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I saw this today and thought some of you NASCAr fans may find it interesting.......
NEW YORK (AP) -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. says he believes his late father, seven-time NASCAR champion Dale Earnhardt, had a lot to do with his surviving a burning wreck at a sports car event in July.
Earnardt, interviewed for Wednesday night's edition of 60 Minutes on CBS, was engulfed in flames after the Corvette he was driving at an American Le Mans Series event in Sonoma, Calif., spun and backed into a tire wall. The Nextel Cup star escaped with second-degree burns to his neck and legs, which hampered his racing for several weeks but did not sideline him.
"At that moment, you think of everything ... you think, 'This would really suck if it's the way I'm going out,' " Earnhardt told interviewer Mike Wallace.
Earnhardt's father was killed three years ago in a crash on the final lap of the Daytona 500, but Junior tells Wallace that it was his father who helped him escape from the burning car.
"I think he had a lot to do with me getting out of that car," says Earnhardt. "...I don't want to put some weird, you know, psycho twist on it like he was pulling me out or anything, but he had a lot to do with me getting out of that car. From the movement I made to unbuckle my belt to lying on the stretcher, I have no idea what happened."
Earnhardt told Wallace the feeling was so real that when he reached safety, he began inquiring about the "person" who helped him out of the burning car. "I had my ... PR man ... by the collar screaming at him to find the guy that pulled me out of the car," recalls Earnhardt. "He was like, 'Nobody helped you get out,' and I was like, 'That's strange because I swear somebody ... had me underneath ... my arms and was carrying me out of the car.' I mean, I swear to God."
Wallace asks, "And that was your dad?" Earnhardt responds, "Yeah, I don't know. You tell me. It ... freaks me out today just talking about it. It just gives me chills."
NEW YORK (AP) -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. says he believes his late father, seven-time NASCAR champion Dale Earnhardt, had a lot to do with his surviving a burning wreck at a sports car event in July.
Earnardt, interviewed for Wednesday night's edition of 60 Minutes on CBS, was engulfed in flames after the Corvette he was driving at an American Le Mans Series event in Sonoma, Calif., spun and backed into a tire wall. The Nextel Cup star escaped with second-degree burns to his neck and legs, which hampered his racing for several weeks but did not sideline him.
"At that moment, you think of everything ... you think, 'This would really suck if it's the way I'm going out,' " Earnhardt told interviewer Mike Wallace.
Earnhardt's father was killed three years ago in a crash on the final lap of the Daytona 500, but Junior tells Wallace that it was his father who helped him escape from the burning car.
"I think he had a lot to do with me getting out of that car," says Earnhardt. "...I don't want to put some weird, you know, psycho twist on it like he was pulling me out or anything, but he had a lot to do with me getting out of that car. From the movement I made to unbuckle my belt to lying on the stretcher, I have no idea what happened."
Earnhardt told Wallace the feeling was so real that when he reached safety, he began inquiring about the "person" who helped him out of the burning car. "I had my ... PR man ... by the collar screaming at him to find the guy that pulled me out of the car," recalls Earnhardt. "He was like, 'Nobody helped you get out,' and I was like, 'That's strange because I swear somebody ... had me underneath ... my arms and was carrying me out of the car.' I mean, I swear to God."
Wallace asks, "And that was your dad?" Earnhardt responds, "Yeah, I don't know. You tell me. It ... freaks me out today just talking about it. It just gives me chills."
That's really cool. Who will really ever know, but I would say that most likely it was his dad. The fact that he immediately wanted to know who pulled him from the car says a lot. It was something so real to him, that he had ask and wanted to find that person. Yeppers, I'd say it was his dad, or a guardian angel, which could be one in the same.
Since I am personally not a NASCAR fan I have little knowledge of the incident or personalities involved.
However, given the extensive media coverage the sport receives I'm wondering if any televised video tape of the incident exists?
Ususally these sort of sports would have several different camera angles covering the event.
I'd be curious to see any tapes of what took place.
Did any camera capture anyone help him out of the wreck?
When Jr. emerged from the car were his arms up in the air as if someone (or something![[Shock]](graemlins/shock.gif)
) had their arms hooked under his?
By chance are there any NASCAR fans on this board who have more info on the incident?
However, given the extensive media coverage the sport receives I'm wondering if any televised video tape of the incident exists?
Ususally these sort of sports would have several different camera angles covering the event.
I'd be curious to see any tapes of what took place.
Did any camera capture anyone help him out of the wreck?
When Jr. emerged from the car were his arms up in the air as if someone (or something
) had their arms hooked under his?By chance are there any NASCAR fans on this board who have more info on the incident?
If it was anyone but Jr. talking about it I would have thought that it was an inevitability that someone would start seeing the ghost of Dale Earnhart Sr. like they did for Elvis and most other celebrities that people agrandize.
But that was a pretty cool story.
Do you have the links to the articles that state he said those things?
But that was a pretty cool story.
Do you have the links to the articles that state he said those things?
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