NASCAR Images and CMT films will release an authorized Dale Earnhardt
documentary titled "Dale: The True Story" before next year's Daytona
500, Street & Smith's SportsBusiness Journal reports. Plans call for
airing the 90-minute film narrated by Paul Newman in markets where
NASCAR races are scheduled. National Cinema Vice President/Digital
Programming Dan Diamond, whose company is promoting the film, says the
company also expects limited runs in major non-race markets such as
New York, Denver and Seattle. Paramount Home Video will handle the
film's DVD release late next year, while CMT will air it after it runs
in theaters. The story says Richard Childress Racing, the team the
seven-time NASCAR Cup champion drove for, and Dale Earnhardt Inc., the
team he founded and which is now run by his widow, Teresa, are
cooperating in the production. Tickets to the screenings in each
market are expected to be $12.50 each and will include a souvenir
magazine produced by Street & Smith's, the parent company of NASCAR
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