EDITORIAL : THUMBS UP.TAKE a driving lesson from racing veteran Dale Earnhardt This article is about the elder Dale Earnhardt. For his son, see Dale Earnhardt, Jr.. For the racing team he founded, see Dale Earnhardt, Inc.. Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. . He won the Daytona 500 on Sunday Sunday: see Sabbath; week. , his first victory in the annual event after 20 tries. Year after year, he seemed jinxed jinx n. 1. A person or thing that is believed to bring bad luck. 2. A condition or period of bad luck that appears to have been caused by a specific person or thing. tr.v. as odd accidents kept him from winning the sport's biggest race, even though he was achieving many other honors. Undaunted, he kept trying. ``It's pretty awesome,'' Earnhardt said after his victory. Funny, we would use those same words to describe his tenacious te·na·cious adj. 1. Clinging to another object or surface; adhesive. 2. Holding together firmly; cohesive. tenacious viscid; adhesive. example of a champion determined to excel. |
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