{"id":5337,"date":"2011-02-19T01:10:07","date_gmt":"2011-02-19T06:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/?p=5337"},"modified":"2011-02-19T01:33:43","modified_gmt":"2011-02-19T06:33:43","slug":"nascars-greatest-lost-10-years-ago-2001-ralph-dale-earnhardt-mr-cowboy-of-nascar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/?p=5337","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR&#8217;S GREATEST LOST, 10 YEARS AGO, 2001, RALPH DALE EARNHARDT, MR. COWBOY OF NASCAR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>THE ENDORSEMENT KING OF NASCAR, THE EMINENT FACE OF THE RACING WORLD, RALPH DALE &#8220;COWBOY&#8221; EARNHARDT, PASSED\u00a0 AWAY EXACTLY 10 YEARS AGO TODAY IN HIS LAST RACE, (THE DAYTONA \u00a0500), \u00a0AS\u00a0 ONE OF THE GREATEST \u00a0RACE CAR OPERATORS TO GRACE THE TRACKS OF NASCAR. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>AT THE TENDER AGE OF 49 YEARS, THE RACING INDUSTRY LOST AN ICON, WHO TRANSCENDED THE SPORT TO IT&#8217;S GREATEST HEIGHT EVER, DURING HIS CAREER OF 76 WINS AS THE MAN OF THE NASCAR&#8217;S \u00a0 RACING CONGLOMERATE.\u00a0 WITH THE\u00a0 53rd RUNNING OF THE PRESTIGOUS DAYTONA 500 AIRING THIS WEEKEND,\u00a0 THE MEMORIES OF THIS ICON OF RACING HAS HAD A GREAT RESURGGENCE,\u00a0 WITH THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS FATAL CRASH AND DEATH AS A RESULT COMING ON TODAY.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN RACING\u00a0 WERE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong> <strong> A TOTAL OF 76 RACING VICTORIES.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2.\u00a0 7 WINSTON CUP CHAMPIONSHIP WINS.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>3.\u00a0THE 1998 DAYTONA CHAMPIONSHIP WINNNER.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>4.\u00a03 TIME WINSTON CUP ALLSTAR\u00a0 CHAMPIONSHIP WINNER.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>5. 4 TIME IROC\u00a0 CHAMPIONSHIP WINNER.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>6. 428 TOP TEN FINISHES.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>7. 22 POLE STARTS.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THE RESULTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THE MYBOYSAY NATION IS JOINING THE WORLD OF MOTORSPORTS RACING, NASCAR, AND THE MILLIONS OF DALE EARNHARDT FANS IN HONORING HIS EXISTANCE, HIS ACHIEVEMENTS, HIS DEDICATION, HIS INTESTINAL FORTITUDE THAT HE DISPLAYED PRIOR TO HIS DEATH. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<object style=\"height: 390px; width: 640px;\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Uo4y7MJfeIs?version=3\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed style=\"height: 390px; width: 640px;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Uo4y7MJfeIs?version=3\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE ENDORSEMENT KING OF NASCAR, THE EMINENT FACE OF THE RACING WORLD, RALPH DALE &#8220;COWBOY&#8221; EARNHARDT, PASSED\u00a0 AWAY EXACTLY 10 YEARS AGO TODAY IN HIS LAST RACE, (THE DAYTONA \u00a0500), \u00a0AS\u00a0 ONE OF THE GREATEST \u00a0RACE CAR OPERATORS TO GRACE THE TRACKS OF NASCAR. 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