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Podcast: The Scene Vault Podcast
Episode: Firestorm: Episode 6 -- The Devastating What Ifs of Dale Earnhardt and the 2001 Daytona 500
Description: Dale Earnhardt. 2001 Daytona 500. The final hours of The Intimidator — reconstructed lap by lap, conversation by conversation, from the people who were there.
On February 18, 2001, Earnhardt arrived at Daytona International Speedway on a perfect, Chamber of Commerce morning — and left in silence. This is the story of everything that happened before the crash that changed NASCAR history forever.
What did Earnhardt say to his spotter two days before the race — and why did that spotter almost not show up on race day?
What scripture did Stevie...