![]() ![]() We had a composer orchestrating an original score. His widow, Teresa Earnhardt, and car owner/best friend Richard Childress were on board. We were in the midst of producing what I believe is still the company's ultimate work: a film titled "Dale" - a biographical documentary of Dale Earnhardt produced in conjunction with - and via the checkbook of - CMT Films.Įverything about "Dale" was huge. ![]() It was August 2006 and I was editor-in-chief at NASCAR Media Group, then called NASCAR Images. I just didn't want to work with him on this particular project at this particular time. I had dreamed of working with him on some project at some point in my career. So yes, of course, I wanted to work with the Pulitzer winner. The other two I'd bought for permanent placement in my office bookcase. I'd devoured his works, from "Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life" to "What Do You Think of Ted Williams Now?" to "What It Takes: The Way To The White House." The latter had been assigned reading, widely considered one of the greatest political books of the 20th century. I did not want to work with Richard Ben Cramer. ![]()
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