OurColony.net

Takes readers behind the scenes of auto-racing champion Dale Earnhardt's celebrated life, tracing his rags-to-riches journey to the top of America's fastest-growing sport. Begins with his childhood days in small-town North Carolina, & examines how a 9th-grade dropout started on the dusty dirt tracks of the South, went through two marriages & a string of no-future jobs before turning 25, then took about a million left turns to glory. Through the pitfalls & triumphs, Earnhardt would ultimately become a celebrated champion whose lifetime earnings would top $41 million. The son of a legendary racer, the father of a NASCAR star, he lived a total auto-racing life filled with triumph & sadness, great joy & great pain. Color photos.