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(Sports by Brooks)   Dale Earnhardt, Sr. was fourth-highest dead celeb earner in 2002 ($20M) - gaining fast on John Lennon   (sportsbybrooks.com) divider line 90
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2002-08-14 08:39:48 AM
And we care because.......?
 
2002-08-14 08:40:17 AM
dead money
 
2002-08-14 08:41:46 AM
Asshat NASCAR fans.
 
2002-08-14 08:42:40 AM
The only time I click on these SbB links is for the pic at the bottom. Just look at the one on the far right!!! WooT!
 
2002-08-14 08:46:11 AM
c'mon, the second one from the left looks like a Beer Wench who wouldn't mind a back-seat rendevous
 
2002-08-14 08:47:52 AM
Oh, yeah, well how many other dead celebrities had a goat born with a birthmark homage to them? I mean, that has to count for something. You can't put a price on that kind of thing.
 
2002-08-14 08:48:12 AM
NASCAR blows.
 
2002-08-14 08:51:42 AM
Nascar:

1)Drunk Hillbillies watching Hillbillies drive around in circles.

or

2)Hee-Haw on Wheels


You make the call
 
2002-08-14 08:53:19 AM
NASCAR...And it's exciting how?
 
2002-08-14 08:54:58 AM
You can't take it with you or something.
 
2002-08-14 09:01:07 AM
Ahhh yes, NASCAR.....a contribution to humanity from the same culture that also gave us such worthy things as child beauty pageants, monster truck rallies, pro wrestling, televangelism, and trailer parks. Thanks a lot, Deep South USA. On behalf of western civilization, thank you all so very farking god damn much.

...cripes...
 
2002-08-14 09:02:05 AM
NASCAR is popular because fans all think with the right break they coulda done it. "Shucks, my uncle could drive like no tomara, and he done taught me. If weeda got that sponsorship from Agway insteada Jeb I could won the derby and been off an runnin."

You have to love the pickup truck with 2 decals supporting 2 different teams one for the redneck and one for the pinkneck wife.
 
2002-08-14 09:04:03 AM
Oh, and Country/Western music too. Holy crap. Would someone please push that entire culture into the sea?
 
2002-08-14 09:04:07 AM
It took about 12 years for people to stop buying all that Elvis crap after he died, I figure about 5 years for the Earnhart junk. If so many people didn't think Jeff Gordon was leading a secret homosexual life, they'd be buying his junk.
 
2002-08-14 09:05:59 AM
Duh !
Dale Earnhart was the Elvis of NASCAR.

OK,
I just got something to say here and now.

I am not a big NASCAR fan but I can see the excitement involved with it. I could be an asshole and bash it but I won't. I'm not looking to start crap. Actually I have a favorite NASCAR driver. It is Jeff Burton. The reason why I like him? He is driving car #99, my favorite #.

So all you NASCAR fans who start freaking out when people bad mouth it, don't worry. They are idiots just looking to start crap. I have no problem with people not liking it, just when their arguments turn into stereotypical troll rants.
 
2002-08-14 09:06:39 AM
12 years to stop buying Elvis stuff? He - well, his estate - made $37 million last year. And have you been by Graceland lately? No sales slump there, believe me.
 
2002-08-14 09:10:23 AM
Why are all you NASCAR haters so rabid? If you don't like something why not just ignore it? It's almost like the guy who won't look at weeners because someone might think he is gay. I think you are all closet NASCAR lovers! Come on... admit it. The smell of burning rubber.... all those southern belle boobies in the crowd.... driving that Detroit iron at 200 MPH.... mmmm NASCAR.
 
2002-08-14 09:10:32 AM
Scraping-fetus-off-the-wheel: It took about 12 years for people to stop buying all that Elvis crap after he died

Um, er, no... He's been dead 25 years and Memphis is FULL of people still buying Elvis Crap RIGHT NOW.
 
