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Dale Earnhardt
Bristol)
Last win2000 Winston 500 (Talladega)
Wins Top tens Poles
76 428 22
Goody's 300 (Daytona
)
Wins Top tens Poles
21 75 7
Signature
Dale Earnhardt signature

Ralph Dale Earnhardt (

NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers class in 1998.[4][5]

The third child of racing driver Ralph Earnhardt and Martha Earnhardt, he began his career in 1975 in the World 600. Earnhardt won a total of 76 Winston Cup races over the course of his 26-year career, including four Winston 500s (1990, 1994, 1999, and 2000) and the 1998 Daytona 500. Along with his 76 career points wins, he has also won 24 non-points exhibition events, bringing his overall Winston Cup win total to 100, one of only four drivers in NASCAR history to do so. He is the only driver in NASCAR history to score at least one win in four different and consecutive decades (scoring his first career win in 1979, 38 wins in the 1980s, 35 wins in the 1990s, & scoring his final two career wins in 2000). He also earned seven Winston Cup championships, a record held with Richard Petty and Jimmie Johnson.

On February 18, 2001, Earnhardt died in a sudden last-lap crash during the Daytona 500 due to a basilar skull fracture. His death was regarded in the racing industry as being a crucial moment in improving safety in all aspects of car racing, especially NASCAR. He was 49 years old.[2][6] Earnhardt has been inducted into numerous halls of fame, including the NASCAR Hall of Fame inaugural class in 2010.[7]

Biography

Early and personal life

Ralph Dale Earnhardt was born on April 29, 1951, in the suburb of

heart attack at his home in 1973 at age 45, it took many years before Dale felt as though he had finally "proven" himself to his father. Earnhardt had four siblings: two brothers, Danny (died 2021) and Randy (died 2013);[8]
and two sisters, Cathy and Kaye.

Earnhardt was married three times. In 1968, at the age of 17, Earnhardt married his first wife, Latane Brown. With her, Earnhardt fathered his first son, Kerry, a year later. Earnhardt and Brown divorced in 1970. In 1971, Earnhardt married his second wife, Brenda Gee, the daughter of NASCAR car builder Robert Gee. In his marriage with Gee, Earnhardt had two children: a daughter, Kelley King Earnhardt, in 1972, and a son, Dale Earnhardt Jr., in 1974. Not long after Dale Jr. was born, Earnhardt and Gee divorced. Earnhardt then married his third wife, Teresa Houston, in 1982. She gave birth to their daughter, Taylor Nicole Earnhardt, in 1988.[9]

NASCAR career

Early Winston Cup career (1975–1978)

Earnhardt began his professional career in the NASCAR

Winston Cup Series in 1975, making his points race debut at Charlotte Motor Speedway in North Carolina in the longest race on the Cup circuit—the 1975 World 600. He had made his Grand National debut in 1974 in an unofficial invitational exhibition race at Metrolina Speedway, where with eight laps to go he got under Richard Childress and spun out when battling for third.[10] He drove the No. 8 Ed Negre Dodge Charger and finished 22nd in that race, just one spot ahead of his future car owner, Richard Childress
. Earnhardt competed in eight more races until 1979.

Rod Osterlund Racing (1979–1980)

When he joined car owner Rod Osterlund Racing in a season that included a rookie class of future stars including Earnhardt, Harry Gant, and Terry Labonte in his rookie season, Earnhardt won one race at Bristol, captured four poles, scored eleven Top 5s and seventeen Top 10s, and finished seventh in the points standings despite missing four races due to a broken collarbone, winning Rookie of the Year honors.[11]

During his sophomore season, Earnhardt, now with 20-year-old

David Pearson (1960, 1966) and Richard Petty (1959, 1964). Ten drivers have since joined this exclusive club: Rusty Wallace (1984, 1989), Alan Kulwicki (1986, 1992), Jeff Gordon (1993, 1995), Tony Stewart (1999, 2002), Matt Kenseth (2000, 2003), Kevin Harvick (2001, 2014), Kyle Busch (2005, 2015), Joey Logano (2009, 2018), Chase Elliott (2016, 2020), and Kyle Larson
(2014, 2021).

Rod Osterlund Racing, Stacy Racing, and Richard Childress Racing (1981)

1981 would prove to be tumultuous for the defending Winston Cup champion. Sixteen races into the season, Rod Osterlund suddenly sold his team to Jim Stacy, an entrepreneur from Kentucky who entered NASCAR in 1977. After just four races, Earnhardt fell out with Stacy and left the team. Earnhardt finished out the year driving Pontiacs for Richard Childress Racing and managed to place seventh in the final points standings. Earnhardt departed RCR at the end of the season, citing a lack of chemistry.

