Earnhardt’s favorite car, which he drove to wins at both Talladega and Daytona in 2015, will rest on his property in the woods with a collection of torn-up race cars he has collected from his team and others over the years. Earnhardt said Tuesday that the car, which he also drove to finishes of second and third in the other two points events, was damaged beyond repair in two accidents on Sunday at Talladega. ‘Amelia’s done,’ Earnhardt said of the car, which he named after Amelia Earhart. As far as the wrecks Sunday, Earnhardt said the threat of rain throughout the race forced drivers to race with greater intensity and that that likely added to the number of crashes. He said drivers are not in an uproar over two cars getting upside-down. ‘One thing I think is true is none of us know what we would do to change it, and I don’t think anybody in the sport does,’ Earnhardt said. ‘We’ve altered the package over the years a hundred different teams and never really seen a big, big difference in the type of racing we see there.’(ESPN.com)
