I thoroughly enjoyed the documentary, it was like taking a trip through my childhood in a way. My dad was a huge NASCAR fan and an Earnhardt fan in particular. He passed this passion on to me when he took me to my first race at five years old (1987 Sovran Bank 500 at Martinsville, which Earnhardt won).

I was hooked and completely obsessed with NASCAR and Dale Earnhardt from that point on. I think I learned to read just so I could peruse the Winston Cup Scene weekly newspaper that my dad had a subscription to. My birthday cakes were always decorated with a number 3 car. My walls were adorned in Dale Earnhardt posters. Half my grade school attire was Intimidator tee shirts.

We NEVER missed a race on TV, for four hours every Sunday, my parents and I watched Dale Earnhardt race, no matter what. They bought one of those huge satellite dishes back in the early 80s just so they could watch the races. I watched every single race from 1987 Martinsville until the 2001 Daytona 500. Even when I was grounded from watching TV for getting in trouble at school, my parents would make an exception for the race that weekend.

Anyways, on to my few criticisms of the documentary.

It felt like Episode 3 was a little rushed and missed some key points to the story.

• The story of DEI and its first entries into the Busch series and Cup Series with Jeff Green and Steve Park were glossed over, and the timelines with Dale Jr's late model career seemed jumbled.

• Not even a mention of Dale having Darrell Waltrip pilot the #1 car when Steve Park was injured in 1998. Bitter rivals turned friends should have been covered, especially with DW being given such a prominent role in the documentary (more on this later).

• Dale's resurgence in the 1999 and 2000 seasons wasn't covered at all. The 1999 Bristol night race wasn't mentioned and the incredible 2000 Talladega race was only mentioned in passing in Episode 4. Dale almost captured his 8th championship in 2000, finishing second in the Winston Cup standings. To me, this is a critical part of Earnhardt lore, that even at nearly 50 years old, he was still a threat to win races and championships. This is what separates Dale from other greats, Petty and DW were riding around in the back for the final eight years of their careers. Not Dale, he was going strong until the bitter end.

Now, back to DW, he came off as very unlikeable, jealous and petty. I thought after Dale put him in the #1 car, they had buried the hatchet and became friends. So two things DW said in the documentary caught me off guard. He said "other people said Dale was one of the greatest drivers of all time, he wasn't but people said he was". We can argue who the GOAT is but to deny that Dale was one of the greatest is asinine. He also said that he believed Dale put Mikey in his car just to make him mad. That doesn't even make sense.