Earnhardt was also a color commentator for the Busch Clash, while he also drove on that same day.

Bud Moore Engineering (1982–1983)

Earnhardt's 1983 Ford Thunderbird

The following year, at

Wrangler Jeans-sponsored Ford Thunderbird (the only full-time Ford ride in his career). During the 1982 season, Earnhardt struggled. Although he won at Darlington, he failed to finish 18 of the 30 races and ended the season 12th in points, the worst of his career. He also suffered a broken kneecap at Pocono Raceway when he flipped after contact with Tim Richmond. In 1983, Earnhardt rebounded and won his first of 12 Twin 125 Daytona 500 qualifying races. He won at Nashville and at Talladega
, finishing eighth in the points standings, despite failing to finish 13 of the 30 races.

Return to Richard Childress Racing (1984–2001)

1984–1985

After the 1983 season, Earnhardt returned to

Richmond
, Bristol (twice), and Martinsville, where he finished fourth and eighth in the season standings respectively.

1986–1987

The 1986 season saw Earnhardt win his second career Winston Cup Championship and the first owner's championship for Richard Childress Racing. He won five races and had 16 top-fives and 23 top-10s. Earnhardt successfully defended his championship the following year, going to victory lane 11 times and winning the championship by 489 points over

Dover, prompting the FBI to provide security for Earnhardt on the three tracks. The investigation was closed after the races at the three tracks finished without incident.[12] Many of Earnhardt's competitors on the racetrack disliked his personal driving style. Earnhardt's relentless pursuit of victory on the racetrack combined with his uniquely offensive driving ability led to many rivalries with fellow drivers and fines levied by NASCAR. In 1987, NASCAR began to implement a measure that was designed to incentivize less aggressive driving styles by forcing drivers who cause these undesired hazardous racing conditions to be subjected to time at the garage region during the race.[13]

1988–1989

The 1988 season saw Earnhardt racing with a new sponsor,

Wrangler Jeans dropped its sponsorship in 1987. During this season, he changed the color of his paint scheme from blue and yellow to the signature black in which the No. 3 car was painted for the rest of his life. He won three races in 1988, finishing third in the points standings behind Bill Elliott in first and Rusty Wallace in second. The following year, Earnhardt won five races, but a late spin out at North Wilkesboro arguably cost him the 1989 championship, as Rusty Wallace edged him out for it by 12 points (Earnhardt won the final race, but Wallace finished 15th when needing to finish at least 18th to win). It was his first season for the GM Goodwrench Chevrolet Lumina
.

1990–1995

The 1990 season started for Earnhardt with victories in the

Gatorade Twin 125's. Near the end of the Daytona 500, he had a dominant forty-second lead when the final caution flag came out with a handful of laps to go. When the green flag waved, Earnhardt was leading Derrike Cope. On the final lap, Earnhardt ran over a piece of metal, which was later revealed as a bell housing, in turn 3, cutting down a tire. Cope, in an upset, won the race while Earnhardt finished fifth after leading 155 of the 200 laps. The No. 3 Goodwrench-sponsored Chevy team took the flat tire that cost them the win and hung it on the shop wall as a reminder of how close they had come to winning the Daytona 500.[14] Earnhardt won nine races that season and won his fourth Winston Cup title, beating Mark Martin by 26 points. He also became the first multiple winner of the annual all-star race, The Winston. The 1991 season saw Earnhardt win his fifth Winston Cup championship. This season, he scored four wins and won the championship by 195 points over Ricky Rudd. One of his wins came at North Wilkesboro, in a race where Harry Gant
had a chance to set a single-season record by winning his fifth consecutive race, breaking a record held by Earnhardt. Late in the race, Gant lost his brakes, which gave Earnhardt the chance he needed to make the pass for the win and maintain his record.

Earnhardt's only win of the 1992 season came at Charlotte, in the

Polish Victory Lap together while carrying #28 and #7 flags commemorating 1992 Daytona 500 winner Davey Allison and 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series champion Alan Kulwicki
respectively, who both had died in separate plane accidents during the season.

Earnhardt's 1994 racecar

In 1994, Earnhardt achieved a feat that he himself had believed to be impossible—he scored his seventh Winston Cup championship, tying

Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, a win he called the biggest of his career. But in the end, Earnhardt lost the championship to Jeff Gordon by 34 points. The GM Goodwrench racing team changed to Chevrolet Monte Carlos
.

