10th Anniversery since the passing of a Legend

This Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Daytona International Speedway will be the 10th season since the passing of one of the greatest drivers to ever get behind the wheel of a racecar, Dale Earnhardt. His black car with the white number three was the most well known number of all of NASCAR, but at the end of the 2001 Daytona 500 he was involved in an accident that sent him straight into the wall. At this years Daytona 500 race this sunday he will be remembered by the fans standing and holding up three fingers on lap number three. Also his number three from his racecar will be painted in the grass in the tri-oval of the track. Whether you loved him or hated him you always respected him. After he finally won his Daytona 500 in 1998 "every man on every crew" came out to shake his hand when he was pulling into the pits on his way to victory lane. I believe this is great what they are doing for Dale Earnhardt, it is almost like the NFL or NBA is retiring a jersey number. Yes there has been great drivers before Earnhardt and there will be great drivers after him but none of them had their life taken away doing what they loved. Since this accident NASCAR has increased the safety precautions by making the cars more safe and the tracks itself as well. NASCAR lost a legend that day but he will always be remembered.
R.I.P #3