It hardly seems possible eight years could have passed since that cloudy, rainy Martinsville race day morning when Hendrick Motorsports lost family, crew, friends and employees. This past Wednesday, October 24th was the eighth anniversary of that sad day.
NASCAR on NBC ran this tribute 8 years ago.
Like the events of Dallas in November, 1963, I remember where I was and what I was doing when I heard the news of this crash. I remember actually having to sit down and be quiet, with my head in my hands. I remember praying it wasn't true, but knowing that it was. I have always admired Rick Hendrick for many, many reasons. but most of all for his incredible kindness to me when he was first starting and I would run around the pits with a tape recorder to get sound bites for my little Monday morning radio shows. I remember more than one cold soft drink he offered me from the ice chest in the pits back in the day when that ten cent soda pop was a huge expense for that team. To lose any ONE member of your family is devastating. I cannot begin to imagine the emptiness Rick has experienced. Thanks for the post Dave, but some of us remember the date and the event just because it hurt us all so much as a racing family.