Earnhardt almost was ready to leave the #3 at the end of the 1995 season, according to his former crew chief Larry McReynolds. At the time, McReynolds was the crew chief for the #28 Havoline Ford Thunderbird at Robert Yates Racing.[17] Earnhardt had actually been approached by Yates to drive the #28 for the 1995 season in place of Ernie Irvan, who was injured in a crash during the 1994 season. Instead, Robert Yates signed Dale Jarrett to a one-year deal to drive the #28. During the 1995 season, Yates was being pressed by his manufacturer to start a second team and sent a contract to Earnhardt to drive it.[18] Earnhardt never returned the contract, and according to McReynolds the reason he did not sign was because he only wanted to drive the #28 for Yates; the team fully intended to put Irvan back behind the wheel of his old car once he was able to resume driving. Instead, Earnhardt stayed with RCR and the #3, while Jarrett was signed to drive Yates’ new car, numbered 88.

1996–1999

Phoenix International Raceway
.

1996 for Earnhardt started just like it had done in 1993—he dominated Speedweeks, only to finish second in the

United SportsCar Racing
and its predecessors for road racing.

Rain delays had canceled the live telecast of the race, and most fans first learned of the accident during the night's sports newscasts. Video of the crash showed what appeared to be a fatal incident, but once medical workers arrived at the car, Earnhardt climbed out and waved to the crowd, refusing to be loaded onto a stretcher despite a broken collarbone, sternum, and shoulder blade. Although the incident looked like it would end his season early, Earnhardt refused to stay out of the car. The next week at Indianapolis, he started the race but exited the car on the first pit stop, allowing Mike Skinner to take the wheel. When asked, Earnhardt said that vacating the No. 3 car was the hardest thing he had ever done. The following weekend at Watkins Glen, he drove the No. 3 Goodwrench Chevrolet to the fastest time in qualifying, earning the "True Grit" pole. T-shirts emblazoned with Earnhardt's face were quickly printed up, brandishing the caption, "It Hurt So Good". Earnhardt led for most of the race and looked to have victory in hand, but fatigue took its toll and he ended up sixth behind race winner Geoff Bodine. Earnhardt did not win again in 1996 but still finished fourth in the standings behind Terry Labonte, Jeff Gordon, and Dale Jarrett, with 2 wins, 13 top fives, 17 top tens, and his last 2 career poles, with an average finish of 10.6. David Smith departed as crew chief of the No. 3 team and RCR at the end of the year for personal reasons, and he was replaced by Larry McReynolds.

In 1997, Earnhardt went winless for only the second time in his career. The only (non-points) win came during Speedweeks at Daytona in the Twin 125-mile qualifying race, his record eighth-straight win in the event. Once again in the hunt for the Daytona 500 with 10 laps to go, Earnhardt was taken out of contention by a late crash which sent his car upside down on the backstretch. He hit the low point of his year when he blacked out early in the Mountain Dew Southern 500 at Darlington in September, causing him to hit the wall. Afterward, he was disoriented, and it took several laps before he could find his pit stall. When asked, Earnhardt complained of double vision which made it difficult to pit. Mike Dillon (Richard Childress's son-in-law) was brought in to relieve Earnhardt for the remainder of the race. Earnhardt was evaluated at a local hospital and cleared to race the next week, but the cause of the blackout and double vision was never determined. Despite no wins, Earnhardt finished the season fifth in the final standings with 7 top fives and 16 top tens, with an average finish of 12.1.

Earnhardt’s 1998 Daytona 500-winning No. 3 Goodwrench Chevrolet Monte Carlo

On February 15, 1998, Earnhardt finally won the

victory lane. Earnhardt then drove his No. 3 into the infield grass, starting a trend of post-race celebrations. He spun the car twice, throwing grass and leaving tire tracks in the shape of a No. 3 in the grass. He then spoke about the victory, saying, "I have had a lot of great fans and people behind me all through the years and I just can't thank them enough. The Daytona 500 is ours. We won it, we won it, we won it!" The rest of the season did not go as well, and the Daytona 500 was his only victory that year. Despite that, he did almost pull off a Daytona sweep, where he was one of the contenders for the win in the first nighttime Pepsi 400, but a pit stop late in the race in which a rogue tire cost him the race win. He slipped to 12th in the point standings halfway through the season, and Richard Childress decided to make a crew chief change, taking Mike Skinner's crew chief Kevin Hamlin and putting him with Earnhardt while giving Skinner Larry McReynolds
(Earnhardt's crew chief). Earnhardt finished the 1998 season eighth in the final points standings, with 1 win, 5 top fives, and 13 top tens, with an average finish of 16.2.

