GOING THROUGH
THE GARAGE AREA RIGHT NOW.
1203
01:04:26,062 --> 01:04:28,198
Announcer #2: WHO ARE THE GREAT
PASSERS IN THIS RACE?
1204
01:04:28,198 --> 01:04:29,799
Announcer: THE FIRST
AND FOREMOST IS EARNHARDT.
1205
01:04:29,799 --> 01:04:32,302
I MEAN, THE MAN COMES DOWN HERE,
HE LOOKS LIKE HE CAN SEE AIR.
1206
01:04:32,302 --> 01:04:34,671
NO MATTER WHERE HE GOES,
HE GETS THE JOB DONE.
1207
01:04:34,671 --> 01:04:36,773
EVEN DALE EARNHARDT JR.
BACK THERE,
1208
01:04:36,773 --> 01:04:38,608
WHO'S BEEN LEARNING
A GOOD LESSON FROM HIS DADDY.
1209
01:04:38,608 --> 01:04:40,009
HE'S GOING TO BE TOUGH, ALSO.
1210
01:04:40,009 --> 01:04:42,479
Announcer #2: THE ANTICIPATION,
THE DRAMA, THE PRESSURE
1211
01:04:42,479 --> 01:04:45,148
BUILDING HERE AS WE GET CLOSER
TO NASCAR'S GREATEST RACE,
1212
01:04:45,148 --> 01:04:48,118
THE DAYTONA 500,
COMING UP HERE ON FOX.
1213
01:04:48,118 --> 01:04:52,055
Norris: ENTERING THE 2001
SEASON, FOX WAS COMING ON,
1214
01:04:52,055 --> 01:04:57,055
AND FOX SPORTS WAS GOING TO
MEAN MAINSTREAM,
1215
01:04:57,627 --> 01:05:00,630
EVERY WEEK, NETWORK COVERAGE.
1216
01:05:00,630 --> 01:05:03,233
AND THEN SO THIS WAS A BIG DAY.
1217
01:05:03,233 --> 01:05:06,202
IT WAS MIKE JOY,
DARRELL WALTRIP,
1218
01:05:06,202 --> 01:05:08,671
LARRY McREYNOLDS IN THE BOOTH
FOR THE FIRST TIME.
1219
01:05:08,671 --> 01:05:11,974
I WAS LIVING THOSE MOMENTS.
1220
01:05:11,974 --> 01:05:13,543
YOU DON'T REALIZE IT
AT THE TIME,
1221
01:05:13,543 --> 01:05:15,411
BUT I'M IN THE TV BOOTH.
1222
01:05:15,411 --> 01:05:16,613
I'M A NERVOUS WRECK.
1223
01:05:16,613 --> 01:05:18,248
I'VE NEVER DONE ANYTHING
LIKE THAT BEFORE,
1224
01:05:18,248 --> 01:05:20,550
AND THE DAYTONA 500
GETTING READY TO START.
1225
01:05:20,550 --> 01:05:22,552
Announcer:
HISTORY, SPEED, EXCITEMENT.
1226
01:05:22,552 --> 01:05:25,221
IT'S ALL HERE
FOR NASCAR'S BIGGEST RACE.
1227
01:05:25,221 --> 01:05:27,390
WE'RE EXPECTING ONE OF
THE BIGGEST CROWDS EVER.
1228
01:05:27,390 --> 01:05:29,626
NEARLY A QUARTER
OF A MILLION PEOPLE
1229
01:05:29,626 --> 01:05:31,861
PACKING THIS LEGENDARY SPEEDWAY.
1230
01:05:31,861 --> 01:05:34,931
AND THE PRESSURE BUILDING,
THE TRACK ELECTRIC.
1231
01:05:34,931 --> 01:05:36,966
IN THE END
WE'LL HAVE ONE CHAMPION,
1232
01:05:36,966 --> 01:05:40,336
ONE DRIVER WHO WILL MAKE HIS WAY
THROUGH 42 OTHER CARS
1233
01:05:40,336 --> 01:05:45,208
AND 500 MILES OF TRACK TO DECIDE
WHO WILL WIN THE DAYTONA 500.
1234
01:05:45,208 --> 01:05:49,279
THE BIGGEST THING YOU WANT
AT DAYTONA AND TALLADEGA,
1235
01:05:49,279 --> 01:05:51,681
BUT DAYTONA, IS A FAST RACE CAR.
1236
01:05:55,752 --> 01:05:59,923
AND THERE WAS NO QUESTION,
IT BECAME PRETTY OBVIOUS
1237
01:05:59,923 --> 01:06:02,559
THAT THAT D.E.I. CAME TO PLAY.
1238
01:06:15,772 --> 01:06:20,772
MICHAEL WALTRIP HAD EVERY EXCUSE
POSSIBLE PRIOR TO ENTERING
1239
01:06:21,411 --> 01:06:24,514
THE 2001 DAYTONA 500.
1240
01:06:24,514 --> 01:06:29,118
NOW HE HAD EVERYTHING HE NEEDED.
1241
01:06:29,118 --> 01:06:30,486
WHAT WAS HE GONNA DO WITH IT?
1242
01:06:30,486 --> 01:06:33,089
AND THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY
WAS WAITING AROUND TO SEE.
1243
01:06:36,192 --> 01:06:39,863
I WOKE UP THAT FEBRUARY MORNING,
AND I'M LIKE,
1244
01:06:39,863 --> 01:06:41,764
"THEY'RE NOT BEATING ME TODAY.
1245
01:06:41,764 --> 01:06:43,099
IT AIN'T HAPPENING."
1246
01:06:43,099 --> 01:06:48,099
♪
1247
01:06:51,040 --> 01:06:56,040
♪ EVERY TIME TRIP, FIND MY BACK ♪
UP AGAINST THE WALL ♪
1248
01:06:56,613 --> 01:06:57,814
♪ THE WALL ♪
1249
01:06:57,814 --> 01:07:00,783
Announcer: GENTLEMEN...
1250
01:07:00,783 --> 01:07:04,687
START YOUR ENGINES!
1251
01:07:04,687 --> 01:07:08,491
[ CROWD CHEERING,
ENGINES REVVING ]
1252
01:07:15,598 --> 01:07:17,500
[ ENGINES REVVING ]
1253
01:07:17,500 --> 01:07:19,168
Man: GREEN FLAG!
1254
01:07:23,506 --> 01:07:26,109
Hondros: THIS IS GOING TO
BE A BIG CHANCE FOR
1255
01:07:26,109 --> 01:07:31,109
EVEN MORE PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT
MICHAEL WALTRIP WAS A VALUE
1256
01:07:31,881 --> 01:07:34,884
OR MICHAEL WALTRIP WAS A LAUGH.
1257
01:07:34,884 --> 01:07:39,884
♪
1258
01:07:42,392 --> 01:07:44,694
Announcer: THREE WIDE
IN THE BACK STRAIGHTAWAY.
1259
01:07:44,694 --> 01:07:46,696
Michael:
THE CARS WERE CLOSER THAN EVER.
1260
01:07:46,696 --> 01:07:49,465
THE DRAFT WAS TIGHTER THAN EVER,
1261
01:07:49,465 --> 01:07:52,101
THE PACK WAS BIGGER THAN EVER.
1262
01:07:52,101 --> 01:07:56,172
AND AS THE LAPS WOUND DOWN,
1263
01:07:56,172 --> 01:07:59,943
PEOPLE WERE GETTING MORE
AND MORE DESPERATE.
1264
01:07:59,943 --> 01:08:03,513
THE CALM, THE PATIENCE,
1265
01:08:03,513 --> 01:08:06,982
THEY WERE BEGINNING TO RUN OUT.
1266
01:08:08,785 --> 01:08:11,421
AND SO THINGS KEPT GETTING
TIGHTER AND TIGHTER
1267
01:08:11,421 --> 01:08:12,855
AND CLOSER AND CLOSER.
1268
01:08:12,855 --> 01:08:16,426
AND THEN FINALLY
COMING OFF TURN 2...
1269
01:08:18,561 --> 01:08:21,431
...JUST AS I HAD GOTTEN
TO THE FRONT OF THE FIELD...
