LIVES CUT SHORT DALE EARNHARDT SR NASCAR LEGEND BY MARCIA AMIDON LUSTED
1 THE RACE OF A LIFETIME it was the morning of February 15 1998 in Daytona Beach Florida The Daytona 500 NASCAR's signature race would start in just a few hours The season opening event is a 500 mile 805 km race for professional stock car drivers That day Richard Childress arrived at the track He was the owner of the Richard Childress Racing team and he was worried about his No. 3 Chevrolet race car which would be driven by Dale Earnhardt Sr. Too many things had gone wrong with the car in previous races DALE EARNHARDT SR WAS ONE OF THE MOST WELL KNOWN NASCAR DRIVERS 6
