3

Plot

Barry Pepper stars as stock-car racing legend Dale Earnhardt in this made-for-cable drama. Dale was raised by Ralph Earnhardt (J.K. Simmons), a proud man who worked at a mill to feed and clothe his family but found true satisfaction rebuilding jalopies in his garage and racing them at local events on the weekends. Ralph was a minor legend in Southern stock-car racing, and when Dale dropped out of high school to follow his own passion for racing, he started out in his father's shadow -- and with no illusions about the odds stacked against him. But after more than a decade of struggle, Dale finally began to break into the big leagues in the late '70s, and in time he became the biggest money maker in NASCAR history, tying with the great Richard Petty as the winner of the Winston Cup trophies. But the lessons Dale learned from his father took on a deeper meaning when his own teenage son, Dale Jr. (Chad McCumbee), also decided to take up racing at the age of 16 -- and Dale tried to keep his hot-headed son away from the track. Named for Earnhardt's racing number, 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story debuted on the ESPN cable network on December 11, 2004, and was released on home video shortly afterward. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Cast

• Barry Pepper - Dale Earnhardt
• Elizabeth Mitchell - Teresa Earnhardt
• J.K. Simmons - Ralph Earnhardt
• Chad McCumbee - Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Dave Hager - J.D. Stacey; Joe Inscoe - Darlington Track Preacher; Nick Searcy - Jake Elder; David Sherrill - Humpy Wheeler; James Martin, Jr. - Junior Johnson; Matthew Laurance - Richmond Track TV Reporter; Ron Prather - Richard Childress; Traci Dinwiddie - Connie the Model; Mike Flippo - T. Wayne Robertson; Jonathan Parks Jordan - Reporter; Dylan Smith - Young Dale; Andrea Powell - Martha Earnhardt; Corri English - Darryl; Teresa Delgado - Kelly Earnhardt; Sallie Hedrick - Richard Petty's Blonde; Marshall McGee - Little Kelly; Greg Thompson - Darrell Waltrip; Kevin Stillwell - Rod Osterland; Brandi Ryans - Brenda Gee; Frank Glidden - Kerry Kay; Lori Beth Edgeman - Latane Brown; Jacob Conger - Little Dale Jr.

Credit

Russell Mulcahy - Director, Orly Adelson - Executive Producer, Louis Febre - Composer (Music Score), Michael Baugh - Production Designer, James Chressanthis - Cinematographer, Lynn Raynor - Producer, Robert Eisele - Screenwriter, Barry Pepper - Co-Executive Producer

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