Talk:Dale Earnhardt

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Cause of Death[edit]

The opening paragraph of this article reports that Earnhardt died of a basilar skull fracture. The death section reports he died of blunt force trauma. They are not the same thing. Flanker235 (talk) 09:59, 14 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Of course not. Blunt trauma can also occur in the chest, can't it? Paul T. "Ptb1997" Backes (talk) 15:32, 28 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Also, the wikipedia page says "Earnhardt died instantly of blunt force trauma to his head due to the accident", however if you watch the accident and aftermath on video, Earnhardt actually was removed from the car, seemingly coherant and giving a thumbs up as he walked to the ambulance. I'm not sure why it states that he died instantly of blunt force trauma. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.203.69.160 (talk) 18:40, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Would you care to link to this video, because I never saw that, nor heard of it until tonight. I am one of those people who can remember exactly where I was when I learned that Dale Earnhardt died. 47.137.184.131 (talk) 07:18, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Becasue it doesn't exist. - The Bushranger One ping only 22:32, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Seems like a simple confusion with his wreck in the 1996 DieHard 500 at Talladega, where he walks gingerly to the ambulance and gives a thumbs up to the crowd there. Unfortunately in this case, Dale died instantly from the basilar skull fracture and other blunt force traumas he suffered upon contacting both the turn four wall and Ken Schrader. 98.160.169.160 (talk) 02:48, 29 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

GA/FA Push?[edit]

Hi. I'm probably thinking about getting this article to GA or FA status with the intention of featuring it as a TFA on February 18, 2016 (the 15th anniversary of Earnhardt's death) and April 29, 2016 (what would have been his 70th birthday). Here are a few things we need to look at.

  • The lead section should be a summary of his whole life, and legacy.
  • The NASCAR career section may need to be trimmed and shoehorned into the biography section. His early life and personal life can be separated into it as well.
  • We also need to summarize the death section and aftermath as well too, but leave in important information as well (the rest of it is covered in the main article, Death of Dale Earnhardt, which I also plan to take it to GA sometime soon).

Any thoughts or ideas on how to improve the article would be appreciated. Thanks, Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 23:00, 9 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Sjones23: We'd probably have to start making a push now if we wanted a TFA February 18. At first glance, it seems like there's some trivial fancruft that could be removed, and maybe some of the headers under the NASCAR career section could be merged. I took up Sam Hornish, Jr. for a GA push in August, and after getting looked at by the GoCE, it's waiting for a review at GAN. It's also probably in the best shape of any NASCAR biography, so perhaps it could be used as a point of reference (of course, Hornish doesn't have the same notability level as Earnhardt, but regardless...). --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 17:50, 7 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Also, @Jahn1234567890: Would you mind double-checking the results tables and making sure they are all sourced and accurate? Thanks, --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 17:52, 7 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Yep no problem. I'll ping you once I double-checked all results. Jahn1234567890 (talk) 10:50, 8 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

His 70th Birthday would be in 2021, which is five years from now. Paul T. "Ptb1997" Backes (talk) 15:33, 28 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Contradiction on ownership of "No. 3" ?[edit]

Section "Aftermath":

"Childress, who holds the rights from NASCAR to the No.3"

Section "No. 3 car":

"A common misconception is that Richard Childress Racing "owns the rights" to the No. 3 in NASCAR competition (fueled by the fact that Kevin Harvick's car has a little No. 3 as an homage to Earnhardt and the usage of the No. 3 on the Camping World Series truck of Ty Dillon), but in fact no team owns the rights to this or any other number."

I don't know which if either is right, but one of you who does might find one or both of those to be in error and needing an edit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.27.72.99 (talk) 05:01, 20 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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