Speed Channel presents NASCAR’s darkest day in an exclusive, one-hour special ‘The Day: Remembering Dale Earnhardt’ on Friday, Feb. 11 at 7:30 p.m. ET.The Day: Remembering Dale Earnhardt on Speed Channel will replay multiple times throughout Daytona Speedweeks, including Feb. 18 at 10 p.m. ET. Speed reflects on the tragic Sunday from sunrise to sunset, focusing on the day’s events and emotions for everyone involved, as well as how that catastrophic moment forever changed the sport.
The program marks the first time Michael Waltrip has granted a TV interview regarding the death of his former car owner, friend and mentor. Waltrip won the 2001 Daytona 500, his career-first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory in 463 starts, for Dale Earnhardt Inc.
The program marks the first time Michael Waltrip has granted a TV interview regarding the death of his former car owner, friend and mentor. Waltrip won the 2001 Daytona 500, his career-first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory in 463 starts, for Dale Earnhardt Inc.
(DEI) with then-teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr. pushing him to finish second, and Earnhardt seemingly headed for a third-place finish while blocking for his two cars.
Waltrip relished the long-awaited win in a celebratory and emotional Victory Lane before learning of Earnhardt’s passing. It would be 10 years before Waltrip could speak about that bittersweet day.
The Day: Remembering Dale Earnhardt takes viewers back to Earnhardt’s last day, from the pre-race ceremonies during which he gave wife Teresa and son Earnhardt, Jr. what would be a final hug on the starting grid before climbing into his black No. 3 Chevrolet, to the race, the fatal accident in turn four and the aftermath. Waltrip said on The Day: Remembering Dale Earnhardt said “I don’t think human beings are designed to experience quite the range of emotion that I did that day I just remember sitting in that chair (in the motorhome) trying to deal with what had happened and understand how I was supposed to feel I started wondering how I was supposed to feel at that moment and I haven’t stopped wondering since.”
Waltrip relished the long-awaited win in a celebratory and emotional Victory Lane before learning of Earnhardt’s passing. It would be 10 years before Waltrip could speak about that bittersweet day.
The Day: Remembering Dale Earnhardt takes viewers back to Earnhardt’s last day, from the pre-race ceremonies during which he gave wife Teresa and son Earnhardt, Jr. what would be a final hug on the starting grid before climbing into his black No. 3 Chevrolet, to the race, the fatal accident in turn four and the aftermath. Waltrip said on The Day: Remembering Dale Earnhardt said “I don’t think human beings are designed to experience quite the range of emotion that I did that day I just remember sitting in that chair (in the motorhome) trying to deal with what had happened and understand how I was supposed to feel I started wondering how I was supposed to feel at that moment and I haven’t stopped wondering since.”
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