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From here and there:

Ryan McGee, FoxSports.com: "With guaranteed employment in NASCAR's top series for at least a few more seasons, he had walked away (to the Truck Series). Why? Because of moments like this one in Darlington. Sitting around, talking racing, not being able to sort the truth from the B.S. and not caring about it one bit."

Terry Blount, Worldwideleader.com: "That's what all of us should remember about him. Hamilton did what we all hope to do: He rose above his station."

Ed Hardin: "Bobby Hamilton was one in a million, and he stayed that way to the end." (His column should be posted here on Tuesday morning.)

Tom Higgins remembers Hamilton putting a Petty car in victory lane here: "Hamilton had tears in his blazing blue eyes in the press box as the interview ended. So did a lot of media members who admired the down-to-earth country boy Tennessean whose humbleness and sincerity and honesty affected everyone he met."

Jerry Bonkowski, yahoo.com: "There's no question Hamilton was an acquired taste for some. He'd oftentimes be more crabby and cranky than congenial and conciliatory, much like his long-time friend Earnhardt. Sometimes you'd swear the late Intimidator and the silver-haired Nashville native were cut from the same hot and cold personality mold. But that all was part of their charm as both competitors and human beings."

Tom Bowles, SI.com: "Unbreakable is really the word you need to use to describe this lifelong Tennesseean."

Funeral services are Tuesday in Tennessee. Instead of flowers, send you money here or here.