1270
01:08:21,431 --> 01:08:26,431
♪
1271
01:08:28,971 --> 01:08:33,971
♪
1272
01:08:34,510 --> 01:08:36,279
[ TIRES SQUEAL ]
1273
01:08:36,279 --> 01:08:41,279
♪
1274
01:08:41,718 --> 01:08:43,519
I DON'T REMEMBER HOW MANY CARS,
1275
01:08:43,519 --> 01:08:48,224
BUT OVER HALF
OF THE LEAD PACK DONE.
1276
01:08:52,362 --> 01:08:53,563
Announcer:
AND HERE'S ANOTHER ANGLE.
1277
01:08:53,563 --> 01:08:54,530
Announcer #2: IT'S THE BIG ONE.
1278
01:08:54,530 --> 01:08:55,698
IT'S WHAT
WE'VE ALL BEEN FEARING.
1279
01:08:55,698 --> 01:08:57,433
THIS KIND OF RACING,
IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
1280
01:08:57,433 --> 01:08:59,702
Announcer: A HORRIBLE CRASH
ON THE BACK STRAIGHTAWAY.
1281
01:08:59,702 --> 01:09:02,305
AND TONY STEWART GOES
FOR ONE OF THE WILDEST RIDES
1282
01:09:02,305 --> 01:09:04,207
IN RECENT MEMORY OF DAYTONA.
1283
01:09:04,207 --> 01:09:09,207
♪
1284
01:09:13,549 --> 01:09:16,386
I SAT IN MY CAR,
AND I LOOKED IN THE MIRROR,
1285
01:09:16,386 --> 01:09:20,890
AND SAW THAT BLACK CAR
SITTING THERE, AND I THOUGHT,
1286
01:09:20,890 --> 01:09:23,726
"WOW."
1287
01:09:23,726 --> 01:09:25,128
IT'S ME AND HIM AND DALE JR.,
1288
01:09:25,128 --> 01:09:27,530
AND WE'RE AT THE FRONT,
JUST LIKE HE SAID WE'D BE.
1289
01:09:29,965 --> 01:09:31,067
Earnhardt Jr: AND SO
I'M SITTING THERE NEAR,
1290
01:09:31,067 --> 01:09:32,635
THE LAST FEW LAPS
THAT RACE GOING,
1291
01:09:32,635 --> 01:09:35,438
"WELL, MICHAEL'S HERE,
DAD'S THERE, HE SEES ME."
1292
01:09:35,438 --> 01:09:36,672
IF I DO SOMETHING,
HE'S GOING TO GO,
1293
01:09:36,672 --> 01:09:38,141
"WHY'D YOU DO THAT?"
YOU KNOW?
1294
01:09:38,141 --> 01:09:40,443
AND SO, I'M THINKING,
"MAN, HOW DO I WIN THIS RACE
1295
01:09:40,443 --> 01:09:42,978
WITHOUT SCREWING THIS UP?
1296
01:09:42,978 --> 01:09:43,179
YOU KNOW, I WANT TO WIN.
1297
01:09:43,179 --> 01:09:45,581
I DON'T WANT MICHAEL TO WIN.
I WANT TO WIN.
1298
01:09:45,581 --> 01:09:48,518
DAD CAN RUN THIRD IF THAT'S
WHAT HE WANTS TO DO."
1299
01:09:48,518 --> 01:09:50,653
Announcer: SEVEN LAPS TO GO IN
THE BIGGEST RACE IN THE WORLD,
1300
01:09:50,653 --> 01:09:52,321
THE GREATEST RACE IN THE WORLD.
1301
01:09:52,321 --> 01:09:57,321
DALE WAS USING EVERY LINE
ON THE TRACK TO HOLD BACK.
1302
01:09:57,727 --> 01:10:01,164
I MEAN, HE WAS A ONE MAN DAM.
1303
01:10:04,901 --> 01:10:06,169
- WHOA!
- LOOK AT EARNHARDT!
1304
01:10:06,169 --> 01:10:08,438
STERLING GOT INTO EARNHARDT.
1305
01:10:08,438 --> 01:10:10,940
DALE IS DOING EVERYTHING HE CAN
TO KEEP STERLING BEHIND HIM,
1306
01:10:10,940 --> 01:10:13,743
BECAUSE THIS IS A CHESS MATCH
AT HIGH SPEED.
1307
01:10:17,180 --> 01:10:19,582
Martin: YOU KNOW,
I'M HOLDING THIS FIELD BACK
1308
01:10:19,582 --> 01:10:21,918
TO LET MY GUYS GO.
1309
01:10:21,918 --> 01:10:26,322
AND NORMALLY, DALE WOULD
NEVER MAKE A MOVE LIKE THAT.
1310
01:10:26,322 --> 01:10:29,692
IT JUST SEEMED LIKE SOMETHING
I HAD NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
1311
01:10:33,429 --> 01:10:36,199
Announcer: MICHAEL WALTRIP
LEADS THE DAYTONA 500.
1312
01:10:36,199 --> 01:10:39,502
RIGHT NOW THE CAR BEHIND HIM IS
HIS TEAMMATE DALE EARNHARDT JR.
1313
01:10:44,073 --> 01:10:45,775
Michael: DALE JR.
AND I STAYED TIGHT TOGETHER,
1314
01:10:45,775 --> 01:10:48,044
AND WE KEPT PUSHING AHEAD.
1315
01:10:48,044 --> 01:10:50,880
AND DALE WAS THE ONE
THAT WAS IN THE STORM.
1316
01:10:50,880 --> 01:10:55,880
HE WAS EXECUTING THE PLAN
THAT HE HAD SHARED WITH ME,
1317
01:10:56,152 --> 01:11:00,890
AND IT WAS WORKING PERFECTLY.
1318
01:11:00,890 --> 01:11:05,890
♪
1319
01:11:06,762 --> 01:11:10,099
Hondros: I TRULY BELIEVE THAT
NOBODY THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY
1320
01:11:10,099 --> 01:11:15,099
GONNA HAPPEN UNTIL THE CAR
CROSSED THE FINISH LINE.
1321
01:11:15,705 --> 01:11:17,840
Man: TWO TO GO BUD, TWO TO GO.
1322
01:11:17,840 --> 01:11:20,743
Hawthorne: YOU'RE EXCITED.
THEY'RE IN THE LEAD,
1323
01:11:20,743 --> 01:11:24,680
BUT YOU ALSO KNOW THAT
THAT CAN CHANGE.
1324
01:11:24,680 --> 01:11:29,680
YOU JUST THOUGHT SOMETHING ELSE
WAS GOING TO TAKE THAT AWAY,
1325
01:11:29,719 --> 01:11:34,524
THAT NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS
COULD 0 FOR 462
1326
01:11:34,524 --> 01:11:36,859
TURN INTO A CINDERELLA STORY.
1327
01:11:37,393 --> 01:11:38,528
Man: COME ON, MAN!
1328
01:11:38,528 --> 01:11:41,531
Michael: I WAS OFF TURN 4
AND HEADED FOR
1329
01:11:41,531 --> 01:11:45,434
THE CHECKERED FLAG
WHEN MY SPOTTER SAID,
1330
01:11:45,434 --> 01:11:46,702
"THEY'RE WRECKING BEHIND YOU."
1331
01:11:46,702 --> 01:11:48,938
Announcer: BIG TROUBLE.
BIG, RIGHT BEHIND THEM.
1332
01:11:48,938 --> 01:11:50,506
TO THE FLAG.
1333
01:11:50,506 --> 01:11:52,208
Darrell: COME ON, MIKEY,
YOU'VE GOT IT.
1334
01:11:52,208 --> 01:11:54,777
YOU'VE GOT IT, YOU'VE GOT IT,
YOU'VE GOT IT!
1335
01:11:54,777 --> 01:11:56,445
MIKEY!
1336
01:11:57,014 --> 01:11:59,582
ALL RIGHT!
1337
01:11:59,582 --> 01:12:02,318
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
1338
01:12:02,318 --> 01:12:05,655
♪
1339
01:12:05,655 --> 01:12:07,456
Announcer: MICHAEL WALTRIP WINS.
1340
01:12:07,456 --> 01:12:09,125
[ CHEERING ]
1341
01:12:11,294 --> 01:12:14,130
Announcer: DARRELL, IS THIS
BETTER THAN WINNING IT?
1342
01:12:14,130 --> 01:12:16,832
NO.
1343
01:12:16,832 --> 01:12:18,501
BUT THIS IS GREAT.