2002-08-14 09:12:43 AM
Yeah I could see that.. being that John Kennon was only in the most influencial bands of the past century, and wrote the soundtrack to many of our lives..

And Dale Earnhardt drove around in a circle.
 
2002-08-14 09:12:48 AM
Oh yea... Ishkur.... bite me.
 
2002-08-14 09:14:31 AM
Lennon, that is...
 
2002-08-14 09:18:22 AM
SWINEY: You have read my mind. I don't particularly care for NASCAR, but I don't mind watching it. As far as a favorite - it has to be Tony Stewart and not because of his Home Depot car or his #, but because he has the balls to say what is on his mind regardless, and he doesn't take crap - hence his little penalty and photographer incident...
 
2002-08-14 09:18:37 AM
For all of the people that say the same old "he drove in a circle"

I drive in a circle. Not NASCAR, Sprint Car.
You get bruised and banged up pretty bad sometimes, but the rush of driving 140 mph and sliding sidways cannot be beat.

clink clink
 
2002-08-14 09:20:54 AM
I bought a "God needed a driver" T-shirt. Who didn't?
 
2002-08-14 09:21:55 AM
Hey man, don't get angry at me, you're the ones that have to deal with that low-brow hick culture. Part of the reason why the world hates America so much is because of those gun-toting, knuckledragging, racist, sub-educated slack-jawed yokels shootin' off about some damn thing all the time. Get rid of the south, and your reputation with the rest of the world increases manifold.

uhhh...yeah, this is a troll. But think about it. There are actually poor people there that vote REPUBLICAN, for the love of god! That's just plain farked up!
 
2002-08-14 09:24:31 AM
Dog will hunt.
Fish will bite.
 
2002-08-14 09:29:56 AM
Earnhardt's son, Dale Earnhardt Jr., is carrying on Dad's legacy with a vengeance.

From the moneymaking perspective, perhaps ... but not from the driving perspective - he's 17th in points ...

08-14-02 09:10:23 AM WTFRUlookingat
Why are all you NASCAR haters so rabid? If you don't like something why not just ignore it?


WTFRUlookingat, eh, they're just jealous because F1, etc. doesn't have as big a following in the U.S. ...
 
2002-08-14 09:30:14 AM
Watching nascar is like watching a dog chase its tail

Round and round and round and round...

wee

if they had smoke screens and guns and oil slicks, then it would be exciting to me.
 
2002-08-14 09:35:52 AM
Jesus isn't on the list because he isn't dead :)
 
2002-08-14 09:37:31 AM
Did anyone watch the race at Watkins Glen?
I had to record my friend singing the National Anthem.
Funny he only farked a few words and a few notes, I thought it would be MUCH worse.

I know this will NOT work

 
2002-08-14 09:37:56 AM
Sid Vicious $82.95 (not in millions)
 
2002-08-14 09:55:04 AM
Well, now Farkers, try and be tolerant of other people's forms of entertainment. I have a college degree, own a business with lots of employees, drive an Audi, own a real house, etc, etc, and I enjoy watching NASCAR. Of course I also enjoy Formula 1, sometimes IRL and CART, love the World Rally Championships. I guess I just like watching cars go fast (and driving them that way, too). I mean, really, is golf or baseball or basketball any more interesting???
 
2002-08-14 10:01:18 AM
You drive an Audi?!?!?!!

Loser!
 
2002-08-14 10:09:33 AM
Rancher, I'm impressed. Congratulations, you're Queen for a day.
 
2002-08-14 10:11:40 AM
Scraping-fetus É yeah - this years batch is Audis. Gotta A4 and a TT. Great cars. All wheel drive, turbos, all that stuff. Best car ever owned was a 93 Vette, tho. Sure miss that car. Worst car was a Ferrari 308. Only car ever to leave me stranded on the highway. Ahhh, the cars I've own. I miss 'em all. Like 'em better than people.
And finally, I'd rather be in an Audi than one of them farking SUVs. Hang up yer cell phone and drive asshat.
 