Before the 1999 season, fans began discussing Earnhardt's age and speculating that with his son, Dale Jr., making his Winston Cup debut, Earnhardt might be contemplating retirement. Earnhardt swept both races for the year at Talladega, leading some to conclude that his talent had become limited to the restrictor plate tracks, which require a unique skill set and an exceptionally powerful racecar to win. But halfway through the year, Earnhardt began to show some of the old spark. In the August race at Michigan, he led laps late in the race and nearly pulled off his first win on a non-restrictor-plate track since 1996. One week later, he provided NASCAR with one of its most controversial moments. At the Bristol night race, Earnhardt found himself in contention to win his first short track race since Martinsville in 1995. When a caution came out with 15 laps to go, leader Terry Labonte got hit from behind by the lapped car of Darrell Waltrip. His spin put Earnhardt in the lead with five cars between him and Labonte with five laps to go. Labonte had four fresh tires, and Earnhardt was driving on old tires, which made Earnhardt's car considerably slower. Labonte caught Earnhardt and passed him coming to the white flag, but Earnhardt drove hard into turn two, bumping Labonte and spinning him around. Earnhardt collected the win while spectators booed and made obscene gestures. "I didn't mean to turn him around, I just wanted to rattle his cage," Earnhardt said of the incident. He finished seventh in the standings that year, with 3 wins, 7 top fives, and 21 top tens, with an average finish of 12.0.

2000

As part of a Winston No Bull 5 fan contest, Earnhardt drove a Bomb Lift Truck and attempts to load an AIM-120 advanced medium-range air-to-air missile (AMRAAM) missile as he competes in a load crew competition at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, September 2000. Coincidentally, this position on a load crew is known unofficially as "Jammer Driver" or officially as Number 3 man.

In the 2000 season, Earnhardt had a resurgence, which was commonly attributed to neck surgery he underwent to correct a lingering injury from his 1996 Talladega crash. He scored what were considered the two most exciting wins of the year—winning by 0.010 seconds over

Roush, Yates, and Penske
, coupled with Bobby Labonte's extreme consistency, denied Earnhardt an eighth championship title. Earnhardt finished 2000 with two wins, 13 top fives, 24 top tens, an average finish of 9.4, and was the only driver besides Labonte to finish the season with zero DNF's.

Death

The final-lap crash that killed Earnhardt. He and Ken Schrader (No. 36) have just made contact with each other.

During the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 18, 2001, Earnhardt was killed in a three-car crash on the final lap of the race. He collided with Ken Schrader after making small contact with Sterling Marlin and hit the outside wall head-on. He had been blocking Schrader on the outside and Marlin on the inside at the time of the crash. Earnhardt's and Schrader's cars both slid off the track's asphalt banking into the infield grass just inside of turn 4. Seconds later, his driver Michael Waltrip won the race, with Michael’s teammate and his son Dale Earnhardt Jr. finishing second.[20][21] Earnhardt was pronounced dead at the Halifax Medical Center at 5:16 pm Eastern Standard Time (22:16 UTC); he was 49 years old. NASCAR president Mike Helton confirmed Earnhardt's death in a statement to the press.[22] An autopsy conducted on February 19, 2001, concluded that Earnhardt sustained a fatal basilar skull fracture.[23] Four days later, on February 22, public funeral services for Earnhardt were held at the Calvary Church in Charlotte, North Carolina.[24][25][26]

Aftermath

After Earnhardt's death, two investigations led by the Daytona Beach Police Department and NASCAR commenced; nearly every detail of the crash was made public. The allegations of seatbelt failure resulted in Bill Simpson's resignation from the company bearing his name, which manufactured the seatbelts used in Earnhardt's car and nearly every other NASCAR driver's car.[27] NASCAR implemented rigorous safety improvements, such as mandating the HANS device, which Earnhardt refused to wear after finding it restrictive and uncomfortable.[28] Several press conferences were held in the days following Earnhardt's death. After driver Sterling Marlin and his relatives received hate mail and death threats from angry fans, Waltrip and Earnhardt Jr. absolved him of any responsibility. Richard Childress made a public pledge that the number 3 would never again adorn the side of a black race car with a GM Goodwrench sponsorship. The number returned for the 2014 season, this time not sponsored by GM Goodwrench (which was rebranded GM Certified Service in 2011), driven by Childress's grandson Austin Dillon.