1344
01:12:18,501 --> 01:12:20,069
I JUST HOPE DALE IS OKAY.
1345
01:12:20,069 --> 01:12:21,671
I GUESS HE'S ALL RIGHT,
ISN'T HE?
1346
01:12:29,912 --> 01:12:31,514
[ MAN WHISTLES ]
1347
01:12:32,081 --> 01:12:33,983
WHOO-HOO!
1348
01:12:37,153 --> 01:12:40,656
MICHAEL WALTRIP,
462 GREEN FLAGS,
1349
01:12:40,656 --> 01:12:41,791
FINALLY A CHECKERED.
1350
01:12:41,791 --> 01:12:44,527
DOES THIS FEEL AS GOOD
AS YOU HAD HOPED?
1351
01:12:44,527 --> 01:12:47,263
JUST UNCONSCIOUS.
THANK GOD.
1352
01:12:47,263 --> 01:12:49,131
Michael: THE CONFETTI
AND CHAMPAGNE
1353
01:12:49,131 --> 01:12:52,401
AND FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
1354
01:12:52,401 --> 01:12:54,637
AND IT WAS JUST,
IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL SCENE.
1355
01:12:54,637 --> 01:12:56,439
IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT.
1356
01:12:56,439 --> 01:12:57,940
GOD, I CAN'T
BELIEVE IT'S OVER!
1357
01:12:57,940 --> 01:12:59,542
NOW, LET ME ASK YOU
A QUESTION, DARRELL.
1358
01:12:59,542 --> 01:13:02,111
HOW MUCH BETTER DOES
1 FOR 463 SOUND
1359
01:13:02,111 --> 01:13:03,846
THAN 0 FOR 462?
1360
01:13:03,846 --> 01:13:05,681
THAT AIN'T NOTHING.
IT SOUNDS A WHOLE LOT BETTER.
1361
01:13:05,681 --> 01:13:07,250
YOU PEOPLE HUNG UP ON MY RECORD,
I DON'T CARE.
1362
01:13:07,250 --> 01:13:09,218
BUT I DO KNOW THIS,
ME AND MY BROTHER
1363
01:13:09,218 --> 01:13:11,654
HAVE BOTH WON
THE DAYTONA 500!
1364
01:13:11,654 --> 01:13:14,290
THAT'S RIGHT, BROTHER!
THAT'S RIGHT, BROTHER!
1365
01:13:14,290 --> 01:13:17,059
Announcer: MICHAEL WALTRIP HAS
WON THE DAYTONA 500.
1366
01:13:17,059 --> 01:13:22,059
JUST A FLOOD OF EMOTIONS
AND, YOU KNOW, RELIEF,
1367
01:13:22,898 --> 01:13:25,901
IN A LOT OF WAYS.
1368
01:13:25,901 --> 01:13:29,272
IT JUST FELT LIKE IT WAS
JUST GOING TO MAKE
1369
01:13:29,272 --> 01:13:33,509
A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAD BEEN
DIFFICULT AND CHALLENGING
1370
01:13:33,509 --> 01:13:37,480
TO LIVE WITH DAY IN
AND DAY OUT SO MUCH BETTER.
1371
01:13:40,650 --> 01:13:42,852
Michael: I THINK I WAS IN SHOCK.
1372
01:13:42,852 --> 01:13:45,855
I COULDN'T BELIEVE DALE'S PLAN
WORKED LIKE IT DID.
1373
01:13:45,855 --> 01:13:48,391
I COULDN'T BELIEVE
I'D WON THE DAYTONA 500.
1374
01:13:48,391 --> 01:13:51,661
I COULDN'T BELIEVE
ALL WE HAD BEEN THROUGH
1375
01:13:51,661 --> 01:13:53,929
TO GET WHERE WE WERE,
WE WERE GOING TO GO CELEBRATE
1376
01:13:53,929 --> 01:13:56,098
THE DAYTONA 500.
1377
01:13:56,098 --> 01:14:00,703
[ CROWD CHANTING,
"MICHAEL! MICHAEL!" ]
1378
01:14:00,703 --> 01:14:02,938
IT ALL WORKED OUT!
1379
01:14:04,774 --> 01:14:07,343
I JUST COULDN'T WAIT FOR DALE
TO GET THERE.
1380
01:14:07,343 --> 01:14:09,011
I KNEW WHEN HE GOT THERE,
1381
01:14:09,011 --> 01:14:11,414
I WAS GOING TO GET
THE BEST HUG EVER.
1382
01:14:14,517 --> 01:14:16,985
I WAS MORE EXCITED
ABOUT THAT HUG
1383
01:14:16,985 --> 01:14:18,454
THAN I WAS THE TROPHY
OR THE MONEY.
1384
01:14:18,454 --> 01:14:23,326
AND, YOU KNOW,
THAT HUG NEVER CAME.
1385
01:14:23,326 --> 01:14:28,326
♪
1386
01:14:28,497 --> 01:14:30,633
- EVERYBODY OKAY?
- SCHRADER'S CLIMBED OUT
1387
01:14:30,633 --> 01:14:31,534
OF HIS CAR.
1388
01:14:31,534 --> 01:14:33,035
HE AND EARNHARDT
CRASHED TOGETHER.
1389
01:14:33,035 --> 01:14:36,138
Schrader: AND I WENT OVER THERE
THINKING HE'S GOING TO BE
1390
01:14:36,138 --> 01:14:40,776
AGGRAVATED,
AND WE ALL KNOW WHAT --
1391
01:14:40,776 --> 01:14:44,347
IT WAS VERY SERIOUS.
1392
01:14:45,281 --> 01:14:48,951
SO I DIDN'T -- I MEAN,
I WAS JUST, I WAS SURPRISED.
1393
01:14:48,951 --> 01:14:51,520
WHEN I CAME DOWN, I STARTED
ASKING DANNY CULLER,
1394
01:14:51,520 --> 01:14:53,489
HIS SPOTTER, "WHAT'D DALE SAY?"
1395
01:14:53,489 --> 01:14:54,657
AND HE GOES,
"HE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING."
1396
01:14:54,657 --> 01:14:55,891
HE SAID,
"RICHARD'S BEEN CALLING HIM,
1397
01:14:55,891 --> 01:14:57,026
BUT HE HASN'T RESPONDED."
1398
01:14:57,026 --> 01:14:59,428
I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS
ANOTHER CRASH.
1399
01:14:59,428 --> 01:15:01,597
I'VE SEEN IT ON TV.
IT DIDN'T LOOK THAT BAD.
1400
01:15:01,597 --> 01:15:04,767
IT LOOKED LIKE
JUST ANOTHER TOUGH CRASH.
1401
01:15:04,767 --> 01:15:07,603
AND I HOLLERED AT DALE, HOLLERED
AT HIM A COUPLE OF TIMES,
1402
01:15:07,603 --> 01:15:11,440
AND HE DIDN'T ANSWER ME BACK,
WHICH WAS UNUSUAL.
1403
01:15:11,440 --> 01:15:14,276
SO I STARTED WALKING UP
THROUGH THERE.
1404
01:15:22,017 --> 01:15:23,652
THIS ISN'T WHAT YOU WOULD
EXPECT, YOU KNOW?
1405
01:15:23,652 --> 01:15:26,188
YOU USUALLY SEE
THE GUYS GET OUT AND...
1406
01:15:27,123 --> 01:15:31,260
UM, YOU KNOW IT JUST
LOOKED LIKE IT WAS TAKING
1407
01:15:31,260 --> 01:15:33,829
A LITTLE BIT LONGER FOR THEM
TO GET DAD OUT OR WHOEVER.
1408
01:15:33,829 --> 01:15:35,431
I DON'T EVEN -- I COULDN'T
EVEN TELL AT THAT POINT
1409
01:15:35,431 --> 01:15:37,333
REALLY WHAT THE STRUGGLE WAS,
WHAT THE HOLD UP WAS.
1410
01:15:37,333 --> 01:15:39,502
BUT IT WAS A SITUATION.
1411
01:15:39,502 --> 01:15:44,502
♪
1412
01:15:48,744 --> 01:15:52,148
Darrell: AS WE GO OFF THE AIR,
AS LONG AS I LIVE,
1413
01:15:52,148 --> 01:15:56,252
I'LL NEVER FORGET, THE AMBULANCE
COMES OUT OF THE TRACK.
