baseballboy3824 (June 17, 2008 at 8:44 pm)

and also if you remember, he was in the old not nearly as safe car

NASCARRELIC (June 17, 2008 at 4:35 pm)

thats worse than earnharts! but than again earnhart was a little older 2

Brian211978 (June 15, 2008 at 11:54 pm)

In case you didn't watch the whole thing, wallace took the air off of earnhardt and caused the start of him losing control in the first place you retard! Quit jumping to conclusions!

tylertjp (June 14, 2008 at 7:05 am)

Yeah, most drivers in his shoes would have done the same thing.

BadBooking (June 13, 2008 at 4:07 pm)

Even though that was dangerous, Sr. was only trying to protect Jr. and Mikey, and give Mikey his first Cup win. At the time, you could definitely pass below the yellow line. The Talladega race after enforced that rule.

tylertjp (June 13, 2008 at 3:17 pm)

He was very close to the line; the front fender may have gone over, but I don't believe the wheel ever did. Regardless, the rules say that a driver can't pass under the yellow line; it doesn't really say anything about barely riding on it. Besides, Earnhardt brought this on himself by blocking, which backed up the field from about 3rd to 10th place. That's just as dangerous on a restrictor plate as going below the yellow line, if not more so.

BadBooking (June 12, 2008 at 10:23 am)

I've got the race on DVD, so I'll watch that part again. That may have been just me.

tylertjp (June 12, 2008 at 2:10 am)

Marlin wasn't below the yellow line, go back and watch the footage of it. He was close to it, but you can't go below the yellow line going through the corner, not at Daytona! The only time drivers can go below the yellow line at Daytona would be when it's flat like the backstretch, not the high-banked corners of turns 3 and 4 at Daytona, come on!

BadBooking (June 9, 2008 at 9:26 pm)

He was tapped by Marlin (who was below the yellow line), and in reaction, Sr. overcorrected and hit the wall fatally. Also add in the seatbelt issue and no HANS device, and a crash that could have been survivable was not. And that's also why there are rules for the yellow line now too at Daytona and Talladega.

gp75motorsports (May 23, 2008 at 11:49 pm)

That's weight transfer. As the car goes into the corner the G-forces pull all the weight to the right side of the car. That's what you're seeing.