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By: Tom Luttermoser Image: RCR
Running around Twitter all morning has been the question, Does winning the Daytona 500 define a drivers legacy? Does it? With a race that takes as much luck as it does skill, it's a great question. The Harley J. Earl trophy is easily the most iconic trophy in the sports history and there is not one single driver you can talk to who would say it would not be a defining moment in their lives to have won it. But does it really mean that much to a drivers career? Yes and No are both answers I've seen across Twitter today. Some drivers biggest or even their only accomplishment may be to have won the Daytona 500. It locks you into the sport's history and memories of the fans. Trevor Bayne and Michael McDowell's only wins in the Cup Series both came at the Daytona 500, yet they are memorialized into the history books as Daytona 500 Champions. Michael Waltrip is pretty much only known for winning 2 Daytona 500s including his first win in the Cup Series on that fateful day in 2001. Yet you can go to the other end of the spectrum and look at names such as Petty or Johnson, 7 championships and nearly 300 wins between the two, and that is what they are known for. You typically don't think of them for their Daytona 500 victories, even though Petty won 7 of them. Another instance of a different take is the late Dale Earnhardt, a 7 time champion of the sport and arguably the most iconic moment of his entire career came in February of 1998 at that legendary speedway. "20 years of trying, 20 years of frustration, Dale Earnhardt will come to the caution flag to WIN the Daytona 500! Finally!" My personal opinion, it very well can. As stated above, it can be THE moment of a career or it can be the only moment of a career. In my opinion. It either is or it isn't going to define the driver based entirely on the individual driver. So now I ask you, What do you think. Does it define a driver's career?
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Tom Luttermoser"Being a NASCAR fan since the mid-90s, I've seen my sport go through immense changes, from Earnhardt to Gordon, Gordon to Johnson, Johnson to the "Big 3". Petty's 200 to Busch's 229*. I've seen 2 generations of racers and 4 generations of racecars. I've seen the peak of the sport, I've seen the loss of a legend. I can, in fact say.. This is the greatest time our sport has seen since its golden era and it will do nothing but grow from here. We talk about the Golden Era, The Modern Era. I think, We're entering the NEXT GEN Era." Categories
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