1414
01:15:58,387 --> 01:16:00,222
THAT AMBULANCE WAS DOING
15 MILES AN HOUR,
1415
01:16:00,222 --> 01:16:04,627
MAYBE 20 JUST
CREEPING DOWN THE ROAD,
1416
01:16:04,627 --> 01:16:06,695
HEADED TO THE HOSPITAL.
1417
01:16:06,695 --> 01:16:11,695
♪
1418
01:16:11,901 --> 01:16:16,901
WE WERE PROBABLY 15 MINUTES
INTO THE PRESS BOX INTERVIEWS,
1419
01:16:18,307 --> 01:16:20,609
AND...
1420
01:16:21,444 --> 01:16:25,347
Hawthorne: I'M WATCHING MICHAEL,
AND I SEE BROOKE.
1421
01:16:26,615 --> 01:16:29,118
SHE LOOKED AT ME,
AND SHE WENT LIKE THIS,
1422
01:16:29,118 --> 01:16:32,621
LIKE STOP THE INTERVIEWS.
1423
01:16:32,621 --> 01:16:35,891
AND TOLD THEM THAT UNFORTUNATELY
1424
01:16:35,891 --> 01:16:38,360
WE HAD TO CUT
THE PRESS CONFERENCE SHORT.
1425
01:16:38,360 --> 01:16:43,360
SO THAT MADE ME UNCOMFORTABLE.
1426
01:16:43,766 --> 01:16:47,236
I MEAN, THAT MADE ME THINK,
"OH, GOD."
1427
01:16:48,704 --> 01:16:52,908
WHEN WE GOT INTO THE ELEVATOR
AND MICHAEL AND BUFFY
1428
01:16:52,908 --> 01:16:57,908
WERE IN THIS CORNER
OF THE ELEVATOR, SO MY RIGHT,
1429
01:16:58,581 --> 01:17:03,581
AND I STOPPED THE ELEVATOR,
AND I LOOKED AT
1430
01:17:05,987 --> 01:17:07,423
MICHAEL AND BUFFY, AND I SAID,
1431
01:17:07,423 --> 01:17:11,794
"I'M SO SORRY,
BUT WE'VE LOST DALE."
1432
01:17:11,794 --> 01:17:16,794
♪
1433
01:17:17,199 --> 01:17:22,199
♪
1434
01:17:22,638 --> 01:17:25,040
Michael:
I REMEMBER WANTING TO LEAVE.
1435
01:17:25,040 --> 01:17:30,040
♪
1436
01:17:32,815 --> 01:17:37,815
I REMEMBER WANTING TO LEAVE,
AND, UH...
1437
01:17:38,254 --> 01:17:43,158
I THINK THAT'S WHEN THE REALITY
OF IT SET IN FINALLY.
1438
01:17:46,028 --> 01:17:51,028
YOU KNOW, SOME TIME BETWEEN
THE ELEVATOR AND THE VAN RIDE
1439
01:17:52,034 --> 01:17:53,402
AND GETTING IN A MOTOR HOME
1440
01:17:53,402 --> 01:17:57,973
AND GETTING EVERYONE ELSE
TO LEAVE...
1441
01:17:57,973 --> 01:18:00,776
I GUESS IT'S JUST
THAT FIGHT OR FLIGHT.
1442
01:18:03,712 --> 01:18:08,712
AND I KNEW I HAD TO BE STRONG.
1443
01:18:10,319 --> 01:18:12,354
SO...
1444
01:18:14,390 --> 01:18:19,061
AND THEN BEING IN THE BUS,
JUST IN SHOCK.
1445
01:18:22,997 --> 01:18:27,997
THIS PERFECT DAY
THAT I DREAMED OF
1446
01:18:28,003 --> 01:18:32,841
TURNED OUT TO BE ONE OF
THE SADDEST DAYS OF MY LIFE.
1447
01:18:32,841 --> 01:18:37,841
♪
1448
01:18:41,183 --> 01:18:44,119
Norris: THAT ONE MOMENT THAT
HE WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE,
1449
01:18:44,119 --> 01:18:48,223
IN A SELFISH WAY,
WAS ROBBED OF THAT.
1450
01:18:48,223 --> 01:18:50,459
THEN YOU ADD IN,
THAT'S MY BEST FRIEND,
1451
01:18:50,459 --> 01:18:51,961
OH, YEAH, BY THE WAY,
THAT'S MY BOSS.
1452
01:18:51,961 --> 01:18:53,696
OH, BY THE WAY,
HE JUST HIRED ME,
1453
01:18:53,696 --> 01:18:56,998
AND I JUST WON
THE DAYTONA 500 FOR HIM,
1454
01:18:56,998 --> 01:18:57,967
AND I DON'T GET
TO CELEBRATE WITH HIM.
1455
01:18:57,967 --> 01:18:59,201
WHEN YOU START ADDING
ALL OF THOSE THINGS,
1456
01:18:59,201 --> 01:19:03,472
AND YOU START
THINKING ABOUT, UM...
1457
01:19:20,689 --> 01:19:21,924
HOLD ON A MINUTE.
1458
01:19:26,295 --> 01:19:30,965
Earnhardt Jr: WE GOT TO THE
HOSPITAL, AND I WALKED
1459
01:19:30,965 --> 01:19:34,603
RIGHT INTO DAD'S ROOM,
AND I KNEW RIGHT AWAY
1460
01:19:34,603 --> 01:19:39,603
WHEN I SEEN HIM THAT IT WAS
JUST AS BAD AS IT COULD BE.
1461
01:19:39,908 --> 01:19:44,747
AND, UM...
1462
01:19:44,747 --> 01:19:47,383
I TURNED AROUND AND WALKED
BACK OUT OF THERE,
1463
01:19:47,383 --> 01:19:52,383
AND WE SPENT 30 MINUTES
AT THAT HOSPITAL
1464
01:19:52,721 --> 01:19:55,357
BEFORE THEY FINALLY TOLD US
THAT HE WAS GONE.
1465
01:19:57,760 --> 01:19:59,862
Helton: THIS IS UNDOUBTEDLY ONE
OF THE TOUGHEST ANNOUNCEMENTS
1466
01:19:59,862 --> 01:20:03,465
THAT I'VE EVER PERSONALLY
HAD TO MAKE.
1467
01:20:03,465 --> 01:20:08,465
BUT AFTER THE ACCIDENT IN TURN 4
AT THE END OF THE DAYTONA 500,
1468
01:20:08,504 --> 01:20:10,773
WE'VE LOST DALE EARNHARDT.
1469
01:20:15,244 --> 01:20:18,247
Darrell: WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED
TO DO WITH THIS?
1470
01:20:19,348 --> 01:20:22,618
THE GREATEST ICON
OF OUR SPORT...
1471
01:20:25,821 --> 01:20:28,057
...HE JUST GOT KILLED.
1472
01:20:30,893 --> 01:20:33,562
Reporter: THEY'VE COME OUT TO
DROP OFF FLOWERS, BALLOONS,
1473
01:20:33,562 --> 01:20:36,665
A T-SHIRT, OR EVEN
AN OLD RACING HAT.
1474
01:20:36,665 --> 01:20:40,536
THEY'VE COME TO SAY
GOODBYE TO THEIR FALLEN HERO.
1475
01:20:40,536 --> 01:20:45,536
♪
1476
01:20:47,010 --> 01:20:51,980
WE ALL SAT DOWN SOME TIME
THE NEXT WEEK AND SAID,
1477
01:20:51,980 --> 01:20:54,550
"YOU KNOW, DAD WOULD WANT US
TO BE AT THE RACE TRACK.
1478
01:20:54,550 --> 01:20:55,951
HE'D BE REAL..."
1479
01:20:55,951 --> 01:20:58,387
AND YOU HEAR PEOPLE SAY THAT
WHEN THEY HAVE LOSS
1480
01:20:58,387 --> 01:21:01,824
OR THEY LOSE SOMEBODY.
1481
01:21:01,824 --> 01:21:05,394
SOMEBODY DIES,
YOU HEAR THAT ALL THE TIME.
1482
01:21:05,394 --> 01:21:07,129
"WELL, THEY'D WANT US
TO KEEP GOING,"
1483
01:21:07,129 --> 01:21:10,466
AND YOU THINK, "HOW DO YOU
REALLY KNOW WHAT THEY..."
