He was also a good guy in his community. A church called his number once by accident when asking for donations for reparis and he was like "hold on a minute" and went down to the church with a check for the full amount they had been trying to raise, telling them something like 'I better not see a word about this in the paper'.

Absolutely a stand up guy

I love that quote, and it's so reusable.

i grew up in a rural area where nascar is very popular (i personally never cared for it or paid much attention) and never understood the seemingly irrational hatred some people seemed to have for mr earnheardt, but that one quote makes it all make sense. thanks for clearing that up for me.

That is badass, I would define driving cars so fast that you are a celebrity and then using that celebrity status to stick a middle finger up to racism rampant in the fanbase and culture of the motorsport your career hinges on as "Living The Dream".