There is no doubt that Hardin, who had just earlier that day pistol whipped John Selman's son, was a cold blooded killer. Having said that John Selman was also a "colorful" character, and was at times an outlaw, and others a lawman. Less than a year later Selman was killed in a shootout with US Marshal George Scarborough on April 5th, 1896.
Both Hardin and Selman are buried in the same El Paso cemetery.
This would be Sterling's first win since the 1996 Pepsi 400 at Daytona, snapping a 5 year dry spell. For those of you who were not around or may have forgotten, this was not a super popular win, as many fans at the time still unfairly blamed Marlin for Earnhardt's fatal crash.
Ricky Craven had a notably strong race as well, qualifying the PPI Motorsports No. 32 Ford on the Pole and finishing 2nd, while Bill Elliott finished 3rd in the Evernham Motorsports No. 9 Dodge.
Just a reminder to all those of you with garage parking passes, we'll need our new ones tomorrow.
Davy Crockett is kind of a mixed bag among historical figures. While he rightfully opposed Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal Act he was a slave owner, owning a small number of slaves which he sold off in order to pay some debts.
Crockett first headed toward Texas in November 1835, but took his time and arrived in Nacogdoches in early January, 1836.
As for his death just two months later, well, that's a bit of a mystery. What we know for sure is that he died at the Alamo. Even shortly after the battle there are stories that he was captured and executed, and counter stories that he died fighting. The idea that he died fighting gained widespread popularity though, and was heavily reinforced by Disney and Hollywood. In fact this idea was pushed so hard that it became a large part of his legend.
Less than a week after this race Irvan, winner of the 1991 Daytona 500, suffered a head injury during practice in his Busch Series car at Michigan International Speedway and had to be airlifted. Two weeks after that he announced his retirement.