On a troubling day, wanted to share some positive news. ... My teenage daughter who was critically injured in ski accident year and a half ago. ...just ran 1.5-miles in physical therapy session. A high mark. She has amazing mental strength and matches it in her rehab!
#LoveMySyd
So. ... tomorrow, I have cancer surgery with daily chemo and radiation to follow in the coming weeks. I am heartbroken but resolute. I will do my best to stay hopeful and courageous fighting this again - and plan to work as I can. Prayers and good vibes appreciated. Peace! ✌️💪
Could use some positive energy if you have some to spare. My teenage daughter in serious ski accident and in midst of long series of surgeries for multiple injuries now.
#stayingstrongforSydney
I did it! First time since I was told I had cancer and started all the treatments and had all the surgeries... I did my entire pre-cancer run without stopping!!
#proud
#grateful
#thelittlethings
After months of cancer treatment - I finished chemo and radiation - got the “okay” from docs to cover a race at track - and couldn’t be happier to be at
@TALLADEGA
this weekend! Unlike the cars, Im still moving a little slowly - but excited to he here!
#grateful
#NASCAR
8th Breast Cancer surgery in the books yesterday...now to recover. As hard as this has been, I am genuinely more overwhelmed by the care & support so many have offered. It’s amazing what kindness can do.
#grateful
#stayingstrong
Have to share ... my daughter who was critically injured in ski accident almost two years ago just played her first varsity lacrosse match since the won 13-2... I was nervous but she did great and this was a huge mental boost! I am a grateful & proud mom!
Woke up so emotional - 1 year ago today my 16 y/o daughter was almost killed skiing in Utah. Hit a tree head-on. Going fast! My son (skiing w her) comforted her & helped ski patrol to her. Sydney continues her massive recovery! I’m so Incredibly grateful! I love them w all my ❤️
"I wouldn't have been here without him. My path surely would have been different. .. if it wasn't for Dale. The friend, the mentor he's been to me over the years. He's such a great person."
@MartinTruex_Jr
says of
@DaleJr
Almost halfway through the chemo and radiation… have to celebrate the small victories! This has been so hard.
Thank you to all who have reached out. Cannot tell you how much it means!🙏
Wishing everyone a good weekend!💪✌️
#stayingstrong
#cancersucks
I’d like to thank all of you who have reached out to check on my daughter. Ten hours of surgery and a HEAVILY broken body but not a broken spirit. Hard as a parent watching her be in so much pain & so far from home & friends. Long recovery ahead but we are grateful & motivated!
In the midst of taking care of my daughter who was so badly hurt in skiing accident 3 wks ago I have big cancer doc appt. ..instead of using elevator I trekked up the stairs to my doc. Amazing how something so insignificant (as handling stairs) feels like a triumph today.
It’s amazing that every single time I go to my oncologist for blood work, checkups, port flush, whatever - even just pull into parking lot at my cancer center - I get the same feeling of being afraid. So many brave and strong patients here - and so many that care.
#perspective
As my 17 y/o daughter was taken out of surgical recovery yesterday (her 4th surgery since a devastating ski accident last March), nurse asked if she ever wanted to ski again. My daughter did not hesitate, "I can't wait to go skiing." She is strong & determined.
#Ilearnfromher
To all my compassionate caring friends... thank you for your thoughts and well wishes today!I received encouraging news at oncologist. All is okay. Was just nervous and admittedly scared facing some unknowns. I’m so blessed! Thank you!
#iamfortunate
Driver
@joeylogano
really so good in the TV booth. He is insightful, funny, self-deprecating and all-around a positive addition every single time.
#NASCAR
#NASCARonFS1
This week marks 9 years since my diagnosis of Stage 3 breast cancer - horrible chemo, months of radiation and 7 surgeries later… I am still here. And filled w GRATITUDE! Thank you to all my great supporters & friends all these years!🙏❤️✌️
My family has been challenged in the past few years w my bad cancer and now my daughter’s heartbreaking accident... and yet the big takeaway for us is how incredibly fortunate we really are - for our friends and people who make the effort to let us know they care! Thank you!! ✌️
Every time I see a driver take his hands off steering wheel in an accident. ... I remember the hell people gave
@DanicaPatrick
when TV showed her doing it in NASCAR.
#NASCAR
More than once when my phone flashes back photo memories. .. it shows me ringing the bell after months of my chemotherapy - wig on, barely 100 lbs. I try not to cry. I try to remember how fortunate I am. I know am. But cancer still sucks!!!
I am so excited. Just found a briefcase w/ some of my late father’s cassette tapes (he was a sportscaster) - interviews w/ George Steinbrenner, Terry Bradshaw, my dad’s radio play-by-play from a World Series game and lots of NHL gold! Now to find a cassette player!👍
Having a random rough day emotionally … in waiting room at my cancer clinic and a woman I’d never met just walked up and offered me a tissue and smile. There are so many good people in this world!
