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When Steve Moore scored the go-ahead goal, the place looked like a mosh pit. Chants rained down, attacking everything from Yale goaltender Dan Lombard's punctured lung, referee Dan Murphy's inane officiating (more on that later) and the pathetic offerings from both the Yale and Harvard bands. (Note to the band: When Harvard students are chanting, don't try and drown them out with that Irish jig). The chant of the series was "H-U-P-D" when the cops busted some pugnacious Eli supporters who went after the uncle of assistant captain Chris Bala...
...aerodynamic shape and let him know before the endgame that he wouldn't be the winner. But up ahead, there was a solid chance that someone else from Dale Earnhardt Inc. would be, as Michael Waltrip and Dale Jr. were leading the pack. By talking with his pit crew over the radio, Earnhardt started coaching his teammates. "Those last 10 laps, I saw such a different Dale Earnhardt," said his friend and former crew chief, Larry McReynolds, who was calling the race for Fox from the press box. "I can't imagine how proud he was to look...
...coming apart, the energy isn't dissipating. The sheet metal in these cars is designed to shred and fly away so that a driver isn't crushed or sliced. Earnhardt's car was still more or less intact. "Talk to us, Dale!" The plea from the pit crackled in the earphones of a driver--a champion, a legend--who was, in all probability, already dead...
...pit stop--about every 50 laps--a 16-man pit crew gasses you up, changes your tires, wipes the windshield. You swig some water; you'll lose 3 lbs. to 11 lbs. during a race. Your belts get looser, so tighten them up. "You don't want to move in the seat, you only want to steer the race car. You're just along for the ride...
...track persona as the Intimidator, and, yes, he liked to push people to their limits--or to the side of the track, if necessary. All the same, he was the standard-bearer for professional drivers. On the day he died, he spoke his last words to the pit crew, telling them to relay advice to his teammates--my brother and his son--who were ahead of him in spots one and two. He must have realized toward the end of the race that his car wasn't capable of winning, so he just kind of sat there and blocked...