JASON CARROLL, CNN ANCHOR: The life of racing legend Dale Earnhardt came to a sudden and tragic end yesterday. He died in a crash on the last lap at the Daytona 500. Melanie Holt of affiliate WSOC joins us live from Earnhardt's home base. Melanie, what is the reaction there?</s>MELANIE HOLT, WSOC CORRESPONDENT: As you might imagine, there are a lot of people who are mourning the loss of Dale Earnhardt here in Mooresville, North Carolina, where their headquarters are based. This has, of course, been a blow to NASCAR fans everywhere, but especially here where he's headquartered. And he's also a Kannapolis, North Carolina native, so a lot of people this morning just feeling the tragedy of his death. Just behind me here, a small shrine has actually cropped up here where people have left flowers, candles, personal notes to express some of the sentiment that they have about all of this. Some of them simply say, "Dale, we love you." Others state, "a man like no other." We expect that the fans will continue to come out and react to what has happened here, and they will continue to come out this morning. We will, of course, keep you posted. We're live in Mooresville, North Carolina. I'm Melanie Holt. Back to you, Jason.</s>CARROLL: Melanie, I saw one man there who was obviously grief- stricken. You can see all the flowers and the cards and candles that have been left there for Dale Earnhardt. He had so many fans. What can you tell us, if you can tell us anything at all, about funeral arrangements?</s>HOLT: We don't know anything about funeral arrangements at this point. The family lives very near, we're told, to these headquarters, so we expect throughout the morning to learn a little bit more about what arrangements, if any, they've made at this point, Jason.</s>CARROLL: All right, thank you so very much. Melanie Holt coming to us from Mooresville, North Carolina. Thank you.
Fans Mourn Death of NASCAR Hero Dale Earnhardt