In Our Words Canadians Reading Together

An American Hero

ROBYNE SLAUENWHITE

As the sun goes down, on one of the world’s biggest tracks
Some call him the Intimidator, others call him the man in
black.

February 18th is when he lost his life, going around turn four
with his two cars in sight.
He owns both cars that were in the lead. One driven by Michael
and one driven by Little E.

Turn four is where it happened, two cars went spinning.
Little did we know what to take place.
The look of terror on the crowd’s face.

I still hear the words that were said, I can’t seem to get them out
of my head.
He is a hero in many eyes. Some say he was intimidating, but
he had a soft side.

Although most of have never met him, we wish we had more
time to spend.
Watching him drive around the tracks, his fans wish they had
him back.

If you look closely you will see, the man that drove the black
number 3
Watch closely, don’t hesitate, because you can see him in the
red number 8.

His son will carry on without his dad.
A fan of his own is who I am.