Monday, January 28, 2008

the 1993 daytona five hundred by stp

(to the song “ballad of thunder road” by the charlie daniels band)



*Saluting The Career of 3-Time Daytona 500 Winner Dale Jarrett!*

this day-to-na story - might just top ‘em all

the tale of one fa-ther’s most fam-ous - broad-cast-ing call

king rich-ard waved the green flag - son ky-le’s on the pole

and when the fie-ld roared to life, the cha-os did un-fold

bad luck for dri-vers with - day-to-na vict’ries:

bill elliott dropped so much oil that he called his car “val-dez”

ir-van wrecked on the back-stretch - then a-gain on pit road

da-vey all-i-son dropped back, one of his ti-res was low

‘cause that five hun-dred was the - dale-and-da-le show

the day we heard ned jar-rett call his young’n’s che-vy home

eigh-teen car went high, bye-bye, jeff - gor-don’s in re-verse

dale earn-hardt slipped up highthen dale jar-rett fin-ished first

(lap) one went to a roo-kie - in car twen-ty-four

somethin’ blew up in dick trick-le’s se-ven-ty-five rah-moc ford

though he was in a back-up - boy, derr-ike cope ran great!

rick wil-son crashed the king’s car in-to bob-by’s six-ty-eight

kul-wick-i dropped a pis-ton - gant and cope gam-bled on gas

ster-ling mar-lin al-most flipped, hens-ley’s napa ford was smashed!

an in-jured ken-ny bern-stein - cheered brett bo-dine’s run

geoff bo-dine had some dam-age, but still fin-ished near the front

‘cause that five hun-dred was the - dale-and-da-le show

the day we heard ned jar-rett call his young’n’s che-vy home

eigh-teen car went high, bye-bye, jeff - gor-don’s in re-verse

dale earn-hardt slipped up highthen dale jar-rett fin-ished first

un-ser jun-ior was-n’t clear - earn-hardt took him for a spill

took out bo-bby hil-lin, whose don-la-vey ford was killed

then hil-lin slid in front of pet-ty, he could not slow down in time

they shou-ted at each oth-er af-ter, kyle said “hil-lin’s blind”

lat-er in the race came one big horr-if-ic sight

rus-ty wall-ace spun out dur-ing a close rac-ing fight

the two car hooked the dirt and rolled and tried to fly away

his pon-ti-ac was thrashed, good news that rus-ty was okay

‘cause that five hun-dred was the - dale-and-da-le show

the day we heard ned jar-rett call his young’n’s che-vy home

eigh-teen car went high, bye-bye, jeff - gor-don’s in re-verse

dale earn-hardt slipped up highthen dale jar-rett fin-ished first

dale earn-hardt slipped up highthen dale

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(Ned Jarrett’s last-lap call:)
“C’mon, Dale, go baby go! Alright, come on! I know he’s got it to the floorboard, he can’t do anymore—come on, take ‘er to the inside! Don’t let him get on the inside of you comin’ around this turn. Here he comes, Earnhardt, it’s the Dale and Dale show as we come off turn four! You know who I’m pullin’ for, it’s Dale Jarrett, bring ‘er down to the inside, don’t let him get a run on you! He’s gonna make it! Dale Jarrett’s gonna win the Daytona 500!”

NEXT WEEK:
A special double-feature with the third-annual Silly Season song on Monday followed by a bonus tune on Wednesday celebrating two years and 100 songs at "Karaoke for NASCAR Fans!"
Posted by Brock Beard :: 5:11 PM :: ---------------------------------------