1484
01:21:10,466 --> 01:21:15,437
BUT YOU DO. YOU KNOW?
AND I ALWAYS -- I'LL NEVER...
1485
01:21:15,437 --> 01:21:19,274
DAD WOULD HAVE REALLY BEEN
PISSED OFF IF WE DIDN'T GO RACE.
1486
01:21:20,175 --> 01:21:23,612
YOU KNOW, WE HAD TO GO
RACING THE NEXT SUNDAY,
1487
01:21:23,612 --> 01:21:28,612
AND I KNEW WHAT
MY RESPONSIBILITY WAS,
1488
01:21:31,687 --> 01:21:33,856
AND I KNEW...
1489
01:21:37,960 --> 01:21:41,263
...EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED TO DO
1490
01:21:41,263 --> 01:21:44,166
OR NEEDED TO DO
IN ORDER TO DEAL WITH IT.
1491
01:21:44,166 --> 01:21:49,166
AND THAT WAS TO HONOR
MY FRIEND AND, UM...
1492
01:21:52,207 --> 01:21:54,409
AND...
1493
01:21:54,409 --> 01:21:59,409
♪
1494
01:22:03,952 --> 01:22:05,354
Announcer: RACING WILL
GO ON AT ROCKINGHAM.
1495
01:22:05,354 --> 01:22:07,989
PERHAPS THAT WILL GET
THESE DRIVERS
1496
01:22:07,989 --> 01:22:09,091
AND THEIR CREWS A CHANCE
TO GET TOGETHER IN THE GARAGE,
1497
01:22:09,091 --> 01:22:10,759
LAUGH A BIT,
PERHAPS SHED A TEAR,
1498
01:22:10,759 --> 01:22:14,763
THEN GO OUT AND RACE LIKE HELL
TO HONOR THE MAN IN THE 3 CAR.
1499
01:22:16,198 --> 01:22:19,802
I HAD AN INCREDIBLE WEEK
1500
01:22:19,802 --> 01:22:24,802
DEALING WITH THE LOSS OF DALE
1501
01:22:26,275 --> 01:22:30,612
AND WHAT ALL IT'S MEANT TO US.
1502
01:22:30,612 --> 01:22:33,482
I MEAN, I WAS HIS FRIEND.
1503
01:22:33,482 --> 01:22:38,482
♪
1504
01:22:41,056 --> 01:22:42,925
WE ALL LOVED TO WATCH HIM
RACE HIS CAR,
1505
01:22:42,925 --> 01:22:46,895
AND THOSE WERE THE THINGS
THAT WE'RE GOING TO MISS.
1506
01:22:47,963 --> 01:22:50,966
MY PERSONAL THINKING IS THAT
WHEN THIS WEEKEND IS OVER
1507
01:22:50,966 --> 01:22:55,966
AND WE'VE RACED, THEN NEXT WEEK,
WE CAN TALK ABOUT WINNING
1508
01:22:56,405 --> 01:22:58,073
THE DAYTONA 500.
1509
01:22:58,073 --> 01:23:01,243
♪
1510
01:23:01,243 --> 01:23:05,013
BUT LET THIS WEEK BE A WEEK
1511
01:23:05,013 --> 01:23:07,516
THAT WE JUST TALK ABOUT DALE.
1512
01:23:07,516 --> 01:23:11,854
♪
1513
01:23:11,854 --> 01:23:13,555
Announcer: OH, WE GOT TROUBLE.
TROUBLE ALREADY.
1514
01:23:13,555 --> 01:23:15,224
THREE CARS, FOUR CARS.
1515
01:23:19,994 --> 01:23:21,864
Michael:
HAD TO TRY TO MOVE FORWARD,
1516
01:23:21,864 --> 01:23:25,534
BUT ME AND I DON'T THINK
A LOT OF OTHERS,
1517
01:23:25,534 --> 01:23:30,534
WE DIDN'T -- WE DIDN'T
MOVE FORWARD VERY FAST.
1518
01:23:34,910 --> 01:23:36,845
AND THEN THE NEXT WEEK
AND THE NEXT WEEK,
1519
01:23:36,845 --> 01:23:38,480
THEY JUST ALL STARTED
RUNNING TOGETHER,
1520
01:23:38,480 --> 01:23:43,480
AND I HAD THIS AWESOME RACE CAR
1521
01:23:43,652 --> 01:23:48,123
THAT DALE'S TEAM WAS BUILDING
ME, AND I DIDN'T RUN AS WELL.
1522
01:23:48,123 --> 01:23:51,927
I JUST -- I DON'T KNOW,
I JUST -- IT'S PROBABLY ME,
1523
01:23:51,927 --> 01:23:55,664
PROBABLY ME NOT BEING ABLE
TO DO MY JOB
1524
01:23:55,664 --> 01:23:57,566
LIKE I WAS PAID TO DO.
1525
01:23:57,566 --> 01:24:02,504
AND BY THE TIME, YOU KNOW,
THE RETURN TO
1526
01:24:02,504 --> 01:24:07,504
THE DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL
SPEEDWAY FOR THE JULY 4th RACE
1527
01:24:07,609 --> 01:24:12,609
ROLLED AROUND, LIKE,
WE HADN'T DONE ANYTHING AT ALL.
1528
01:24:15,417 --> 01:24:19,388
AND DAYTONA LOOMED AHEAD.
1529
01:24:19,388 --> 01:24:24,388
♪
1530
01:24:26,695 --> 01:24:29,298
Announcer: NOW TONIGHT, ONE OF
THE SPORT'S BRIGHTEST EVENINGS
1531
01:24:29,298 --> 01:24:32,534
IS CERTAINLY SADDENED
BY ONE OF ITS DARKEST MOMENTS.
1532
01:24:32,534 --> 01:24:35,270
THIS IS THE FIRST
WINSTON CUP RACE HERE AT DAYTONA
1533
01:24:35,270 --> 01:24:37,306
SINCE DALE EARNHARDT
WAS KILLED IN A CRASH
1534
01:24:37,306 --> 01:24:40,475
AT THE CONCLUSION OF
THE DAYTONA 500
1535
01:24:40,475 --> 01:24:42,477
BACK IN FEBRUARY.
1536
01:24:42,477 --> 01:24:47,477
♪
1537
01:24:51,386 --> 01:24:54,122
I REALLY LIKE THIS RACE TRACK.
IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE TRACKS.
1538
01:24:54,122 --> 01:24:57,859
AND A WIN HERE WOULD
REALLY MEAN A LOT TO ME
1539
01:24:57,859 --> 01:25:00,062
AND THE REST OF
THE TEAM, AS WELL.
1540
01:25:00,062 --> 01:25:05,062
♪
1541
01:25:06,268 --> 01:25:11,268
♪
1542
01:25:12,474 --> 01:25:14,843
Announcer: CERTAINLY DALE
EARNHARDT IS ON THE MINDS
1543
01:25:14,843 --> 01:25:17,079
OF A LOT OF FANS
AND A LOT OF TEAMS.
1544
01:25:17,079 --> 01:25:19,614
BUT, BENNY, THESE TEAMS
HAVE COME HERE TO WORK
1545
01:25:19,614 --> 01:25:21,183
AS WELL AS REMEMBER.
1546
01:25:23,985 --> 01:25:27,989
Martin: THAT JULY RACE
AT DAYTONA IN 2001
1547
01:25:27,989 --> 01:25:30,992
WAS ONE THAT, YOU KNOW,
WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN
1548
01:25:30,992 --> 01:25:32,060
IN THE HISTORY OF THE SPORT
1549
01:25:32,060 --> 01:25:35,230
BECAUSE OF ALL
OF THE RAMIFICATIONS OF,
1550
01:25:35,230 --> 01:25:38,133
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
WE'RE BACK AT DAYTONA
1551
01:25:38,133 --> 01:25:39,801
SINCE DALE'S DEATH.
1552
01:25:39,801 --> 01:25:42,371
HOW WAS DALE JR. GONNA RESPOND?
1553
01:25:42,371 --> 01:25:44,673
HOW ARE THE FANS GONNA RESPOND?
1554
01:25:44,673 --> 01:25:47,609
HOW'S THE D.E.I. TEAM
GONNA RESPOND?