At this time, his team was re-christened as the No. 29 team. Childress's second-year Busch Series driver

Stewart-Haas Racing
.

Fans began honoring Earnhardt by holding three fingers aloft on the third lap of every race, a black screen of No. 3 in the beginning of

Danny "Chocolate" Myers
crying after the victory, Harvick's tire-smoking burnout on the front stretch with three fingers held aloft outside the driver's window. Harvick would win another race at the inaugural event at Chicagoland en route to a ninth-place finish in the final points and won Rookie of the Year honors along with the 2001 NASCAR Busch Series Championship.

Dale Earnhardt, Inc. won five races in the 2001 season, beginning with Steve Park's victory in the race at Rockingham just one week after Earnhardt's death. Earnhardt Jr. and Waltrip finished first and second in the series' return to Daytona in July for the Pepsi 400, a reverse of the finish in the Daytona 500. Earnhardt Jr. also won the fall races at Dover (first post 9/11 race) and Talladega and came to an eighth-place points finish.

Earnhardt's remains were interred at his estate in Mooresville, North Carolina after a private funeral service on February 21, 2001.[24][26]

No. 3 car

Earnhardt in the No. 3 car
The No. 3 car

Earnhardt drove the No. 3 car for the majority of his career, spanning the latter half of the 1981 season, and then again from 1984 until he died in 2001. Although he had other sponsors during his career, his No. 3 is associated in fans' minds with his last sponsor GM Goodwrench and his last color scheme — a predominantly black car with bold red and silver trim. The black and red No. 3 continues to be one of the most famous logos in North American motor racing.

A common misconception was that Richard Childress Racing "owned the rights" to the No. 3 in NASCAR competition (fueled by the fact that Kevin Harvick's car had a little No. 3 as an homage to Earnhardt from 2001 to 2013 and the usage of the No. 3 on the

Camping World Truck Series truck of Ty Dillon when he ran in that series), but NASCAR, and no specific team, owns the rights to this or any other number. According to established NASCAR procedures, Richard Childress Racing had priority over other teams if they chose to reuse the number, which they did when Austin Dillon
was promoted to the Cup series in 2014. While Richard Childress Racing owns the stylized No. 3 logos used during Earnhardt's lifetime (and used presently with Dillon), those rights would hypothetically not prevent a future racing team from using a different No. 3 design (also, a new No. 3 team would most likely, in any case, need to create logos which fit with their sponsor's logos).

In 2004, ESPN released a made-for-TV movie entitled 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story, which used a new (but similarly colored) No. 3 logo. The movie was a sympathetic portrayal of Earnhardt's life, but the producers were sued for using the No. 3 logo. In December 2006, the ESPN lawsuit was settled, but details were not released to the public.

Busch Series car: these appearances were at the track where his father died (Daytona) and the track where he made his first Winston Cup start (Charlotte). Earnhardt Jr. won the first of those two races, which was the season-opening event at Daytona. He also raced a No. 3 sponsored by Wrangler on July 2, 2010, for Richard Childress Racing at Daytona. In a green-white-checker finish he outran Joey Logano
to win his second race in the No. 3.

Otherwise, the No. 3 was missing from the national touring series until September 5, 2009, when

In 2012, Austin Dillon began driving in the Nationwide Series full-time, using the No. 3; he had previously used the No. 33 while driving in that series part-time.

Richard Childress Racing entered a No. 3 in the Daytona truck race on February 13, 2010, with sponsorship from Bass Pro Shops driven by Austin Dillon. It was involved in a wreck almost identical to that which took the life of Earnhardt: being spun out, colliding with another vehicle, and being turned into the outside wall in turn number four.[31] Dillon again returned to a No. 3 marked racecar when he started fifth in the 2012 Daytona Nationwide Series opener in an Advocare-sponsored black Chevrolet Impala. On December 11, 2013, RCR announced that Austin Dillon would drive the No. 3 car in the upcoming 2014 Sprint Cup season, bringing the number back to the series for the first time in 13 years.[32]

Only the former International Race of Champions actually retired the No. 3, which they did in a rule change effective in 2004. Until the series folded in 2007, anyone wishing to use the No. 3 again had to use No. 03 instead.[citation needed]

2014 and stated on Twitter that part of the reason for his choice was that he was a fan of Earnhardt's,[33]
while his helmet design features the number stylized in the same way.

