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What's it like to hear people booing you? -Gary Schubert STROUDSBURG, PA.I've gotten so numb to it. I get more concerned when the cheers and boos aren't as loud. I learned that a long time ago when people were booing Dale Earnhardt. It's O.K. as long as they're making noise...
Will having Dale Earnhardt Jr. as a teammate cut down on the number of bottles and cans thrown at you when you win at Talladega this year? -Eric Mason GUNTERSVILLE, ALA.I hope not I know NASCAR doesn't want me to encourage people throwing things, but I want his fans to be as passionate as they have been...
...that some parts of the country support you and others don't? -Elizabeth Bradley, DENTON, MD.In California, especially Northern California, the fans really cheer for me. In the Southeast, though, there are a lot of Earnhardt fans. My image lends itself a little bit more to the modern fan, sometimes more toward the kids, and I guess more toward the wine drinkers ... I mean, I have my own wine, and fans love to pull for people they relate...
...Dale Earnhardt Jr. is in the lead for another win at Daytona, would you bump him and take out your team member? -Gary Smith UNION GROVE, WIS.No. If I'm going to win, I'm go ing to try to race as cleanly as I can. I can't say there's not going to be bumping and some banging. Let's hope it's all the kind that gets you to the finish line still in one piece...
...1980s and '90s, as NASCAR marched through the North like Sherman through Georgia, France slowly altered NASCAR's image to make it more mainstream. He asked his drivers to sign more autographs and forced them to behave on the track as well. When two of his stars, Dale Earnhardt and Geoff Bodine, were engaging in weekly sparring matches, France told them to cut it out or find another line of work. NASCAR, whose rank and file once included criminals, was coming to stand for integrity...