My brother-in-law talked with Ernie Irvin at Bristol

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volfan2024

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He , being a 24 fan , as I am, went to Bristol on a Wednesday, camper in tow (bathroom,kitchen,etc.), got to meet several guys but one in particular was Ernie. He was a cut up. My b-in-l would send me pictures. At one point Ernie had a orange cone on his head. Plus my b-in-l got a good picture of them together as well. Thats who we pulled for until he could never race again, then we switched over to JG.
 
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i take it your brother went to Food City Family Race Night?

I haven't been there in years, but I've met all sorts of drivers there.
 
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doozer said:
good ole Swervin Irwin. i always thought he was a pretty good guy.
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I met Irvan before he got into NASCAR when he ran late models on dirt. I didn't like the way he left the 4 car team. At Bristol he deliberately crashed the car after driving it below it's potential cause he wanted to be released to go to Yates.
 
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doozer said:
was the 4 team Morgan-McClure at the time he was racing for them?
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Yes, he won their first race, and was replaced by Sterling Marlin. I saw Sterling at the Wal-mart in Bristol Thursday, he was signing autographs.
 
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rbroyles said:
Yes, he won their first race, and was replaced by Sterling Marlin. I saw Sterling at the Wal-mart in Bristol Thursday, he was signing autographs.
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sterling's bush car at bristol in 99 (i think) was the best looking car in nascar history imo.
 
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rpvol said:
oh yeah!! didn't he get in trouble for that paint scheme or something?
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There was some criticism for UT to spend money for sponsorship, which died when it was announced Sterling did it for no charge. He ran the car at Nashville, and I believe at Kentucky in addition to Bristol.
 
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rbroyles said:
There was some criticism for UT to spend money for sponsorship, which died when it was announced Sterling did it for no charge. He ran the car at Nashville, and I believe at Kentucky.
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i remembered there was some kind of controversy surrounding it.
i was thinking it was at bristol, but that was many, many beers ago. :)
 
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rpvol said:
i remembered there was some kind of controversy surrounding it.
i was thinking it was at bristol, but that was many, many beers ago. :)
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Bristol was the first place he ran it, my post did seem to dispute that, sorry.
 
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