Legacy

"Earnhardt Tower", a seating section at Daytona International Speedway was opened and named in his honor a month before his death at the track.[34]

Statue of Dale Earnhardt Sr. holding his winner's trophy at the Daytona International Speedway

Earnhardt has several roads named after him, including a street in his hometown Kannapolis. Dale Earnhardt Boulevard (originally Earnhardt Road) is marked as exit 60 off Interstate 85, northeast of Charlotte. Dale Earnhardt Drive is also the start of The Dale Journey Trail,[35] a self-guided driving tour of landmarks in the lives of Earnhardt and his family. The North Carolina Department of Transportation switched the designation of a road between Kannapolis and Mooresville near the headquarters of DEI (that used to be called NC 136) with NC 3, which was in Currituck County. In addition, exit 72 off Interstate 35W, one of the entrances to Texas Motor Speedway, is named "Dale Earnhardt Way".[36]

Between the 2004 and 2005 JGTC (renamed Super GT from 2005) season, Hasemi Sport competed in the series with a sole black G'Zox-sponsored Nissan 350Z with the same number and letterset as Earnhardt on the roof.

During the NASCAR weekend races at

Aaron's 312 in the black car, painted to reflect Earnhardt's Intimidating Black No. 3 NASCAR Busch Grand National series car. In the Nextel Cup race on May 1, No. 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr.; No. 1 Martin Truex Jr.; and No. 15 Paul Menard
competed in cars with the same type of paint scheme.

On June 18, 2006, at Michigan for the

3M Performance 400, Earnhardt Jr. ran a special vintage Budweiser car to honor his father and his grandfather Ralph Earnhardt
. He finished third after rain caused the race to be cut short. The car was painted to resemble Ralph's 1956 dirt cars, and carried 1956-era Budweiser logos to complete the throwback look.

In the summer of 2007,

automotive engineering. Scholarship winners are also eligible to work at DEI in internships.[37] The first winner was William Bostic, a senior at Clemson majoring in mechanical engineering.[38]

The former Earnhardt Grandstand at Daytona International Speedway

In 2008, on the 50th anniversary of the first Daytona 500 race, DEI and RCR teamed up to make a special COT sporting Earnhardt's 1998 Daytona 500 paint scheme to honor the tenth anniversary of his Daytona 500 victory. In a tribute to all previous Daytona 500 winners, the winning drivers appeared in a lineup on stage, in chronological order. The throwback No. 3 car stood in the infield, in the approximate position Earnhardt would have taken in the processional. The throwback car featured the authentic 1998-era design on a current-era car, a concept similar to modern throwback jerseys in other sports. The car was later sold in 1:64 and 1:24 scale models.

In 2010, the

Intimidator coaster also opened at Carowinds in North Carolina the same year.[41] Both were themed to Earnhardt's legacy, featuring signs, flags, various artwork, as well as replicas of the cars he drove at each location. The "Intimidator" name and all Earnhardt branding were removed from both rides in 2024 as a result of an expiring licensing agreement.[42][43]

Atlanta Braves assistant coach Ned Yost was a friend of Earnhardt, and Richard Childress. When Yost was named Milwaukee Brewers manager, he changed jersey numbers, from No. 5 to No. 3 in Earnhardt's honor. (No. 3 is retired by the Braves in honor of outfielder Dale Murphy, so Yost could not make the change while in Atlanta.) When Yost was named Kansas City Royals assistant coach, he wore No. 2 for the 2010 season, even when he was named manager in May 2010, but for the 2011 season, he switched back to No. 3.

During the third lap of the 2011 Daytona 500 (a decade since Earnhardt's death), and 2021 Daytona 500 (two decades since Earnhardt's death) the commentators on FOX fell silent while fans raised three fingers in a similar fashion to the tributes throughout 2001.[44]

The north entrance to New Avondale City Center in Arizona will bear the name Dale Earnhardt Drive. Avondale is where Earnhardt won a Cup race in 1990.[45]

His helmet from the 1998 season is at the National Museum of American History in the Smithsonian museum in Washington D.C.[46]

Weedeater, a sludge metal band from North Carolina, paid tribute to Earnhardt on their 2003 album Sixteen Tons, with the song "No. 3".[47] The song is played with audio clips from television broadcasts about Earnhardt mixed in the background.[48] He is also mentioned in a 2001 song composed by John Hiatt entitled The Tiki Bar Is Open, along with his legendary race number.

