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...plane and its crew with the diplomatic equivalent of "Your call is important to us, please stay on the line..." And despite President Bush's admonition to cease tampering with the aircraft, the Chinese made no effort to hide the fact that they were all over it like a NASCAR pit crew...
...Dale Earnhardt made NASCAR what it is, and his death is the reason I have cried myself to sleep every night since Feb. 18." JANEY HANSEN Greeley, Colo...
Thank you for your story on the death of NASCAR racer Dale Earnhardt [SPORT, March 5]. Reading the anecdotes and stories of drivers, friends and family broke my heart but at the same time brought a smile to my face. I've heard some say, about getting upset over his death, "You didn't even know the man." But sometimes people have a particular effect on you, and Dale certainly did on our family. He will always be a hero in our hearts. We will miss you, Dale. JENNIFER CARTER Wills Point, Texas...
...this sport is dangerous. Yes, there are crashes. But true NASCAR fans know this. We do not watch racing for the crashes. We watch it for the excitement, the jockeying for position, the 16-sec. pit stops that just a few years ago took 22 sec. to complete. We watch it to see our drivers win--not die. NASCAR and the drivers know there are safety issues to deal with. True fans will keep rooting for our favorite drivers, but we will be sad that we can no longer watch them try to get away from Earnhardt's famous black...
...NASCAR fans, Earnhardt's death was a special tragedy, but for many other readers, it was also puzzling in its senselessness. "What caused Earnhardt to take such excessive risks--a desire to commit suicide in a publicly acceptable way?" asked a reader in Minneapolis. "Those voyeurs of violence paid their money fully expecting this kind of mayhem, and then shed crocodile tears when it happened," wrote a nonfan of NASCAR from Salem, Ore. "Shame on all of them." "If any other sport had a comparable death rate, there would be calls for legislation to ban the slaughter," declared an Oklahoman...