@ArchivesDe@nascarman_rr@nascarcasm@chocolatemyers3@RCRracing@DaleJr Out of all the days I have ever had in collecting, this day is one of the best for damn sure. 1988 Dale Sr race used SUIT AND HELMET have landed. These were given to team friend Ralph Miller in 1988. Dale and Teresa signed the helmet. The helmet has the blue felt inside of it so it was likely left over from 1987 during the Wrangler years. I am on cloud 333 on these two.
An emotional pre race at the Coke 600. Kurt Busch lays down 8 flowers on the infield No. 8 for his late brother Kyle Busch. Not a dry-eye in the speedway.
Kyle and I had a really challenging existence for many years. But we luckily took the time to figure out our differences and that was something he instigated with a conversation in his bus around how we each managed our racing teams. I was super eager for us to get on better terms. But it was he who made the effort for that to be possible. We did some media together also to laugh through some of the things we put each other through many years ago. Most recently we had even been discussing him running my Late Model at Wilkesboro this summer. He seemed extremely happy and we had planned to meet up next Thursday to get his seat to the shop. He laughed over the idea of his fans and JRM fans having to cheer in unison during that race.
Kyle was one of the greatest drivers in NASCAR history. No one can deny that. But he was also a father, a husband, brother, son, and a friend to many. My heart is broken for the Busch family. I will never be able to make sense of this loss but I am thankful that we had found a way to become friends.