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    regulations are made mandatory, at least some of their benefits will be offset by changes in behavior of drivers” (p 507). This theory is very interesting when viewing the behaviors of drivers and something that may stand to be true. The tragic loss of Dale Earnhardt resulted in major safety changes. Adam Pope and Robert Tollison also

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    and has never missed watching a race. Everyone has their little obsessions, for my six year old nephew it is toy cars, my older brother it is playing the guitar, for me it is Cadbury Eggs, but for Julie it is Nascar races and the Nascar driver Dale Earnhardt JR. In 2013 my mom and I had decided to take Julie to go see the Daytona 500 in Daytona Florida. This was such a huge deal for Julie because she had never been out of the state of Utah let alone on a plane halfway across the country,

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    something to do with agriculture because the plow tills the land and Oklahoma is filled with cattle ranches and farms. Also Rulon Gardener a farm boy/ olympian grew up using things like the plow to work and till the land. Another example is that Dale Earnhardt jr. a NASCAR driver is an athlete along with Rulon. Fear the thing that stops us from walking into traffic or answering the door during the middle of the night is in everyone because without it we would jump off of a building and hold poisonous

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    yellow flags the sport of NASCAR is has issues that need to be addressed. NASCAR will have a totally different look within about 7 years. With fan favorites like Matt Kenseth, Jimmie Johnson, Carl Edwards, Ryan Newman and of course “Redneck Jesus” Dale Earnhardt Jr all entering the late stages of there career there is a group of drivers in the lower series ready to replace them. The problem is that many of these drivers in the lower series are only there because of there last name or how rich there parents

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    for Dale Senior. I even still have dreams about him.” It was difficult for her to start watching races again after he passed because all she could do was think about her favorite driving not on that track. Biography Today said, “I think the hardest thing for us to deal with is the some of our competitive spirit died with him. He drove all of us to compete even harder,” (Abbey 51). Today, many still visit his memorial sites and statues that NASCAR has displayed of his passion for racing. Dale Senior

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    Do people have to die for things to be changed? In NASCAR they are always looking at safety and standards that are always changing. NASCAR stands for the National Association for Stock Car Racing. NASCAR has been a big part of my life since I was a child. When I was young not only did I watch the races on TV with my family, I would be at the track every week with my racing family, watching at a NASCAR sanctioned track. Racing had become a drastic part of my life at an early age because my mother

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    boy who are best friends. They think of themselves as detectives who go out and solve some of the town’s biggest problems. Mo and Dale are with each other through all of this and they do not leave each other’s sides. The kids are having a great summer until they find out about the murder of Mr. Jessie. As professional detective, Starr is hired for the case, Mo and Dale decide they want in on finding out who killed Mr. Jessie. While all of this is going on, Mo’s adoptive parents are kidnapped by the

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    was born August 4th,1971 making him an age of 44 years old. He has since retired from the sport and now is a full time Nascar Sprint Cup announcer. His old car number was 24. His team was Hendrik Motorsports. His teammates were Jimmy Johnson, Dale Earnhardt Jr. , and Kasey Kahne. In Jeff Gordon's early life he did quarter midget races at only of the age of five with a BMX his dad had gotten him for his birthday. Later on Gordon did many other races for different series which he had to do if

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    A Weekend at NASCAR As most people are aware, NASCAR is the fastest growing sport in America. NASCAR, or the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, has become a national phenomenon and is attended by millions of Americans of year. The NASCAR season begins in February at the speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, and runs until November where it concludes at the final race in Homestead, Florida. The season consists of 36 races at tracks throughout the United States. Some tracks, such

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    would win 7 championships in a row marking a battle between Richard petty and Dale Earnhardt. By 2004 the first chase for the Nascar Nextel cup would take place and be won by Kurt Bush. Jimmie Johnson would tie Cale Yarbrough record for Sprint Cup championships in 2008, in 2009 Jimmie Johnson would break that record and be announced as male athlete of the year. Most Nascar enthusiast say the sport died when Dale Earnhardt sr died, because Nascar would make the sport more safe so nothing like Dale's’

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