- Joined
- Aug 18, 2002
- Messages
- 19,408
Owner Thinks Cat's Marks Honor Earnhardt
Jan 13, 2:34 PM (ET)
DELAND, Fla. (AP) - First it was the Dale Earnhardt goat, now it's the Dale Earnhardt cat.
David Albury was at home recuperating from surgery several months ago when he noticed the black fur on his cat's back was shaped in the number "3." The fur screamed "Dale Earnhardt" to Albury.
He told his wife of 30 years, "Valerie, we're rich."
Albury, a NASCAR fan who regularly watches the races on television, called up the Daytona International Speedway to see if officials there were interested. The Speedway officials suggested he call Dale Earnhardt Inc. based in North Carolina. He hasn't gotten a reply.
Earnhardt died in 2001 during a crash in the Daytona 500. The legendary driver's car bore the number 3.
Albury is adamant that he doesn't want to sell the black and white cat named Romeo, and more recently called Little E or Kitty 3 after Earnhardt.
"But I wouldn't mind if he became a celebrity," Albury said.
This isn't the first animal born in Florida bearing the number 3 since Earnhardt's death.
In 2002, a brown Nubian goat was born in north Florida that had a white "3" on its side. It was promptly named Lil' Dale and several Earnhardt fan's went to its farm to see it.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040113/D8024GDO0.html
What really gets me is that this isn't the first time this has happened!!
Emps