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Earnhardt vs. Wallace Prank and Retirement Impact

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Rockingham Speedway's Former Track Manager of 30+ Years Has Crazy NASCAR History Stories

What happens here

Ronnie recounts a memorable story involving Dale Earnhardt and Rusty Wallace. After a race in Daytona where Earnhardt took out Wallace, the next race at Rockingham saw Earnhardt ask Ronnie for 'rags.' Earnhardt then used the rags to stuff Rusty Wallace's motorhome sewer line, causing it to flood when Rusty took a shower. Rusty emerged furious, looking for a fight. Ronnie also speaks about how the track's removal from the Cup Series schedule significantly impacted his life, forcing him into early retirement. He reflects on how the racing industry became driven by money rather than the fans.

Goal: Share a notorious prank story and reflect on the personal impact of track changes.

Tools and materials

  • Mastercraft Sump Pump Mastercraft — A joke reference about swapping components in an engine (not actually used in the story)
  • Rags N/A — Stuffing Rusty Wallace's motorhome sewer line

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before i die i hope i do what do you feel when you look at all of this stuff again and think about those days when this carpet was still red and hot it bring back a lot of memories we had liquor and lock it up in there one morning see we had a we had a rod go through there and had a lock on people were breaking the cabinet still to lift well we started taking the liquor to the office blocking it up in safe because it wasn't safe up here it's different made my life different i mean i've enjoyed working here i mean it's like i said but back in then back then when we were working it wasn't it wasn't all this politics and and who got the most money and nothing like that we mr d would start here from nothing from scrap him and [Applause] the land mr land across the street i think they re-anointed it so mr d was the guy who like built this place yeah well there was i think four or five stockholders you know i guess i don't know we said we on the dry strip too and we used it as an airport like davey allison and bobby allison uh earnhardt that had their own planes they landed over there and we'd shut them over shoulder them over here he was in there one night that shot and uh me and earl was and so everybody he's talking about that white door over there in the corner sitting there that was my office on the right side of the shortest middle building there yeah to the right of the media center that that corner right there there's an office space inside that shop and so that was his office we're gonna have to go there we should walk down there i remember that with the tv on the ledge and stuff yeah yeah there was a picnic table in there and that every friday night after the qualifying they'd go big all the race drivers go up and party and find her i'm sitting there one night and i let everybody punch out and earl garrison i mean he was the only one left and i said you ready to go home he said yeah he said can we have a beer before we go and i had a little water cooler had some beer in online so we punched out we sit there and we drank some beer before we went home and by that time that door up and i think the first one was bodine then it opened again it was dale dylan and he wanted oils i said it's in that cover i said what are you doing here dale he said uh i get tired that mess up now he said that picnic table and he was talking he said you know he said you didn't ever ask me for my autograph i said i ain't never pulled for you i don't want you i said you can't win…

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