#kindness
#grateful
So incredibly proud of this amazing and resilient young woman! Final lacrosse match tonight - last athletic match of high school career! She did it! All the hard, pain-staking work to come back from ski accident! My heart is full!❤️
Final surgery before I start chemo in the books… sure miss being at
@Rolex24Hours
at
@DAYTONA
this weekend - have covered that race for three decades…
Wishing all the teams and my fellow reporters a great weekend at one of THE best events!
@IMSA
So tomorrow this amazing young woman - who has overcome and persevered after horrible ski accident - graduates high school!! I am one proud mom - full of love! Yep... it feels, they DO grow up so fast💜🙏
"I think we had a little bit of Dale with us,''
@jordan10taylor
says of winning the GTLM class in the No. 3 Chevrolet Corvette - 20 years after Dale Earnhardt Sr. and
@DaleJr
drove the car to a podium finish in the Rolex24.
Interesting to hear Jeopardy host Alex Trebek talk about his cancer treatment on
@GMA
& concede-there are days when you just cry. He says big takeaway “I learned I am an extremely lucky individual” for all the love and support he is receiving in this fight! I share that feeling!
No matter who ultimately wins the NASCAR Xfinity Series championship. ...
@NoahGragson
hopes people will remember how dominant his No. 9
@JRMotorsports
Chevy team was this season with 8 race wins and 16 stage wins - both double that of any other driver.
So honored to be a part of
@SherryPollex
Catwalk for. A Cause tonight in Daytona Beach. Met so many fantastic women standing strong against women’s cancer and raising $$ to help!
.
@BryanHerta
said today that he would love to field a car for
@robertwickens
in 2024 Indy 500 should they be able to work out all the competitive necessities - sponsors, technical modifications etc. .."I think it's possible," Herta said.
#indy500
@BHA
Back at cancer doc & thankful to have a port so I don’t have to get stuck so much for all the labs they need. Grateful to be able to walk up stairs to appt. Was so weak during treatments and surgeries for so many years - vowed to take the stairs every time I could thereafter. 💪
.
@DaleJr
says he spoke with
@TyGibbs
today and that the more Gibbs speaks with his heart and less with "talking points" the better. "At some point, you have to allow the guy to make amends, make change, move in a good direction and that doesn't happen overnight.''
#NASCAR
This week, the racing world lost Sherry Pollex, an inspirational fighter of cancer, and incredible philanthropist.
@_HollyCain
, who has courageously battled cancer, shares her perspective on the loss of Pollex.
Simultaneously heart-breaking and inspiring watching my daughter continue the tough rehab work after her ski accident! It’s changed her whole life and my most important job is keeping her positive in this tough road to recovery! She has a great attitude & I love her so!
#tenacity
Thanks for all the birthday love today. Not too long ago in the midst of my cancer fight. ... I genuinely didn't know if I would have this birthday! I am grateful every day!! Peace my friends!
.
@DaleJr
is just soooooo good on television talking us through the big track races. He explains the moves and tells what we can expect. ...so informative.
@DAYTONA
This wk’s
#NASCAR
race
@RaceSonoma
will always be difficult memory. 3 yrs ago before leaving for race, I felt something and made doc appt for after race. Spent whole time in scenic wine country scared. Turned out w good reason. Please get checked early & often.
#breastcancer
Very muted Daytona 500 winner's press conference with
@dennyhamlin
, Coach Joe Gibbs and Chris Gabehart. Happy to win a 3rd Daytona 500 but their thoughts were so obviously on condition of Ryan Newman after his last lap accident. Everyone sending prayers to Newman and his family.
Today’s F1 winner
@danielricciardo
w/ NASCAR superstars
@chaseelliott
and
@DaleJr
years ago! Big day in Italy for Ricciardo - 1st win since 2018!
#MonzaGP
#McLaren
Ricciardo huge Dale Earnhardt fan and podium means he gets to drive late champ’s ‘84 Cup car - per bet w his boss.
Guess I am old-fashioned. On rental car shuttle, 10 seats - 8 had men sitting; 6 of those were young men (20-30ish). Not a single one offered his seat to me. I didn’t mind standing whole time, but I know I raised my son differently!
#justanobservation
Cannot possibly express how much I appreciate the love and kindness shown to me… despite this latest “challenge” my heart is full! It’s such an up-and-down road to navigate! 😞✌️
#stayingpositive
.
@TonyStewart
conceded he doesn't have a wife to thank so he just thanked "all the girlfriends who were with me." Entire room laughing!
#NASCAR
#halloffame
Will never forget how
@SteveByrnes12
reached out days after my cancer diagnosis. He was a source of strength & at times, a dose of well-needed laughter - we often texted while getting our chemo. He was the ultimate example of grace despite all he endured!
#forevergrateful
I am so grateful my daughter survived her harrowing ski accident this Spring... but watching her wake up and go to sleep in pain every day, knowing each step she takes hurts ... breaks my heart! Her strength is inspiring. As a mom I just wish I take away all the pain!💜
Between my cancer and my daughter’s horrible ski accident I have been around nurses more than I ever imagined. I am so appreciative and grateful for their care and kindness - the extra efforts they make w a smile!
