+++ ALSO INCLUDED FREE IS A MEMORIAL TRIBUTE SPECIAL EDITION OF THE DALE EARNHARDT "AMERICAN LEGEND" (2-17-02) DAYTONA BEACH NEWSPAPER WHICH COMMEMORATES THE DEATH OF THIS GREAT RACING SUPERSTAR ON 2-18-01.+++ "JUNIOR COMES TO PASS!" READS THE HEADLINE ON THE "RACING EXTRA" SECTION AS IT CELEBRATES HIS WINNING OF THE DAYTONA 500 ON FEB. 15, 2004. SIX(6) YEARS LATER TO THE DAY, DALE EARNHARDT JR. REPEATS HIS DADS' FEAT OF WINNING THE DAYTONA 500 NASCAR RACE DURING THE 1998 (2-15-98) SPEED WEEK AT DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY IN DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA. THIS AUCTION IS FOR A FULL EDITION OF THE DAYTONA BEACH NEWS-J0URNAL NEWSPAPER DATED FEB. 16, 2004, WHICH CELEBRATES DALE JR.s WIN IN THE "RACING EXTRA" SECTION. THERE ARE SEVERAL GREAT ARTICLES REGARDING THIS FINE YOUNG MAN, WHO HAS GRACEFULLY STEPPED INTO HIS FAMOUS FATHERS' SHOES IN THE NASCAR RACING WORLD. IN HIS SOFT SPOKEN WAY, HE HAS ALREADY SHOWN THAT HE IS A MAN WHO DESERVES RESPECT, BOTH ON AND OFF THE TRACK. THERE ARE SOME REALLY GREAT PICTURES ON THE BACK PAGE OF THIS SECTION, WHICH IS ENTITLED "ELATION WITH A CAPITAL E", OF BOTH DALE JR. AND HIS CREW CELEBRATING HIS WIN WITH WHAT CAN ONLY BE TERMED "WILD ENTHUSIASM"! ON THE FRONT PAGE, THERE IS A GREAT ARTICLE REGARDING THE VISIT OF PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH TO THE RACES , WITH A SUPERB PICTURE OF AIR FORCE ONE TAKING OFF FROM THE ADJACENT DAYTONA BEACH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, WHICH SHOWS THOUSANDS OF NASCAR FANS IN THE STADIUM IN THE FOREGROUND, WITH THE PLANE GOING AIRBORN BEHIND THEM IN THE BACKGROUND. THIS COMPLETE EDITION OF THE DAYTONA NEWSPAPER HAS BECOME A HIGHLY VALUED COLLECTIBLE FOR NASCAR FANS OF BOTH DALE EARNHARDT JR. AND HIS DEEPLY MISSSED FATHER, DALE EARNHARDT. MOST COLLECTORS OF NASCAR RACING MEMORABILIA PREFER TO HAVE A LOCAL NEWSPAPER FROM THE CITY IN WHICH THE NASCAR RACE WAS RUN TO KEEP FOR A SOUVENIR. SEVEN YEARS HAVE PASSED SINCE THIS RACE WAS WON, AND THIS NEWSPAPER HAS BECOME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO LOCATE ON THE SECONDARY MARKET. $6.00 S&H. POSTAL MONEY ORDER OR PERSONAL CHECK. (MUST CLEAR) PAYMENT DUE WITHIN SEVEN(7) CALENDAR DAYS OF END OF AUCTION.
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