1555
01:25:47,609 --> 01:25:52,609
♪
1556
01:25:52,748 --> 01:25:57,748
♪
1557
01:25:57,886 --> 01:26:02,324
I REMEMBER THOSE ALL-NIGHT
CAR RIDES, GOING THROUGH
1558
01:26:02,324 --> 01:26:05,327
THE TUNNEL, AND POPPING UP
AND SEEING THOSE BANKS.
1559
01:26:05,327 --> 01:26:10,165
THOSE STARTED IN 1975.
1560
01:26:10,165 --> 01:26:15,165
AND FOR THE FIRST TIME, IN 2001,
I'M GOING TO DAYTONA,
1561
01:26:15,504 --> 01:26:20,042
SOMEWHERE I DON'T WANT TO BE,
AND THAT WAS CONFUSING.
1562
01:26:20,042 --> 01:26:23,745
IT WAS HARD.
1563
01:26:23,745 --> 01:26:25,013
[ SIGHS ]
1564
01:26:25,013 --> 01:26:29,984
BUT EVENTUALLY,
A COUPLE OF WEEKS BEFORE,
1565
01:26:29,984 --> 01:26:32,788
I TOLD BUFFY,
I SAID, "I'M GOING TO GO GET --
1566
01:26:32,788 --> 01:26:34,456
I'M GONNA GO GET REVENGE
ON THAT PLACE.
1567
01:26:34,456 --> 01:26:37,092
I'M GONNA GO WIN THE RACE.
1568
01:26:37,092 --> 01:26:42,092
I'M GONNA GO DO A BURNOUT,
1569
01:26:42,798 --> 01:26:46,034
THE BIGGEST VICTORY CELEBRATION
YOU'VE EVER SEEN,
1570
01:26:46,034 --> 01:26:49,871
AND I'M GOING TO
CELEBRATE DALE."
1571
01:26:49,871 --> 01:26:54,871
♪
1572
01:26:56,778 --> 01:27:01,778
♪
1573
01:27:13,428 --> 01:27:15,797
Announcer: COULD MICHAEL WALTRIP
BE WRITING ANOTHER
1574
01:27:15,797 --> 01:27:17,332
DAYTONA MIRACLE STORY?
1575
01:27:17,332 --> 01:27:20,968
THE DAYTONA 500 WINNER
COMING IN HERE
1576
01:27:20,968 --> 01:27:21,369
LOOKING FOR THE DAYTONA SWEEP.
1577
01:27:21,369 --> 01:27:22,904
Announcer #2: I THINK YOU BETTER
LOOK OUT FOR JUNIOR
1578
01:27:22,904 --> 01:27:25,373
BECAUSE HE'LL BE COMING,
AND HE'LL HAVE FIRE IN HIS EYES.
1579
01:27:25,373 --> 01:27:28,577
THIS YOUNG MAN
WANTS THIS ONE TONIGHT BADLY.
1580
01:27:30,412 --> 01:27:32,214
Earnhardt Jr: I DIDN'T HAVE
ANY FEAR, I'LL TELL YOU THAT.
1581
01:27:32,214 --> 01:27:35,951
I MEAN, WHEN YOU'RE RACING
AND YOUR DAD DIES IN A CRASH
1582
01:27:35,951 --> 01:27:39,387
IN THE SAME RACE YOU'RE IN,
YOU DON'T HAVE MUCH FEAR ANYMORE
1583
01:27:39,387 --> 01:27:43,191
ABOUT DANGERS AND GETTING HURT.
1584
01:27:43,191 --> 01:27:48,191
AND I FELT THAT EMPOWERED ME.
1585
01:27:48,463 --> 01:27:50,232
Announcer: LOOK AT JUNIOR GO.
1586
01:27:50,232 --> 01:27:51,600
Announcer #2: UP TO FOURTH.
1587
01:27:56,071 --> 01:27:57,472
THEY'RE GONNA STAY ON
BOTTOM OF THE RACE TRACK.
1588
01:27:57,472 --> 01:28:00,408
I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO
GIVE THE OUTSIDE TO JUNIOR.
1589
01:28:01,910 --> 01:28:05,080
TO THE OUTSIDE OF DAVE BLANEY
FOR SECOND SPOT.
1590
01:28:05,080 --> 01:28:07,749
MAYFIELD PUSHES HIM
ALONG IN THE DRAFT.
1591
01:28:07,749 --> 01:28:10,252
Earnhardt Jr: YOU KNOW,
MY CAR IS SO DOMINANT.
1592
01:28:10,252 --> 01:28:11,753
I'M GOING TO GO OUT HERE,
AND I'LL BE SURPRISED
1593
01:28:11,753 --> 01:28:14,055
IF ANYBODY CAN BEAT US.
1594
01:28:14,055 --> 01:28:16,925
Man: STILL THERE. STILL THERE.
1595
01:28:16,925 --> 01:28:19,794
Announcer: TO THE OUTSIDE
IN TURN 4,
1596
01:28:19,794 --> 01:28:22,430
DALE EARNHARDT JR. ROCKETS
TO THE FRONT AT DAYTONA.
1597
01:28:22,430 --> 01:28:24,065
LISTEN TO THE CROWD!
1598
01:28:24,065 --> 01:28:27,968
[ CHEERING ]
1599
01:28:30,405 --> 01:28:35,405
YOU CAN HEAR THE CROWD ROARING
OVER THE SOUND OF THE ENGINES.
1600
01:28:38,013 --> 01:28:40,981
Michael:
THERE'S A LATE PIT STOP,
1601
01:28:40,981 --> 01:28:41,816
AND I KNEW I NEEDED
TO MAKE A GREAT PIT STOP.
1602
01:28:41,816 --> 01:28:43,785
I NEEDED TO GET IN AND OUT
OF MY PIT IN A HURRY
1603
01:28:43,785 --> 01:28:46,588
TO GET TRACK POSITION
SO I CAN GO WIN.
1604
01:28:46,588 --> 01:28:49,157
Announcer: MICHAEL WALTRIP
SLIPPED THROUGH HIS PIT STALL.
1605
01:28:49,157 --> 01:28:51,726
HE HAS TO BACK UP,
AND NOW THE WHOLE STOP
1606
01:28:51,726 --> 01:28:53,195
WILL HAVE TO START OVER.
1607
01:28:53,195 --> 01:28:55,130
IT'S STILL SUPPOSED
TO BE FOUR TIRES
1608
01:28:55,130 --> 01:28:58,099
AND LOOSEN THEM UP A LITTLE
WITH A TRACK BAR ADJUSTMENT.
1609
01:28:58,099 --> 01:28:59,501
LET'S GO TO MARK.
1610
01:28:59,501 --> 01:29:02,937
DALE EARNHARDT JR. IS IN,
AND HE CLEARLY HAD THE BEST CAR
1611
01:29:02,937 --> 01:29:04,306
IN THAT RUN,
AND HE WAS NOT HAPPY WITH IT
1612
01:29:04,306 --> 01:29:06,741
A LITTLE SOFT HE WAS,
AND MADE A HALF POUND INTO
1613
01:29:06,741 --> 01:29:11,012
THE LEFT REAR, AND THEY WILL
WIN THE RACE OFF PIT ROAD.
1614
01:29:12,047 --> 01:29:15,050
SO NOW WHEN THEY FINALLY
GET THE 15 CAR READY TO GO,
1615
01:29:15,050 --> 01:29:16,851
MICHAEL HAS NOWHERE TO GO.
1616
01:29:20,822 --> 01:29:23,458
Michael: BY THE TIME
I BACKED UP, GOT MY TIRES,
1617
01:29:23,458 --> 01:29:26,261
I WAS FRICKING LAST,
AND THERE WAS,
1618
01:29:26,261 --> 01:29:30,665
I DON'T KNOW,
MAYBE 10 LAPS TO GO.
1619
01:29:30,665 --> 01:29:34,636
AND I DROVE LIKE
I'VE NEVER DRIVEN BEFORE.
1620
01:29:37,672 --> 01:29:41,576
EVERY MOVE I MADE WORKED.
1621
01:29:42,410 --> 01:29:46,114
Announcer: MICHAEL WALTRIP
UNDER MIKE SKINNER.
1622
01:29:46,114 --> 01:29:48,116
Man: YOU'VE GOT IT
FROM HERE ON IN, MIKE.
