I very much enjoyed Alex Iliff '02's article on Dale Earnhardt. I am a closet Princeton NASCAR fan. In fact, I have mentioned that in talks to our alumni membership as humor. But no longer. I am coming clean. I am a NASCAR fan and I appreciate Iliff's exposition of Dale Earnhardt's communication. One of my favorite parts of watching a broadcast is listening to the racers describe their strategy or what happened on turn three or how the No. 2 car got into them, in a simple but clear jargon. In a world of increasingly confusing and maddening corporatespeak, it is a treat to watch racers compete at a high level and explain what they do in simple — yet entertaining and lucid — language. The entire NASCAR fandom misses Dale Earnhardt, including, and perhaps especially, rivals like Jeff Gordon and Rusty Wallace and their fans. And a large part of our missing him is that he was direct and unmistakable in his communication and his goals. Like it or not, you knew what he stood for and knew that he would be on the track every Sunday to remind you that he meant to do his best to win. Nothing was clearer than that. David Maldonado '80 Jeff Gordon fan
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