#NursesWeek2021
Perhaps - unfortunately- fitting as October closes out Breast Cancer Awareness month … I’ve had a little hiccup w my maintenance. Port issues … and it’s painful as doc deals w it. But I remain grateful to be here and thankful to my friends who care! Please get mammograms! 💗
"I'm done going fast,'' NASCAR Hall of Fame
@markmartin
says smiling of taking an "at-speed" pace lap before today's
@LVMotorSpeedway
race driving same car he won the very 1st race here. ...
Mark is still so hugely popular and the fans here are going to love to this!
#NASCAR
One last photo before taking my daughter to college today! I am a proud mom even if I cried a little (a lot) 😊
@USF
Wishing all the college students - new and returning - a great year!
Parked my son’s Mustang GT outside home improvement store and guy pulls next to me and compliments the car then says “Most impressive is that you can drive a stick shift !” ... I do have that going for me👍😀
#oldschool
.
@robertwickens
earns a podium finish in his return to racing - co-drove with Mark Wilkins to finish third in the season-opening IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge race at
@DAYTONA
. ...
@BHA
.Ryan Newman undergoing treatment and in "serious condition" at nearby Halifax Medical Center but his injuries are not life-threatening according to statement from Roush-Fenway Racing.
"Our thoughts are with Ryan and his family." Says NASCAR executive Steve O'Donnell
"The most fun I've had racing has been in NASCAR. .. wheel to wheel and fender to fender, you can't beat the feeling in NASCAR.'' - Jacques Villeneuve, who just qualified for his 1st Daytona 500.
.
@DaleJr
in early to talk
@DAYTONA
testing this week! He’s driving
@KyleLarsonRacin
car! A 2-time Daytona 500 winner he’s one of the best at this track.
During this red flag in NASCAR race wanted to share that I am joining forces with my former co-worker at The Tampa Tribune - Herb Branham - to co-author "NASCAR Mavericks" about the "innovators, innovations & unique characters" in the sport. Book will come out in 2024!!
#NASCAR
HIGH PRAISE for the legendary NASCAR Hall of Fame
@TonyStewart
to say that
@KyleLarsonRacin
is "better than me" as a racer. .. Stewart admires Larson's desire to run so many forms of racing (as Stewart did).
#NASCAR
Am proud to have sustained a career for 28 years in the male-dominated field of sportswriting. Have learned much from many - talented men & women. Proud to be an example to my daughter. There should be no gender boundaries on your passion & pursuit!
#internationalwomensday2018
So grateful to
@ScottSmithFOX13
for the kind words! Missed my first Daytona 500 in 32 years because of this cancer … and seeing this brought a huge smile!! Thank you Scott. Plan to be back in the chair in 2025.
#fightingon
#cancersucks
Always feel so sentimental this week every year - remembering it is when I received my cancer diagnosis. Grateful for every day… to be here and see this wonderful full rainbow tonight . 🙏🙏🙏
I’m heartbroken! ABSOLUTELY a treasure to me! His words & music helped me get through life! I was a Parrothead and can’t even count how many shows I gleefully attended. One of my greatest “achievements” was interviewing him for college paper - he played there each year. 💔
Just found this going through some older clips. Covered NFL great Walter Payton when he competed in a support race during World Challenge of Tampa race weekend … back in 1990👍 I remember how excited & serious he was about his racing!
My daughter - bottom right - living her best marine biology summer expedition… they are closing out 3 month trip & sailing to Bali now. Will be at sea 7 days (as in a passage w no land in sight). Prayers appreciated! I’m so proud of her! What a summer!
#missher
❤️🙏
He was my friend! He helped me through the toughest days of my cancer while battling with it himself at same time! I’m forever grateful for the friendship! Thinking of Karen and Bryson! 🙏
.
@robertwickens
WINS. Earns IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge Touring Class victory today at
@WGI
driving w/ fellow Canadian Mark Wilkins for
@BHA
It's 1st race win for Wickens since 2018 IndyCar accident causing spinal cord injury. He drives using specially-made hand controls.
Congrats to
@ClintBowyer
and his special helper Cash for winning Darrell Gwynn's Hot Rods and Reels tourney - he had largest bass and biggest total catch.
@MartinTruex_Jr
2nd....Important work raising $$ & making difference.
So my daughter just left to take her last AP exam of her high school career. She was so happy and as I watched her drive off ... I started crying. So proud of her... but this graduation tough on her mom!💜💜💜 👍
A positive announcement today: CANCER FREE! ⚡️
Can’t thank everyone - family, friends, supporters & the race fans enough for the continued support in this journey. ❤️
#BALDWINSTRONG
Off to get my port flushed today at cancer center... this stuff so incredibly helpful 🙏🙏🙏🙏for the pain. I’ve gotten tough and the nurses are gentle but it still hurts every single time. Every single time!