1623
01:29:50,885 --> 01:29:53,021
Announcer: MICHAEL WALTRIP
TRYING TO BECOME THE FIRST MAN
1624
01:29:53,021 --> 01:29:56,524
TO SWEEP A SEASON
AT DAYTONA SINCE 1982.
1625
01:29:56,524 --> 01:29:57,792
HE'S UP TO THIRD.
1626
01:29:57,792 --> 01:30:00,595
Man: THREE LAPS TO GO.
1627
01:30:00,595 --> 01:30:02,030
Announcer: MICHAEL WALTRIP!
1628
01:30:02,030 --> 01:30:03,832
DIVES UNDERNEATH BOBBY LABONTE.
1629
01:30:03,832 --> 01:30:05,600
THEY BUMP ON THE BACK STRETCH.
1630
01:30:05,600 --> 01:30:09,170
WALTRIP TO SECOND.
ELLIOTT SADLER...
1631
01:30:09,170 --> 01:30:14,170
COMING OFF THE SECOND TURN
WITH A COUPLE LAPS AGO,
1632
01:30:14,442 --> 01:30:18,246
I MEAN, I'D COME FROM THE BACK,
AND I WAS ALL THE WAY TO SECOND.
1633
01:30:20,081 --> 01:30:21,750
Earnhardt Jr:
MICHAEL IS BEHIND ME,
1634
01:30:21,750 --> 01:30:23,551
AND I FELT PRETTY CONFIDENT
ABOUT THAT.
1635
01:30:23,551 --> 01:30:25,587
I FELT GOOD ABOUT THAT,
BECAUSE AT THIS POINT,
1636
01:30:25,587 --> 01:30:27,756
IT STARTED TO BECOME THIS THING.
1637
01:30:27,756 --> 01:30:29,090
SO LET'S HELP EACH OTHER.
1638
01:30:30,825 --> 01:30:32,827
Announcer: WILL MICHAEL WALTRIP
BLOCK FOR DALE, JR.?
1639
01:30:32,827 --> 01:30:34,829
WILL HE TRY TO WIN
THE RACE HIMSELF?
1640
01:30:34,829 --> 01:30:36,264
WHITE FLAG IS OUT.
1641
01:30:36,264 --> 01:30:38,033
FINAL LAP AT DAYTONA.
1642
01:30:38,033 --> 01:30:40,969
180,000 ON THEIR FEET,
SCREAMING WILDLY.
1643
01:30:40,969 --> 01:30:42,237
[ CHEERING ]
1644
01:30:42,237 --> 01:30:44,572
AND I WAS RIGHT ON
DALE, JR.'S BUMPER,
1645
01:30:44,572 --> 01:30:46,408
AND WE COME ACROSS
AND TAKE THE WHITE FLAG,
1646
01:30:46,408 --> 01:30:48,243
AND I'M COMING DOWN
THE BACK STRAIGHTAWAY.
1647
01:30:48,243 --> 01:30:51,212
AND I SAID, "THERE IT IS.
I'M GOING TO WIN THIS DAMN RACE.
1648
01:30:51,212 --> 01:30:53,315
I'M GOING TO WIN THIS RACE."
1649
01:30:53,315 --> 01:30:58,315
♪
1650
01:31:02,157 --> 01:31:03,591
DIDN'T...
1651
01:31:03,591 --> 01:31:07,662
DIDN'T EVEN TRY
TO MAKE THE PASS.
1652
01:31:09,898 --> 01:31:12,334
INSTANTLY I WENT FROM THINKING,
1653
01:31:12,334 --> 01:31:16,137
"I'M BLOWING BY THIS GUY,"
1654
01:31:16,137 --> 01:31:19,674
TO "I'M PUSHING THIS GUY.
1655
01:31:19,674 --> 01:31:22,644
I'M GOING TO PUSH HIM."
1656
01:31:22,644 --> 01:31:24,212
[ CHEERING ]
1657
01:31:24,212 --> 01:31:29,212
♪
1658
01:31:29,851 --> 01:31:31,486
Announcer: HERE THEY COME,
TURN 4.
1659
01:31:31,486 --> 01:31:33,555
DOWN THE LINE AT THE PEPSI 400.
1660
01:31:33,555 --> 01:31:35,090
MICHAEL WALTRIP IS SECOND,
1661
01:31:35,090 --> 01:31:37,325
BUT IT'S GOING TO BE
DALE EARNHARDT, JR.
1662
01:31:37,325 --> 01:31:39,194
USING LESSONS LEARNED
FROM HIS FATHER,
1663
01:31:39,194 --> 01:31:41,963
TO SCORE THE VICTORY
IN THE PEPSI 400.
1664
01:31:41,963 --> 01:31:45,233
[ CHEERING ]
1665
01:31:45,233 --> 01:31:50,233
♪
1666
01:31:51,339 --> 01:31:56,339
♪
1667
01:31:57,479 --> 01:32:00,048
[ CHEERING ]
1668
01:32:03,351 --> 01:32:05,286
Earnhardt Jr: WHEN WE WON
THAT RACE, AND I CAME DOWN
1669
01:32:05,286 --> 01:32:07,088
THE FRONT STRAIGHTAWAY,
AND I WAS GOING TO DO
1670
01:32:07,088 --> 01:32:09,357
THESE DONUTS, AND THAT'S WHEN
I SAW MICHAEL DOWN THERE, TOO.
1671
01:32:09,357 --> 01:32:14,357
I WAS SO GLAD, YOU KNOW, THAT HE
MADE THAT DECISION TO JOIN ME.
1672
01:32:15,397 --> 01:32:18,767
Michael: I SAW HIM IN THERE
SPINNING AROUND, AND I'M LIKE,
1673
01:32:18,767 --> 01:32:21,035
"WELL, I'M GONNA
CELEBRATE, TOO."
1674
01:32:21,035 --> 01:32:23,838
[ CHEERING ]
1675
01:32:23,838 --> 01:32:26,474
Announcer: ALL RIGHT, MIKEY,
YOU NEVER GOT TO CELEBRATE
1676
01:32:26,474 --> 01:32:28,810
YOUR WIN IN FEBRUARY,
YOU CELEBRATE NOW.
1677
01:32:28,810 --> 01:32:31,112
[ CHEERING ]
1678
01:32:33,882 --> 01:32:36,251
Michael: THEN DALE, JR.
GOT ON MY CAR AND WE HUGGED,
1679
01:32:36,251 --> 01:32:39,254
AND I SAID,
1680
01:32:39,254 --> 01:32:42,357
"THIS IS FOR YOUR DAD.
I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS."
1681
01:32:42,357 --> 01:32:46,728
AND I SAID, "I LOVE YOU, BUDDY."
AND HE SAID, "YOU TOO."
1682
01:32:49,564 --> 01:32:53,668
AND THEN HE DOVE INTO THE CROWD
AND CROWD SURFED OFF.
1683
01:32:56,137 --> 01:32:57,439
[ LAUGHS ]
1684
01:32:57,439 --> 01:32:59,407
I SAID, "KIDS THESE DAYS."
1685
01:32:59,407 --> 01:33:04,407
♪
1686
01:33:04,813 --> 01:33:09,813
♪
1687
01:33:10,251 --> 01:33:14,722
THAT NIGHT, IT JUST FELT LIKE
ALL THE PAIN,
1688
01:33:14,722 --> 01:33:17,525
ALL THE SADNESS,
THE SORROW, IT WAS GONE.
1689
01:33:17,525 --> 01:33:19,961
YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST --
IT WAS GONE.
1690
01:33:19,961 --> 01:33:21,062
IT WAS SO REAL.
1691
01:33:21,062 --> 01:33:25,033
YOU KNOW, IT WAS EVERYTHING
1692
01:33:25,033 --> 01:33:30,033
YOU'D HOPE A CELEBRATION
WOULD CONTAIN
1693
01:33:32,240 --> 01:33:36,811
WITH 150,000 PEOPLE
JOINING YOU FOR IT.
1694
01:33:36,811 --> 01:33:41,811
BUT FACT IS
SOME FINISH TO A RACE
1695
01:33:41,850 --> 01:33:43,718
DOESN'T MAGICALLY HEAL YOU.
1696
01:33:43,718 --> 01:33:46,955
THAT HAS TO COME FROM INSIDE.
