Dale Jr. Download: The Time Dale Earnhardt Apologized To Rick Mast

[Music] we go to Langley I mean we go to South Boston the first time on asphalt track then we go to the south side then you're racing against LS Tommy Alice I'm a illustrator a Hendrick you know sunny Hutchins all those guys you started racing against those boys in the sportsman cars yes in the late said the script okay that's correct and how was that experience start now I'll tell you the first race at South Boston I'm running in fifth place right 200 lap championship race before the Busch Series and Ellis's well I'm fourth Ellis's fifth and he hits me like 20 laps gonna be out right and I know about Ellis I don't know him because we're where I'm from a secluded from racing you know all the back in those days you had the caraway group the Asheville group the Richmond group the Manassas Maryland group haunt and Birmingham all these groups and everybody knew what everybody was doing well where I live it wasn't anything just dirt racers so in hell I knew about Ellison and he's wild lays wild ways man and the fact just maybe two or three weeks before that he had blocking both of men's boxers eyes right so now and he's a little guy really talented God he had two natural talent drive a race car you know so he spins me out so the next week we go to South Side and it's a to hunt lap race and we're running and I'm not running as goodness race was like five laps to go he's leading he comes up to lap me and I learned in dirt how and I the way I did my so thing and I was taught he comes up allot me on the backstretch I pull down we're going to turn three I get way out of gas he gets to the outside of me going through three and four he's coming off four I just turn him you know I just hate him spending because that's what you do that's what we did that's how I was taught well you well it's it's barbaric but that's the way I was taught that her if you didn't you get right whatever you'd move up a division you'd have to take care of yourself if you didn't man's name it you were just did meet so anyhow the race is over I come in and get on a car and he's it seemed like at that time thousands of people around me you know and I what it bound it to all these people who the hell is this guy from the mountain that's done to come down here in rec Tommy Ellis all right top standard I'm thinking and about that time I look way up and it looks like a seas parting alright here comes Tommy just wobbling like that oh here we go see he the crowds parting for him and he's coming straight towards me he's sweaty he's got these long hair you Nazis batter and a wedding so I I turn around I don't turn but I got my right fist [ __ ] because I learned three years before that a dirt event doc get hit first don't get hit first Bailey so about the time it gets to me I'm getting ready to let loose before he gets on my head and he sticks his head he sticks his arm out to shake my hand and I'm like right so I take my left hand I got this one ready to go it's like a hockey fight and he grabs it are we muted on this can we could show he grabs my hand he says I don't know who all but you all right turns around and walks away and me and him were buddies after that no kidding from that moment forward never had any problems ever thought me become one of my good buddies I'm real that same kind of deal happened Jimmy Spencer buzzers go shoot him that was yeah what happy you've got shooting we're letting the near gorge ever end linear gorge a little small quarter in another linear if it's a quarter about I don't know if it's that big but you'd run you run up right against the wall outside torrent lap Busch race Houston's leading I'm second you know those days we run to it at lap sort of set of tires we couldn't change tires about halfway started skipping a rain right so I started picking it up because the rain comes out whoever's leading that's the winner of the race so Houston picks it up so now we're running hard well Spencer's been in the pit so he comes out running the bottom we come off turn four he's on the bottom he run up right to my door every freaking lap and I'm trying to work Houston he kept aggravating me finally hit he was rub my door they didn't hit my door finally come up both ready just hit me and spun me all right somebody race is over I go down there and Jimmy had just moved down here right he hadn't been here very long and I go up to him and Jimmy's about this much bigger and everybody and all his brothers and sisters they're all bigger you know and I said special why'd you wreck me I - I said Spencer Etten in turn four why did you wreck me well you come down on me Spencer I didn't come down on you I was battling for the lead why did you wreck me well I was trying to get a lap back I said Spencer you 63 laps out why why did you why did you wreck so went downhill from there finally says we all try to what by us that's what you're gonna do I said no I say I'm not gonna do it because you and all your brothers are gonna jump on me and I'm not taking - ass with all y'all people I go back to my trucker and we'll get my gun I'm gonna blow your head off alright and I turned around and I what I honest to god I thought about this over the years I walked away and I got maybe 50 feet from him Spencer says passed and I turn around he goes what the hell like yet and I go alright he just he diffused me yeah your dad diffused to be like at one time but but you know and I often thought he asked me one time he said Rick if I hadn't happened boys you did shots and Spencer oh my mind I was gonna get my gun and I was gonna come back and shoot you and I said maybe a bit time I got to the truck got my gun got settled down and whatnot how to get chilled out you know but when I left you that was all my money and I saw you I couldn't whip all y'all no not the Spencer's there cocked ready to go even on their their their best day and you know the best part of that deal after that me and Jimmy never had a we'd never touched bumpers