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ing rage. The words their contemporaries used to describe them are the same: “Focused. Relentless. Inexorable. Slashing. Stubborn. Inevitable.” And “Fearless”.
Both were considered genuine hardcases; all business, sullen, moody, severe, and even junkyard mean. But those closest to them described a private side that was loving, compassionate, gentle, and at times downright tender.
They both were killed at the height of their careers and at a moment of great triumph. Their passings released a tidal wave of heartfelt sentiment throughout the region. A soldier and a stock car racer. Southern icons. Forces of nature.
But the surest parallel is the symbolic meaning of their lives in the hearts of their mostly rural admirers. For these were two country boys who never took on airs, who never forgot where they came, from, and who never got above their raising.
They both knew that life can be hard indeed, but they both believed that the joy is in the journey and that on the road of life there is no backing down. And most important, there is no quitting.
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