On February 28, 2016, after winning the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, during his victory lap, driver Jimmie Johnson held his hand out of his window, with three fingers extended in tribute to Earnhardt.[49][50] This was following Johnson's 76th Cup Series win, which tied the career mark of Earnhardt's. This is also the track where Earnhardt claimed his sixth Winston Cup Series title.[51]

In the week of the 2021 United States Grand Prix, McLaren driver Daniel Ricciardo drove the iconic Wrangler car from 1984 as Ricciardo has been a fan of Earnhardt since he was a child. The opportunity came after he won the Italian Grand Prix that year, and McLaren CEO Zak Brown, who owns the car, promised him that he would give him a chance to drive it.[52]

Awards

North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Winston Cup Series

Winston Cup Series
results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 NWCC Pts Ref
1975 Negre Racing 8 Dodge RSD DAY
RCH
CAR
BRI
ATL
NWS
DAR
MAR
TAL NSV
DOV
CLT
22
RSD
MCH
DAY
NSV
POC
TAL
MCH DAR
DOV
NWS
MAR
CLT
RCH
CAR
BRI
ATL
ONT NA 0 [58]
1976
Ballard Racing
30 Chevy RSD DAY
CAR
RCH
BRI
ATL
NWS
DAR
MAR
TAL NSV DOV CLT
31
RSD MCH DAY
NSV
POC
TAL
MCH
BRI DAR
RCH
DOV
MAR
NWS
CLT CAR 103rd 70 [59]
Johnny Ray 77 Chevy ATL
19
ONT
1977 Gray Racing 19 Chevy RSD DAY
RCH
CAR
ATL
NWS
DAR
BRI
MAR
TAL NSV
DOV
CLT
RSD
MCH DAY NSV
POC
TAL MCH
BRI
DAR
RCH
DOV
MAR NWS CLT
38
CAR
ATL
ONT 118th 49 [60]
1978 Cronkrite Racing 96 Ford RSD DAY
RCH
CAR
ATL
BRI
DAR
NWS
MAR
TAL
DOV
CLT
17
NSV
RSD
MCH
DAY

