From a former NASCAR champion and current Fox Sports announcer, an intimate account of the crash that killed racing legend Dale Earnhardt, Sr"-- Provided by publisher. Waltrip provides an intimate account of one of the most dramatic and tragic days in the history of NASCAR: the 2001 Daytona 500-- the day that racing legend Dale Earnhardt, Sr. died. Along the way, Waltrip provides a fascinating history of racing in Daytona and offers glimpses of some of the sport's most colorful characters, as well as the story of his own unlikely journey from the small-town ovals and rural roads of Kentucky