The number I never thought I would ever see on the track again is back with a championship trophy. The hallowed number 3 is expected to return to NASCAR's top series next year.
NASCAR's roots are in the American South. Before its expansion over the past two decades, the racing circuit was thought of as a regional sport, one with a great deal in common with country music. In 1985, some of the biggest names in NASCAR recorded and released an album called "Stock Car Racing's Entertainers of the Year...
Dale Earnhardt was a racer. He was a hell of a driver but the bottom line is he was a racer. Those in the know say the worst place to be on a race track was between Dale Earnhardt and the finish line. Sadly we lost Dale in a crash at Daytona that still puzzles me to this day...