for a decade on the racetrack his mom and dad we're looking after me as mom was always cooking she would always come over and make me eat with him whenever I had a little problem and I looked up all his brothers are behind me it was it was weird it was weird whether it worked what was the time when dad diffused yet he had wrecked me we're gonna shoot him to know we buy first year school and Dell I'll tell you something stories later on jr. but Dale had helped me a lot in my career Dale Dale Earnhardt senior never said no to Rick mast he just I don't know what why what but if I went through for something he was always there so and he knew that the struggles not going through in the series trying to get the cup in here we go I get my first big-time tool scope we run Daytona I think we run forth the next race I believe is Richmond we qualify maybe 12th or 13th being him or close together we go in the third turn maybe twentieth lap of the race he hits me Spence me wrecks my car right so I bring it in and they got it up on jack stands and they're working on the car and I'm in the car and I'm mad that was sitting there back at em Earnhardt why'd you do it man I don't wanna have to do this but I gotta take care of this I got to take care of this hold on what about what we're is this 91 91 okay so yeah this is Dale Earnhardt at its best - yeah oh yeah yeah so anyhow he recruits if that time was Bob Johnson remember they'd get that guy or not but they were working on the card I've only reduced screaming cussing Harry up Harry up period finally I look down one time and all the crew guys leave the car and Bob looking there sitting on the back of the truck and I'm on the radio I says what y'all doing bob says we quit working well you mean you quit working what guy Bob walks over and he says listen dear driver he said this is your first big time gig this is a good gig everybody likes you a good driver are you gonna make it here for a long time I'm not I know what you're getting me do and I'm not gonna let you go out there and do it right that's all I said so I get out of the car and I get up on the car and start beating on it myself I'm only wanted two guys over a Wassa by beating on the car trying to get the thing and I never do get it right so anyhow the race is over the next week we'll go to Rockingham and I pull in the infield I'm a car of a street car of the first state practice day open the door I don't work coming from but I turned around there's this but stat that's thrown at me there's a person bent over with her but staring up at me and I but I look around it's Dale I said wait door turn heart he says go ahead and kick it I know you want to know right so we talked a little bit he said listen man I'm sorry I didn't mean to do that I hit the apron you know I didn't mean to do it no no I said hey I get it I understand I said but you know you're the light you know what I've been through and unless you help me you're the last person I thought would have done that be well I could have bought him for a dollar then all right when he says kiss it he could about me for a dollar hell but I'm thinking you know I can't change up because this is my first gig I run good at Daytona and everybody in the garage is watching and you know I mean in those days it's kind of what you had to do yeah moved up yet detection territory what what had you been through like you say Dale you know what I've been through what what exactly broke opportunities gone awry yeah you mean yeah struggling doing all the work myself with these cars not getting opportunities you know to get in Brides and just scrap and always trying to take two nickels make a dollar to get a motor put together how long had you known dale earnhardt up to that point and where do you know when you met him I don't if some it was sometime after the Robert G deal Robert G did and that's another story about your grandfather I've always wanted to talk about telly but he uh that was back when somewhere in that period I got no dad let me finish there an art store so anyhow variety would practice in Saturday I'm up on the truck Johnny hey he's my boss guy let's go he says Rick has bad deal last week I said yeah he says no you don't need retaliate today I says what you mean he says you don't need to tell me that says yeah dude Johnny we mean you do I says what you know it's it's like to me it's like eating it's something you have to do right you know you have to take care of this is well done it for my life and he said no no you're not gonna do that I said well you can't stop me he said you want to drive for us in Skol I said well yeah he said if you're gonna keep your eye out for us you're not going to touch that boy and I was mad god I got mad about what do I do City how we ran the race and me and Ellen never had any problems after that at all but later on maybe two months later at a racetrack and Johnny says you still bad about that deal they're hard I said really mad I'm just mad really a job yeah let me do what I need to do he says Rick you want to know the story I said yeah he said Dale come up to me sir good morning he said Johnny he says you know that boy you're driving Rick here he said a loved it boy he said I've always helped him he says he's the last person at racetrack out everyone hit he said I just screwed up he said I wanted to turn three too hard at the flat what's he did you know going in turn three at Richmond it's shot to hit the left front shot the car up he said I felt so bad he says but here's the deal John he says I know that boy I know what he's gonna do to me he says that and I'm going to try my best to win championship and I don't need him taking me out could you talk to him for me and that was now deal you and me yeah so that's kind of how that that's kind of how that worked I was wondering how dad was so protected Johnny he played the politics Johnny Hayes protected [Music]

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Length: 11min 31sec (691 seconds)

Published: Thu Feb 27 2020