Father, Son & Holy Goat

Lately, hundreds of NASCAR fans have made pilgrimages to the tiny pit stop of Interlachen, Fla., to view Lil' Dale, a 4-month-old Nubian goat with a marking on its right side in the shape of a 3, Dale Earnhardt Sr.'s number. Says breeder Jerry Pierson, "I had one that more or less had the state of Idaho on her side, but I don't know of anybody who's had anything like this."

Pierson's farm is 75 miles from Daytona, where Earnhardt died in February 2001, which may explain why the miracle marking is being associated with him instead of, say, Bronko Nagurski or Babe Ruth.