From the archives is a new segment on ‘The Seven’ newscast, featuring stories and perspectives from WOOD TV8’s expansive tape archives.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Feb. 18, 2001 is a day many in West Michigan still remember painfully well.
It was the day NASCAR lost Dale Earnhardt, Sr. in a final-lap crash at the end of the 2001 Daytona 500. News 8 was at the track, covering the race when the tragedy unfolded.
Atop Dale’s pit box that day was his crew chief, Portage native Kevin Hamlin. The two’s relationship was one Dale praised in an interview with News 8 just two years prior…