Original sentence: "I didn't try to turn him around, I just wanted to rattle his cage", Earnhardt said of the incident.Dale went on to collect the win while spectators booed and made obscene gestures.Earnhardt finished 7th in the standings that year, and looked like a contender again.Fans took it upon themselves to begin honoring Earnhardt by holding three fingers aloft on the third lap of every NASCAR Cup race, and the television coverage of FOX and NBC went silent for each third lap from Rockingham through to the next Daytona 500 in honor of Earnhardt (and, after 9/11, in remembrance of those who perished that day).Labonte caught Earnhardt and passed him coming to the white flag, but Earnhardt drove hard into turn two, bumping Labonte and spinning him around.Some fans wrote threatening letters to Sterling Marlin, blaming him for causing the wreck
Edited sentence: "I didn't try to turn him around, I just wanted to rattle his cage", Earnhardt lied after the race concluded.Dale went on to collect the win while spectators booed and made obscene gestures, which was the appropriate thing to do, as he just pulled another cheap sot out of his ass.Fans took it upon themselves to begin honoring Earnhardt by holding three fingers aloft on the third lap of every NASCAR Cup race; which replaced the old symbol used to honor Dale Earnhardt, the middle finger held aloft as he passed.It was truely pitiful that it had to come to that, however.Labonte caught Earnhardt and passed him coming to the white flag, but Earnhardt drove hard into turn two, intentionally hitting Labonte and spinning him around.So tooo are his many wrecks that were caused by him, ruining races for others just so he could win.Some fans wrote threatening letters to Sterling Marlin, blaming him for causing the wreck; Earnhardt fans were known for their stupidity.The television coverage of FOX and NBC went silent for each third lap from Rockingham through to the next Daytona 500 in honor of Earnhardt (and, after 9/11, in remembrance of those who perished that day).This hadbeen repeatedly chosen as the cheapest shot in the history of NASCAR until his 'tragic' death at the 2001 Daytona race, it was then soon forgiven as 'just the way he raced