We're trying to improve Conversations.
Please take a brief survey and help us out.

More than Tim Richmond died in 1989

By Ed Hinton
ESPN.com

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Tim Richmond died 20 years ago Thursday. Aug. 13, 1989, was the end of the party in NASCAR. Dr. Jerry Punch, the young ESPN reporter and de facto family physician in the garage area, sent more than 90 people from the traveling show for AIDS testing that summer. And an era that was, shall we say, wide-open, stopped. You could almost see and hear them standing around the haulers, calculating: "Now she was with Richmond, I know … and then she was with [fill in the blank]. And then he was ...

Read full story | Create Your Profile

Activate your ESPN Profile!

Sort comments by: Most Recent | First Posted

Comments that include profanity, or personal attacks, or antisocial behavior such as "spamming" or "trolling," or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. We will take steps to block users who violate any of our terms of use. You are fully responsible for the content that you post.


Conversations in Real-Time

CONTESTS & PROMOTIONS

ESPN Fantasy Salary Cap
Create your own fantasy game day living room and win BIG!
Heisman Vote 2009
Vote for the next Heisman winner and enter for a chance to win a trip to the awards show. Mor
Engineered to Win Challenge
Test your football smarts by playing NFL trivia and enter each week for a chance to win a 2010 GMC Sierra.