2002-08-14 10:14:37 AM
Who cares about Nascar,

What ever happened to Wendy?
 
2002-08-14 10:15:16 AM
Wow.

A new troll on the block. I'm really excited about his prospects so far. I'll give him an 8.7 for his opening and a 7.4 for the main program. His dismount was a little weak, but he has the potential to become a world class prick.

See ya in the special olympics, Ishkur.
 
2002-08-14 10:15:30 AM
I guess those little vinyl "3" decals are selling like hotcakes. QUESTION: why is it that it's always the SLOWEST driver on the road that has all of those stupid racing car numbers all over their back window? Eh?
 
2002-08-14 10:17:38 AM
Nascar
American Football
Baseball

Stuff americans do and everyone else wonders why.
 
2002-08-14 10:19:46 AM
This should make all the people in my town with those little "3" stickers one notch prouder.
 
2002-08-14 10:25:34 AM
Nascar kicks your roody poo candy a$$es suckas. Seriously, it is really sweet. You do need to go to a race before bashing it. If you don't like lots of cold beer, naked women, meat on a stick, and cars that are absolutely hauling butt, you probably won't like it, but everyone else will. By the way, Dale Jr is having a tough year, but he has the money and the talent to win - I predict within two years.
 
2002-08-14 10:29:55 AM
PFloyd, that was a very convincing argument you just presented.

I think the "meat on a stick" comment was what finally convinced me to join the Nascar fold.

Now, which cousin should I sleep with?
 
2002-08-14 10:34:29 AM
This is where I was when Dale kicked. It was a sad day for race fans, but a weeks worth of golf and f*ing off was worth it. I been going to Daytona for 12 years and will continue to go each year.

Here are my stats:
Born and raised in the DC/Maryland suburbs by white collar parents
College degree
No race crap on my cars
I will watch NASCAR sometimes because Fox does a good job

No redneck here.

 
2002-08-14 10:34:55 AM
BigHonky
Now, which cousin should I sleep with?

Are you doing that again? Your gonna have to learn to date outside your family or people will begin to make fun of you.

Oh wait... they already do.
 
2002-08-14 10:40:07 AM
I'm far more interested in Tolkien making the list at number six. I'm a nerd, not a dork!
 
2002-08-14 10:41:03 AM
Why the argument. Not all NASCAR fans are wifebeater wearing redneck losers. Some are, but not all. Just like wresting fans aren't all...

Nevermind.
 
2002-08-14 10:47:59 AM
C'mon, quite bashing NASCAR. It might not be the most popular form of sport for us educated FARKers (wait a minute, doesn't it bring in more fans per week than Football, or America's sport - Baseball?). We can see that it is a soap opera on wheels, why can't 110,000 in attendance every week see that?

Auto racing in it's many forms is a real sport. It takes a lot more concentration and stamina to drive a NASCAR racecar at 150mph at Bristol Speedway (or IRL at Indy, of F1 at Monaco, or SportsCars at Le Mans) than it does Tiger Woods to drive a ball 300yds. Of course, no one complains that Golf isn't a real sport (but it does seem to lack some excitement, doesn't it?). At least if you fark up at Golf and end up in the water, you won't be dead. You don't have to worry about injuries because you made an error in baseball. Running back hits another player? Damn...didn't get that first down. Racecar hits another car...probably going for a ride into the wall. Bet that hurts more than any football tackle.
 
2002-08-14 10:49:28 AM
I guess it's time to invest in the company that makes the commemorative dinner plates they sell on QVC.
 
2002-08-14 10:49:44 AM
Earnhardt can suck my exhaust, where is his talent that makes him unique?
 
2002-08-14 10:55:39 AM
yeah....driving around in circles......at 200 mph........surrounded by guys also driving 200 mph who will do everything and anything to pass your ass and keep you from doing the same.........steep ass curves...........
 
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