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Shelmerdine doing 'what can't be done'

By Jerry Bonkowski
Special to ESPN.com

Tuesday, April 13, 2004

If there was ever a song to fit Kirk Shelmerdine's life, it's "My Way." Shelmerdine As crew chief, he wrenched Dale Earnhardt to his first four Winston Cup championships doing it his way, becoming the youngest crew chief to ever win a race (at the age of 25), and the youngest championship-winning crew chief (at 28). In fact, Shelmerdine was one of the few people in the NASCAR world who ever had the guts to stand up to The Intimidator. More often than not, the man in black would actually back ...

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