1697
01:33:46,955 --> 01:33:50,024
AND I CONVINCED MYSELF OF THAT,
1698
01:33:50,024 --> 01:33:55,024
THAT I WANTED TO BE THE WINNER
THAT DALE WANTED ME TO BE.
1699
01:33:58,433 --> 01:34:00,735
Earnhardt: THERE AIN'T NOTHING
LIKE GOING FAST AT DAYTONA.
1700
01:34:00,735 --> 01:34:05,139
YOU DON'T HAVE TO,
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
1701
01:34:05,139 --> 01:34:06,574
LETTING OFF OR CRACKING THE GAS.
1702
01:34:06,574 --> 01:34:07,775
YOU CAN JUST GO.
1703
01:34:07,775 --> 01:34:10,278
IT'S JUST THE BIGGEST
THRILL I'VE EVER HAD.
1704
01:34:10,278 --> 01:34:11,946
[ ENGINE REVS ]
1705
01:34:13,715 --> 01:34:15,183
Man: WHY WOULD YOU WANT
TO DO SOMETHING
1706
01:34:15,183 --> 01:34:17,619
THAT YOU KNOW DARN WELL,
COULD KILL YOU?
1707
01:34:20,121 --> 01:34:22,390
I HADN'T NEVER WANTED TO DO
ANYTHING ELSE.
1708
01:34:22,390 --> 01:34:25,426
I NEVER HAD ANY -- NEVER,
EVER WANTED ANYTHING
1709
01:34:25,426 --> 01:34:29,230
AS MUCH AS I WANTED
TO RACE OR ENJOY OR LIKE IT
1710
01:34:29,230 --> 01:34:32,634
OR WOULD GIVE UP MOST ANYTHING
IN LIFE TO HAVE IT.
1711
01:34:32,634 --> 01:34:34,302
WHY?
1712
01:34:34,302 --> 01:34:35,937
I WAS BORN INTO IT.
1713
01:34:35,937 --> 01:34:37,972
BRED IN ME, I RECKON.
1714
01:34:37,972 --> 01:34:40,174
THAT'S ALL I THINK.
1715
01:34:40,174 --> 01:34:43,711
I HAVE LET IT GET IN THE WAY
OF MY PERSONAL FEELINGS
1716
01:34:43,711 --> 01:34:47,415
A LOT OF TIMES, BUT I'VE CHOSE
RACING EVERY TIME.
1717
01:34:47,415 --> 01:34:52,415
♪
1718
01:34:55,323 --> 01:35:00,323
♪
1719
01:35:03,231 --> 01:35:08,231
♪
1720
01:35:11,172 --> 01:35:16,172
♪
1721
01:35:19,080 --> 01:35:23,785
Michael: I THINK IF YOU TAKE
WHAT HAPPENED ON THAT
1722
01:35:23,785 --> 01:35:28,785
FEBRUARY DAY AND LOOK AT IT,
1723
01:35:30,758 --> 01:35:32,327
IT WASN'T TRAGIC.
1724
01:35:32,327 --> 01:35:36,464
I MEAN, THAT SOUNDS --
1725
01:35:36,464 --> 01:35:38,333
THAT'S HARD TO SAY,
1726
01:35:38,333 --> 01:35:43,333
BUT IT WAS A MOMENT
WHEN A MAN WAS DOING
1727
01:35:43,671 --> 01:35:48,671
JUST WHAT HE WANTED TO DO,
AND HE WAS TAKEN FROM US,
1728
01:35:49,344 --> 01:35:54,344
BUT HE WAS RACING
WITH A PURPOSE.
1729
01:35:56,284 --> 01:35:58,786
HE WAS HELPING HIS BUDDY.
HE WAS HELPING HIS SON.
1730
01:35:58,786 --> 01:36:02,523
HE WAS RIGHT WHERE
HE WANTED TO BE,
1731
01:36:02,523 --> 01:36:07,523
AND THE RESULTS FOR US ON EARTH,
1732
01:36:09,931 --> 01:36:14,602
IT FEELS TRAGIC, BUT FOR HIM,
1733
01:36:14,602 --> 01:36:19,440
IT COULD HAVE BEEN MAJESTIC,
WHERE HE THOUGHT,
1734
01:36:19,440 --> 01:36:22,877
"THERE YOU GO.
I'LL LEAVE YOU ALL WITH THAT.
1735
01:36:22,877 --> 01:36:24,479
THAT'S MY FINAL ACT."
1736
01:36:24,479 --> 01:36:29,479
♪
1737
01:36:31,953 --> 01:36:34,856
THAT COULD VERY WELL BE TRUE.
1738
01:36:34,856 --> 01:36:39,856
♪
1739
01:36:46,334 --> 01:36:48,569
[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]
1740
01:36:48,569 --> 01:36:50,972
[ WIND WHISTLING ]
1741
01:37:22,003 --> 01:37:27,003
♪
1742
01:37:30,912 --> 01:37:35,912
♪
1743
01:37:39,821 --> 01:37:44,821
♪
1744
01:37:48,730 --> 01:37:53,730
♪
1745
01:37:57,638 --> 01:38:02,638
♪
1746
01:38:06,514 --> 01:38:11,514
♪
1747
01:38:15,423 --> 01:38:20,423
♪
1748
01:38:24,332 --> 01:38:29,332
♪
1749
01:38:33,241 --> 01:38:36,844
♪ THESE LONELY ROADS ♪
1750
01:38:36,844 --> 01:38:40,414
♪ THEY'RE ALL THE SAME ♪
1751
01:38:40,414 --> 01:38:43,851
♪ THEY BRING BACK FEELINGS ♪
1752
01:38:43,851 --> 01:38:47,889
♪ HEARTACHE AND PAIN ♪
1753
01:38:47,889 --> 01:38:51,559
♪ I THINK OF THE PAST ♪
1754
01:38:51,559 --> 01:38:55,296
♪ I DON'T KNOW WHY ♪
1755
01:38:55,296 --> 01:38:59,834
♪ IT ALL HAPPENS ♪
IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE ♪
1756
01:38:59,834 --> 01:39:02,603
♪
1757
01:39:02,603 --> 01:39:06,174
♪ AND FROM THE HIGHEST HIGH ♪
1758
01:39:06,174 --> 01:39:10,144
♪ AND WHEN YOU SEE ME CRY ♪
1759
01:39:10,144 --> 01:39:13,848
♪ JUST DON'T ASK ME WHY ♪
1760
01:39:13,848 --> 01:39:18,452
♪ IT ALL HAPPENS ♪
1761
01:39:18,452 --> 01:39:22,657
♪ IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE ♪
1762
01:39:22,657 --> 01:39:27,657
♪
1763
01:39:28,129 --> 01:39:32,999
♪ SO MANY PEOPLE ♪
1764
01:39:32,999 --> 01:39:35,670
♪ SO MANY PLANS ♪
1765
01:39:35,670 --> 01:39:38,506
♪ BUT MY MAMA SAID ♪
1766
01:39:38,506 --> 01:39:42,844
♪ LEAVE IT UP TO THE MAN ♪
1767
01:39:42,844 --> 01:39:46,547
♪ ALL OF THE ANSWERS ♪
1768
01:39:46,547 --> 01:39:50,318
♪ COME BY AND BY ♪
1769
01:39:50,318 --> 01:39:54,655
♪ IT ALL HAPPENS ♪
IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE ♪
1770
01:39:54,655 --> 01:39:57,959
♪
1771
01:39:57,959 --> 01:40:01,796
♪ AND FROM THE HIGHEST HIGH ♪
1772
01:40:01,796 --> 01:40:05,499
♪ TO WHEN YOU SEE ME CRY ♪
1773
01:40:05,499 --> 01:40:09,537
♪ JUST DON'T ME WHY ♪
1774
01:40:09,537 --> 01:40:14,108
♪ IT ALL HAPPENS ♪
1775
01:40:14,108 --> 01:40:19,108
♪ IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE ♪
1776
01:40:19,981 --> 01:40:24,151
♪ AND JUST DON'T ASK ME WHY ♪
1777
01:40:24,151 --> 01:40:27,922
♪ IT ALL HAPPENS ♪
1778
01:40:27,922 --> 01:40:32,593
♪ OOH ♪
1779
01:40:32,593 --> 01:40:36,564
♪ IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE ♪
1780
01:40:36,564 --> 01:40:41,564
♪
1781
01:40:44,038 --> 01:40:49,038
♪