A Memorial Page to Driver's Gone Too Soon

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven:
A time to be born and a time to die,....
A time to weep and a time to laugh,....
A time to mourn and a time to dance,...
A time to be silent....

Richard Petty,
(all driver quotes from: The Book of Stock Car Wisdom.)

Tim Richmond, 1989
"Why did I take up racing? I was too lazy to work and too chicken to steal!"

J.D. McDuffie,1991, Watkins Glen
"You've got to love this life. And I do."

Alan Kulwicki, 1993, Plane crash
"I hope that when 1993 is over, the people at Winston, the people at NASCAR, and the competitors will all look back and say, 'We were proud to have him represent us as our champion.'" From his 1992 Championship Awards speech.

Davey Allison, 1993, helicopter crash
"I realized I better enjoy and appreciate and contribute as much as I can today because all of this could be gone tomorrow."

Rusty won the race, Dale won his 6th championship, together they paid tribute to great competitors and a champion lost.

Neil Bonnet, 2-11-94 Daytona Winston Cup Practice
"Racing is dangerous, but I've been in lots of worse situations as a pipe fitter."

For a while, we didn't lose anyone, until....

Adam Petty, May 12, 2000, Louden NH Adam's Page

Kenny Irwin, Jr., July 7, 2000, Louden NH Kenny's Page

Tony Roper, 2000, Texas

And then, the unimaginable happened. The only driver ever to die while racing the Daytona 500....

Dale Earnhardt, Feb 18, 2001, Daytona
"You win some. You lose some. You wreck some."

Rusty Wallace at California with his victory on Dale's birthday, April 29, 2001.
I'm sure Rusty never dreamt, he'd do for Dale what they did for Alan and Davey.

[Adam's Page][Kenny's Page][Dale's Page]

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