DALE EARNHARDT JR. SIGNED WILSON CASTAWAY BALL" EXTREMELY RARE FIND"

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A EXTREMELY RARE FIND. IN 2001 DALE JR DROVE WITH WILSON  IN THE BACK OF HIS CAR NEXT TO HIS WATER BOTTLE WINNING THE DOVER RACE. DALE WAS NOT ALONE AS WILSON WAS WITH HIM. A TRUE COLLECTABLE !
AFTER THE LOSS OF HIS FATHER DALE SAID HE FELT LIKE TOM HANKS IN CASTAWAYS ALL ALONE IN THE CAR.  SO HIS CREW WENT OUT BOUGHT A VOLLEY BALL AND PAINTED WILSON'S FACE ON IT AND GIVEN TO DALE ON FINAL PRACTICE AS A JOKE WHICH HE LOVED.  YET TO HIS SURPRISE WILSON WAS BUNGEED TO HIS WATER BOTTLE IN THE REAR OF HIS CAR AND WHILE ON A YELLOW FLAG DALE SAID HIS WATER TEMP WAS GOING UP TO 220 DEGREES AND JEFF CLARK "TEAM ENGINE SPECIALIST " HEY MAN WILSON SAYS IT'S OK. DALE JR. SAID THERE AIN'T NO WILSON HERE. TONY EURY JR. "CAR CHIEF" SAID WILSON HAS NEVER SEEN HEAT LIKE THIS. DALE JR, "SERIOUSLY, I DON'T SEE HIM.  EURY "YEAH HE'S RIGHT BEHIND YOUR WATER BOTTLE."
DALE JR.: "HEY THERE HE IS! ( CALLING OUT LIKE TOM HANKS' CHARACTER IN THE MOVIE). WILSONNNNNNNNNN! HE'S IN HERE MAN! I HAVE A BUDDY"
AND WITH THAT, THE PRESSURE OF COMPETITION AND WINNING WAS SUDDENLY WIPED AWAY IN ONE JOVIAL MOMENT.  DALE WENT ON TO VICTORY LANE.
WILSON DONATED TO THE CONKLIN CENTER FOR THE BLIND BY DALE JR. AND AUCTIONED OFF FOR CHARITY DURING DAYTONA SPEED WEEKS 2002.