Everyone he ever touched, he made better. 95 Leavine Family Racing car in 2013. Unfortunately for Byron, the tire on his No. Williams is unsure if Earnhardt ever wore the fire suit before his crash on the final lap of the 2001 Daytona 500.“When they did the photoshoots, they had different logo placements on them than what he wore during Speedweeks,” Josh Williams told NASCAR.com. Williams moved to spotting duties for Michael McDowell, followed by AJ Allmendinger for a half season on the No. 'What do the Nets need to consider with their next head coach?Booker's 35 points help streaking Suns beat 76ers 130-117These 10 Off-Lease Vehicles Offer The Best Used Car Deals (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images) | Getty ImagesMake better choices. )In the end, nobody had anything for Williams, who cruised to victory by 2.1 seconds over William Byron – a swap of the initial front row.Was it a good race? “They went on hunting trips and stuff together. It’s in your best interest not to upset the “Intimidator,” a concept that some grownups were never able to grasp.“Dale got ticked off at me, telling me that wasn’t how you race and that wasn’t how you were supposed to do it,” Williams remembered. “My dad and Dale laughed at us the whole time telling us we were flirting and stuff.”While potentially flirting with his daughter gave Earnhardt a chuckle, there was another side to the driver that Williams experienced at an early age — a less amused one. He wouldn’t hang out with us because he was so mad at me for doing that as a kid.“The best part was coming from a guy who pretty much had a career for moving people out of the way, and he got mad at me for doing it in a video game,” he added. ” … It got to the point that any money I was making spotting was just getting thrown right back into golf and it wasn‘t going well, so I quit golf and started spotting full time.”Williams followed Speed to the No. “Who he was when he put his suit and cape on, it reminds you every day of who he was and not ever forgetting who he was when he was on the race track. (Who do you think spotted for Williams, a spotter by day? UPDATE: Final race results were: 1) Josh Williams (Ryan Blaney’s spotter) 2) William Byron 3) Steven Steffen (Twitch streamer) 4) TJ Majors (Joey Logano’s spotter) 5) Parker Kligerman 6) Tyler Overstreet (Joe Gibbs Racing / Martin Truex, Jr. public relations) 7) Garrett Smithley 8) Dale Earnhardt Jr. 9) Bubba Wallace 10) Coleman Pressley (Brad Keselowski’s […] The pair became friends and started playing golf together.“When he got let go from Red Bull, he … asked me if I would come spot for him so I could be on the road and play golf on Saturdays,” Williams said. Kind of helps you carry yourself in a better way sometimes.”NASCAR® and its marks are trademarks of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC. Allgaier, Ankrum, Burton, Dugger, Earnhardt, and Truex were also involved. After starting second in the virtual No. 47 JTG Daugherty Racing team. The suit is displayed … “Who he was when he put his suit and cape on, it reminds you every day of who he was and not ever forgetting who he was when he was on the race track. “But then going through high school and being good at golf, I tried that and I love golf and I miss playing professionally, but racing has always been something my whole family‘s been in so it was always there. … He’d always want to push me to be better and would be hard on me, I’m sure, but that’s just who he was. 1 passion because it’s what I’ve grown up around and all I’ve known since the time I was born,” Williams said. The suit is displayed prominently in Williams’ living room, where it can be easily admired every day.The suit was originally gifted to his father, Chris Williams, by Earnhardt’s widow Teresa. For Ryan Blaney’s spotter Josh Williams, it’s one of Dale Earnhardt’s last fire suits from the 2001 NASCAR Cup Series season. 47 JTG Daugherty Racing team. “I’m laughing because I didn’t care, I thought it was great. Kligerman eventually resettled in second as Byron battled with Majors for third. 21 Wood Brothers Racing team to spot for Blaney in a partial Cup Series schedule before going full time in 2016.“Racing was always my No. 12 Team Penske driver.Williams, a native of Martinsville, Virginia, grew up a mile away from Martinsville Speedway while his grandparents actually lived directly next to the half-mile short track. Davis was also involved in a crash of his own after getting loose in turn two and overcorrecting, collecting Ankrum and Bowman. got caught up in someone else?s wreck and that?s when the wheels fell off (literally). When Williams’ father started working for Earnhardt, the “Intimidator” would park his motorhome in the family’s backyard during Martinsville race weekends.“Him (Chris) and Dale were best friends,” Josh Williams said. I remember he left the house and spent the rest of the afternoon in his motorhome. Kligerman later re-entered the race using Yet another caution took place on the backstretch shortly after the restart on lap 47. “They went on hunting trips and stuff together. So, it‘s funny how they kind of intertwined by knowing the right people and being around them.”After taking the road less traveled toward a dream fulfilled, Williams used lessons learned from Earnhardt during childhood to transcend from a talented golfer to atop the spotter’s stand for one of NASCAR’s most popular drivers.“He would always give everyone a hard time about how you only get one chance at life and you have to make the most of it and the most of every opportunity and take every chance you can,” Williams said. Noted iRacing enthusiast William Byron started on pole, edging out Josh Williams, spotter for Ryan Blaney by day – an early preview for who’d contend …