In the latest Storytellers segment, do-it-all photographer Brad Simmons talks about covering NASCAR, bumping, litterally, into Dale Earnhardt Sr. and taking a unique souvenir home from a race.
OUTCOME OF THE NIGHT. YOU KNOW, I HATE FOR HIM AND HIS GUYS. >> SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHER, PRODUCER, SEWER STAR BRAD SIMMONS HAVE SEEN HIS SHARE OF RACE PERSPECTIVES AND THIS EDITION OF STORY TELLERS HE'S SEEN HIS EDITION OF STORY TELLERS WITH THE EARN HART TEAMS. >> YOU'VE SHOT RACES AT CHARLOTTE, MARTINSVILLE, ROCKING HAM, AND YOU BETTER THAN ANYONE KNOWS HOW TIGHT IT GETS IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS LIKE THE GARAGE WHERE YOU ONCE HAD A RUN IN WITH A CERTAIN INTIMIDATOR. >> WE'RE ALLOWED TO GO IN THERE AND GET SHOTS AND THAT'S WHERE YOU GET THE GOOD SHOTS OF THE CREW SHEAF, THEY'RE MAKING ADJUSTMENTS. >> I WANT TO GET DALE EARN HARDT. I DON'T SEE HIM AND SOMETHING HITS ME IN THE BACK AND I'M LIKE WHAT IN THE WORLD WAS THAT. MAYBE NOT THAT CLEAN BUT ONCE I LOOKED OVER, IT WAS DALE EARNHARDT, APPARENTLY HE NEEDED TO GET BY ME AND EXCUSED HIMSELF BY ME OR THROUGH ME. I WAS READY TO THROW DOWN. IT WAS WAR ZONES IN THERE. YOU'RE BATTLING FOR A POSITION. I'M THINKING IT WAS A PHOTOGRAPHER, NO, IT WAS DALE. YOU'RE ALL RIGHT. >> I UNDERSTAND THE EARNHARDT FAMILY GOT YOU BACK? >> HE CUT A TIE, GOES INTO THE WALL AND I'M IN THE PIT BOX AND THEY BRING THE CAR IN AND THEY BRING THE TIRE AND THAT THING IS SLEDDED ALL TO BE DANG AND PIT GIGUES, HEY, YOU WANT THAT? I WAS LIKE, YEAH, I'LL TAKE IT. HERE I AM CARRYING THIS TIRE AND RIM. I MEAN, IT IS JUST FRAYED, THERE'S LITTLE SHRAPNEL IN THERE CUTTING INTO MY HAND AND EVERYONE IS LOOKING AT ME BUT I GOT A GREAT SOUVENIR. >> DO YOU HAVE THAT IN YOUR POSITION. ? I DO? IT'S MADE ITS WAY AROUND THE HOUSE AND IT'S IN MY GARAGE NOW. MAYBE AT SOME POINT IT'LL MAKE ITS WAY BACK INTO THE HOUSE. IT'S A COOL CONVERSATION PIECE. >> I'M SURE YOUR WIFE LOVES HAVING IT AROUND. COKE KOACOCA-COLA 600 TOMORROW. I'M SURE JILL IS CRYING MANY
