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Dale Earnhardt Sr.

Dale Earnhardt Sr., known as "The Intimidator" and "The Man in Black," was a professional race car driver who was killed on the last lap of the 2001 Daytona 500. He is a seven-time NASCAR Winston Cup Series champion, the 1979 NASCAR Cup Series Rookie of the Year, the 1998 Daytona 500 winner and a 4 time IROC champion. He also won 76 Winston Cup races and 21 Busch Series races.

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Which years did Dale Earnhardt Sr. win the Winston Cup championship?

Dale Sr's Nascar wins at Talladega Superspeedway:

  • Cup Series: 1983, 1984, 1990 (2), 1991, 1993, 1994, 1999 (2), 2000
  • Nationwide Series: 1993

Did Dale Earnhardt Sr. ever wreck Dale Earnhardt Jr.?

He is almost guaranteed to crash again at some point. That is a part of auto racing that will not change. Whether it is his fault or not.

Can the public visit Dale Earnhardt Sr's grave?

No, Dale is buried on his private family estate. Visitors are not permitted.

Is Tex Earnhardt related to Dale Earnhardt Sr.?

No, he is not. They were both former teammates at DEI.

Did Dale Earnhardt Sr ever drive a number 8 Chevy Camaro that had the same colors as his number 3 GM Goodwrench car?

Currently, there are no plans for either Dale Jr. or RCR to bring the black #3 GM Goodwrench Chevy back to the race track.

Dale Jr. just won the Nationwide Series race at Daytona this year on July 2, driving the #3 Wrangler car in honor of his Dad. Bittersweet victory.

When did Dale Earnhardt win the Daytona 500?

Dale Sr. won the Heinz Southern 500 on September 2, 1990, starting from the pole.

Did Dale Earnhardt Sr. drive a late model sportsman pink Nova between 1975 and 1979?

Not to my knowledge, he did drive a pink Ford. The k2, which was his first race car.

He drove the pink car for part of 1980 and the other part of 1980 he drove the Oldsmobile owned by Rod Osterlund and it was sponsored by Mike Curb productions.

His first dirt-track car was a 1956 hot-pink Ford Sedan, which he got from his neighbors, David and Ray Oliver. His father had built the engine, and some other friends, Frank and Wayne Dayvault and their cousin Gregg, tuned it. They intended to paint the car avocado green, but a paint mishap resulted in the car being pink. They could not afford to repaint it, and he raced the pink car on dirt tracks around Charlotte, North Carolina.

Dale Earnhardt did drive a Pontiac in 1981 sponsored by Wrangler, but it was not pink

In 1980, Dale Sr. drove 28 races with a Chevrolet and 3 races with an Oldsmobile. He only drove a Pontiac during the 1981 season. The pink car was his first dirt track car and it was a Ford.

How many consecutive championships did Dale Earnhardt Sr. win?

Dale Sr. won back to back Winston Cup championships three times.

  • 1986-1987
  • 1990-1991
  • 1993-1994

What race did Dale Earnhardt Sr. fall asleep in?

In the closing laps of the 1997 Daytona 500, Dale Earnhardt flipped his car after contact with Jeff Gordon. After the wreck, got out of the car, but then got back in and drove the wrecked car to the finish.

What cars were involved in Dale Earnhardt Sr's fatal crash?

Dale Sr's car made slight contact with Sterling Marlin's #40 and as he slid up the track he collided with Ken Schrader's #36, causing both cars to go nose first into the wall.

Is it true that Dale Earnhardt Sr undid his seat harness's belt on the last lap last turn in the Daytona 500 at which he was killed?

They were, but the strapping was torn.

Earnhardt didn't like tight seat belts; he usually wore them real loose. He also wore an open-face helmet. At the first impact, his helmet spun around 90 degrees so his nose was where one of his ears normally was. On the second impact, the side of the helmet broke his neck, which is mostly what killed him.

All this is academic: the Three Car (what it was called in the official report) ran head-on into the wall doing 165 miles per hour. That's not survivable.

Where was Dale Earnhardt Sr. when he died?

Dale Sr. was killed at Daytona Motor Speedway on February 18, 2001. This was due to an accident on the last lap of the Daytona 500.

How did Dale Earnhardt Sr's crash kill him?

I was watching parts of that race and I recall it happened around turn 4. I do not remember if his car got loose, but he went nose first into the wall doing around 160mph. His skull was cracked and killed him almost instantly. The impact shook his head like a rag doll. After his death, that was when NASCAR implemented the "HANS device", a safety support strapped around the neck.

He was blocking for Junior and Michael Waltrip, when Sterling Marlin bumped his car on the left rear, sending Dale into the wall. The accident was inadvertant, Marlin certainly had no malice towards Earnahardt.

Did Dale Earnhardt Sr. drive a number 16 car in the Winston Cup Series?

Yes, Dale Earnhardt Sr did drive a #96 car in four races (Charlotte 1, Daytona 2, Talladega 2 and Darlington 2) for Will Cronkite in 1978. Below is a link to a photo of Dale in the #96 during the 1978 Firecracker 400.

According to racing-reference.info, the nine numbers Dale drove in Winston Cup racing were:

#2: 1979-1981

#3: 1981, 1984-2000

#8: 1975

#15: 1982-1983

#19: 1977

#30: 1976

#77: 1976

#96: 1978

#98: 1978

When did Dale Jr's dad pass away?

Dale Earnhardt, Jr.'s father Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. was born on April 29, 1951. He died in a racing accident on February 18, 2001, in Daytona Beach, Florida.

What car numbers did Dale Earnhardt Sr. drive in the Nascar Winston Cup Series?

Dale Sr. drove multiple car numbers during his Nascar Winston Cup career. Listed below are his car numbers and owners.

  • #8 (Ed Negre)
  • #30 (Walter Ballard)
  • #77 (Johnny Ray)
  • #19 (Henley Gray)
  • #96 (Will Cronkrite)
  • #98 and #2 (Rod Osterlund)
  • #15 (Bud Moore)
  • #3 (Richard Childress)

When did Dale Earnhardt sr drive for rick hendrick?

No!

Yes, he did. He drove the very first NASCAR race Hendricks entered. It was a Grand Natrional race. Rick verified this when he first hired Junior. Of course Dale never went by the name Dale Earnhardt Sr. He was Dale Earnhardt his son was Dale Earnhardt Jr. Period!

Where is Dale Earnhardt Sr's 2001 Daytona car now?

This car was checked from front to back inside to outside by the Florida authorities then released to NASCAR.

NASCAR took it to Charlotte where it was checked by the NASCAR engineers and safety teams.After they finished their inspection it was released to Childress racing.

Where Richard Childress had the car cut up and destroyed.

Did Dale Earnhardt Sr. ever drive a pink car with Superman on the hood for one race only?

Pink Superman Car?Dale Earnhardt did in fact drive a pink car very very early in his career, but there was no Superman logo on the hood.

Yes the cars number was K-2.. images can be found all over the internet