I heard Dale was going to
be at the Brown County Arena in Green Bay
Wisconsin after reading it in the paper. So
of course I had to go. I had never met a
driver before so meeting someone as big as
Dale would be cool. I couldnt find anyone to
go along with me so I had to go by myself. I
would have to drive an hour to Green Bay and
try and find the arena because I didnt really
know my way and I had never driven in Green
Bay before.
The day was April 17, 1998. Dale had just
won
his first BGN race a couple weeks earlier.
Dale was to be at the arena from 7-8 or 9. I
dont really remember. I got home from school
around 3:15 and wanted to leave right away so
I could get there early because I assumed
being Dale Earnhardt Jr would be a large
crowd. So I hurried up and got ready not
realizing I forgot my camera. Ugh. I was so
mad. I left around 4 and it would take about
an hour to get to the arena and there was a
car show going on there so the doors opened
at 5. So I drove down there and ended up
getting lost. I stopped at a gas station to
get directions. The lady ended up giving me
wrong directions. I repeated it to her what
she had said and shes like. Yeah. So I went
exactly where she told me and I ended up two
miles away from where I should have been. I
had to stop at another gas station. I finally
found the arena and had to pay $3 parking,
but I didnt care, I would see Dale Earnhardt
Jr. I went in and since Dale wouldnt be there
for about another 2 hrs I decided I would go
to the bathroom before I stood in line. I
then walked around looking at the cars they
had not really paying much attention then I
found where the line was for Dale. It was
about 5:30 when I decided I would stand in
line. There was only about 30 people in front
of me which kind of surprised me because I
thought there would be more. Well more people
started arriving and by the time Dale came
there was about 500 or more people in line.
Well I was waiting in line when I heard over
the loud speaker thing that anybody not
wearing Dale Earnhardt apparell had to get
out of line. It was kind of a cold day so I
was wearing my Jeff Gordon jacket and since I
couldnt find any Dale Jr stuff at the time
and I hadnt had a hat of Dale Sr I wore my
Jeff Gordon hat too. Well the people behind
me were like, "Oh she has to get out of
line," Im like, "Oh come on look im wearing a
Dale Earnhardt Daytona 500 champion shirt."
Then they were like "ok u can stay". Well it
was announced like three times over the loud
speaker then after the third time they said
they were only kidding. Well I knew they were
and there was no way I was going to get out
of line. So finally 7 pm arrived. They
announced that Dales plane had arrived like 20 minutes earlier or something but he was
hungry so they had to stop at McDonalds or
something so he could eat...lmao..Finally
they announced Dale had arrived at around 7:15.
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