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A HERETIC I AM

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3. Taking it to the edge wasn't what killed Dale Earnhardt.

Reply to RandySF (Reply #1)

Mon Feb 24, 2014, 03:04 PM

Feb 2014

The fact that he had a habit of loosening his seat belts is what killed him.

If you have ever looked at the crash, the hit was no more severe than those sustained by scores of other drivers who all walked away.

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