February 11, 1994 - The Day Neil Bonnett Died - RacingNation.com

CHARLOTTE, NC (February 14, 2014) – This was the stuff dreams were made of.After being involved in racing all my life, I never imagined I would be standing on top of a race hauler in the middle of the NASCAR garage area at Daytona International Speedway on Friday, February 14,1994.Just four days earlier, I had reported to Cotter Communications in Charlotte, NC after they had hired me to become the Public Relations Representative for driver Bobby Labonte and the No. 22 Maxwell House Pontiac Winston Cup team.The job was my first-ever team PR assignment at any level of racing and looking back, I didn’t know my butt from a hole in the ground.You could forgive me if I was more than a little overwhelmed. I was fresh fish, a NASCAR rookie after earning my way here by working short tracks all over the Midwest for nearly 10 years in an effort to get this chance.Whatever my experience level, no one could have been prepared for what this day – my fifth on my new job and my first at the racetrack...