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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
A Dale Earnhardt Jr. guide, with links, news, and comments. Earnhardt is the son of pro race car driver Dale Earnhardt, who died in a devastating crash. Earnhardt Jr. races cars himself, follow Earnhardt here.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. began his professional driving career at the age of 17, competing in the Street Stock division at Concord (N.C.) Motorsport Park. His first racecar was a 1978 Monte Carlo that he co-owned with older half-brother Kerry. Within two seasons, the young Earnhardt had honed his driving abilities to the point of joining the Late Model Stock Car division. There, he developed an in-depth knowledge of chassis setup and car preparation, while racing against Kerry and Dale's sister Kelley. Earnhardt Jr. won consecutive NASCAR Busch Series Championships in 1998 and 1999 over rival Matt Kenseth.Earnhardt Jr. competed for the Raybestos NASCAR Rookie of the Year Award in 2000. His primary competitor for the award was his friend Kenseth. Kenseth outran Junior in the season-opening Daytona 500. Earnhardt scored wins at the Texas Motor Speedway and Richmond International Raceway. He also become the first rookie to win the All-Star exhibition race. Kenseth ultimately scored a 42-point victory in the rookie race.
Junior did have a part in recreating one Winston Cup milestone in 2000 when he competed with his father and half-brother Kerry in the Pepsi 400 at Michigan International Speedway. That occasion was only the second time that a father had raced against two sons. Lee, Richard and Maurice Petty had previously accomplished the feat.
In 2001 Earnhardt Jr. came into the season assuming he would face a sophomore slump, but the year proved to be one of the most tumultuous and memorable seasons the young driver has experienced.
The major event of the season occurred in the final corner of the final lap of the 2001 Daytona 500. As Earnhardt finished second, his father had crashed in turn four. Dale Earnhardt, Sr. did not survive the wreck. Junior raced at Rockingham the following weekend, but finished in 43rd-place after a wreck that looked eerily similar to his father's wreck just one week earlier. Earnhardt rebounded and scored victories at Dover and Talladega, as well as an emotional win in the return to Daytona, finishing eighth in points for the year.
The Talladega victory earned Junior a Winston No Bull 5 $1 million bonus. This season of emotion produced nine top-fives and 15 top-10 finishes, as well as two Bud Poles.
Source: Wikipedia.org, January 2007
Dale Earnhardt Jr. was in one hell of a giving mood last night -- dude bought drinks for more than 800 people who walked into his North Carolina bar.
- Dale Earnhardt Jr #8 NASCAR Color Board (winnokiamobile.com)
Filed under: TMZ Sports, Exclusives Dale Earnhardt Jr. was in one hell of a giving mood last night -- dude bought drinks for more than 800 people who walked into his North Carolina bar. It all went down at the Whisky River bar in Charlotte -- which is owned by the NASCAR stud. We're ...Permalink
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During Speedweeks in Daytona next month, Motorsports Authentics, Dale Earnhardt Incorporated and Richard Childress Racing are going to come together for one of the most historic motorsports unveilings in recent memory?.if not ever. As part of the Daytona 500 50th anniversary celebration, Motorsports Authentics and the above mentioned teams will release details about this one-of-a-kind marketing and licensing program celebrating NASCAR legend...
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If you thought Matthew Good and race car driving were about as far away from each other as you could get, think again.
Good will be the musical entertainment at a New Year's Eve party at Charlotte, N.C.'s Whisky River that will be hosted by race car driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. Tickets are $25 in advance through the bar's website and VIP reservations are available by emailing vip@WhiskyRiverCharlotte.com.
This isn't the first time Good and...
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Popular IndyCar driver Danica Patrick said Tuesday she'll compete in a limited number of NASCAR stock-car races next year.
Patrick, widely considered the most popular figure in Indy-style racing, has signed with JR Motorsports, owned by Dale Earnhardt Jr., his sister Kelley Earnhardt and Rick Hendrick, who also owns NASCAR's successful Hendrick Motorsports, the Los Angeles Times reported....
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Danica Patrick wears open-toed black shoes with very high heels, and her toes are painted maroon. Although I have written about NASCAR since the early 1980s, I believe that Patrick is the first driver I have interviewed who wears maroon toenail ...
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From search.msn.com
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Located in the hills of North Carolina, just a few clicks from the interstate, lies an industrial park.
Hidden inside this rolling landscape of paved roads and concrete structures are a hand full of NASCAR race shops.
Situated around this modern day Who-ville of racing are names like Yates, Kahne, Braun, Truex and JR Motorsports.
The cool morning air of December would soon give way to thermal heating from hundreds of motor vehicles...
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Happy Holidays! Hopefully by the time you're reading this, your shopping is done, the presents are wrapped and you're sitting back and congratulating yourself on a job well done. I sure hope so ... that could be one less person I have to fight in line come Christmas Eve.
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From winnokiamobile.com
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There was no mincing words about Danica Patrick's official entry into NASCAR."We're going to rock the world!" JR Motorsports executive vice president Kelley Earnhardt proclaimed after announcing Tuesday the team would field a limited Nationwide Series schedule for Patrick during the next two seasons.As sister to NASCAR's most popular driver, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kelley Earnhardt is well-versed on attention-grabbing headlines and drivers.Since...
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- Dale Earnhardt Jr. wins seventh straight Most Popular Driver award (news.google.com)
