| Dale Earnhardt's legacy lives on today being the
second Nascar driver in history to have won 7 championships
and have won 76 races 281 top5's 428 top ten's and 22 pole position
meaning starting first on race day earning over $41,538,362 million
dollars in his career in Nascar it all went to his son Dale Jr and Kerry
Earnhardt when he passed a away. |
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In his first full season of competition, Dale scored
his initial Winston Cup win at Bristol in just his 16th career start.
Eight races later, he notched his first career pole at Riverside. By the
end of the season, he had driven to 11 Top 5 finishes and beat Harry Gant,
Terry Labonte and Joe Millikan for the rookie title in one of the most
competitive rookie battles ever.
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In 1980, with a young, yet solid team, good
equipment and the determination to prove he belonged at racing's highest
level, Earnhardt beat tough veteran Cale Yarborough for the NASCAR Winston
Cup Series title to become the only driver ever to win the rookie crown
and the series' championship in consecutive seasons.
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 Dale's win at the Daytona 500 with his wife Teresa 1998 |
Dale made his Winston Cup debut in 1975, finishing 22nd
while driving Ed Negre's Dodge in the World 600 at Charlotte in a deal put
together by CMS President Richard Howard. Over the next three years, he
made a total of eight more starts, the last of which was the 1978 Dixie
500 at Atlanta, when he drove a second car for Rod Osterlund. Earnhardt
finished fourth in the race, one spot behind Osterlund's regular driver,
Dave Marcis. |
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Dale Earnhardt Born (1951-2001) Died at The 2001 Daytona 500
after a crash in turn 3 last lap slammed in to the wall trying to guarantee
his son or his new team mate Michael Waltrip a win. He was hit by number
38 Ken Schrader and number 40 Sterling Marlin. the neck brace
that wasn't on at the time could of saved his life at the time it wasn't a
rule to wear your seatbelt but since his death it has been a rule to grantee
safety. |
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