7
NSV
POC
TAL
12
MCH
BRI
DAR
16
RCH DOV MAR
NWS
CLT CAR 43rd 558 [61]
Osterlund Racing 98 Chevy
ATL

4
ONT
1979 2 RSD
21
CAR

12
RCH

13
NWS
4
BRI
1*
DAR

23
MAR

8
NSV
4
DOV

5
CLT
3
TWS
12
RSD

13
MCH
6
NSV

3
POC
29
TAL MCH
BRI
DAR
RCH

4
DOV

9
MAR

29
CLT

10
NWS

4
CAR

5
ATL

2
ONT
9
7th 3749 [62]
Buick DAY
8
ATL

12
TAL

36
Olds DAY
3
1980 Chevy RSD
2
RCH
5
CAR

3
ATL

1
BRI

1*
DAR
29
NWS

6
MAR

13
NSV

6
DOV

10
CLT

20
TWS

9
RSD
5
MCH

12
DAY
3
NSV

1
POC
4
MCH

35
BRI

2
DAR
7
RCH

4
DOV
34
NWS
5
MAR

1*
CLT

1*
CAR

18
ATL

3
ONT
5
1st 4661 [63]
Olds DAY
4
TAL

2
TAL
3
1981 Pontiac RSD
3
DAY
5
RCH

7
CAR

26
ATL

3
BRI

28
NWS

10
DAR

17
MAR

25
TAL

8
NSV

20
DOV
3
CLT

18
TWS
2*
RSD

2
MCH

5
7th 3975 [64]
Jim Stacy Racing
DAY

35
NSV

7
POC

11
TAL
29
Richard Childress Racing 3 Pontiac
MCH

9
BRI

27
DAR
6
RCH

6
DOV

15
MAR

26
NWS

4
CLT

25
CAR

9
ATL

24
RSD
4
1982 Bud Moore Engineering 15 Ford DAY
36
RCH

4
BRI

2*
ATL

28*
CAR

25
DAR

1*
NWS

3
MAR
23
TAL
8
NSV

10
DOV

3
CLT

30*
POC

34
RSD
4
MCH

7
DAY

29
NSV

9
POC

25
TAL

35
MCH
30
BRI
6
DAR
3
RCH

27
DOV

20
NWS

20
CLT

25
MAR

27
CAR

14
ATL

34
RSD
42
12th 3402 [65]
1983 DAY
35
RCH

2
CAR
33
ATL

33
DAR

13
NWS

29
MAR

26
TAL
24
NSV

24
DOV

8
BRI

9
CLT
5
RSD
4
POC

8
MCH

15
DAY

9
NSV

1*
POC
30
TAL
1*
MCH

7
BRI

2
DAR
11
RCH

22
DOV

35
MAR

4
NWS

2
CLT
14
CAR

17
ATL

33
RSD
4
8th 3732 [66]
1984 Richard Childress Racing 3 Chevy DAY
2
RCH

6
CAR

14
ATL

2
BRI

7
NWS

8
DAR

5
MAR

9
TAL
27
NSV
19
DOV

5
CLT
2
RSD
5
POC

8
MCH

2
DAY
8
NSV
3
POC

10
TAL
1
MCH

7
BRI

10
DAR

38
RCH

3
DOV

5
MAR

12
CLT

39
NWS

7
CAR

13
ATL

1
RSD
11
4th 4265 [67]
1985 DAY
32
RCH

1
CAR

10
ATL

9
BRI

1*
DAR

24
NWS

8
MAR

25
TAL
21
DOV

25
CLT

4*
RSD
40
POC
39
MCH

5
DAY

9
POC
39
TAL

24
MCH

22
BRI

1*
DAR

19*
RCH

4
DOV

7
MAR

1
NWS

4
CLT

20
CAR

8
ATL

4
RSD
5
8th 3561 [68]
1986 DAY
14
RCH
3*
CAR
8
ATL

2*
BRI

10
DAR

1*
NWS
1*
MAR

21
TAL
2
DOV

3
CLT
1
RSD
5
POC

2
MCH

6
DAY
27*
POC

7
TAL

26*
GLN

3
MCH
5
BRI

4
DAR

9
RCH

2
DOV
21
MAR

12
NWS

9
CLT

1
CAR

6
ATL

1*
RSD
2
1st 4468 [69]
1987 DAY
5
CAR

1*
RCH

1*
ATL

16*
DAR

1*
NWS
1*
BRI

1
MAR

1*
TAL
4
CLT
20
DOV

4
POC

5
RSD
7
MCH

1*
DAY

6
POC

1*
TAL

3
GLN

8
MCH

2*
BRI

1*
DAR

1*
RCH

1*
DOV

31
MAR
2*
NWS
2
CLT

12
CAR

2
RSD
30
ATL

2
1st 4696 [70]
1988 DAY
10
RCH

10*
CAR

5
ATL
1*
DAR

11
BRI

14
NWS
3*
MAR
1*
TAL

9
CLT
13
DOV

16
RSD
4
POC

33
MCH

4
DAY

4*
POC

11
TAL

3
GLN

6
MCH

29
BRI

1*
DAR
3
RCH

2
DOV

2
MAR

8
CLT

17*
NWS

6
CAR

5
PHO

11
ATL
14
3rd 4256 [71]
1989 DAY
3
CAR

3
ATL

2
RCH

3
DAR

33
BRI

16
NWS
1*
MAR

2
TAL

8
CLT
38
DOV

1*
SON

4
POC

3
MCH

17
DAY

18
POC

9
TAL

11
GLN

3
MCH

17
BRI

14
DAR

1*
RCH

2
DOV

1*
MAR

9
CLT

42
NWS
10*
CAR

20
PHO
6
ATL
1*
2nd 4164 [72]
1990 DAY
5*
RCH

2
CAR

10
ATL

1*
DAR

1
BRI

19
NWS
3
MAR

5
TAL

1*
CLT
30
DOV

31
SON

34
POC

13
MCH

1
DAY

1*
POC

4
TAL

1*
GLN

7
MCH

8
BRI

8*
DAR

1*
RCH

1*
DOV

3
MAR

2
NWS
2*
CLT

25
CAR

10
PHO

1*
ATL

3
1st 4430 [73]
1991 DAY
5
RCH

1
CAR

8
ATL

3
DAR

29
BRI

20
NWS
2
MAR

1*
TAL

3*
CLT
3
DOV

2*
SON
7
POC

2
MCH

4
DAY

7
POC

22
TAL

1*
GLN
15
MCH

24
BRI

7
DAR

8
RCH

11
DOV

15
MAR

3
NWS
1
CLT

25
CAR

7
PHO

9
ATL

5
1st 4287 [74]
1992 DAY
9
CAR

24
RCH

11
ATL

3
DAR

10
BRI
18
NWS
6
MAR

9
TAL

3
CLT
1
DOV

2
SON

6
POC

28
MCH

9
DAY

40
POC

23
TAL

40
GLN

9
MCH
16
BRI

2
DAR

29
RCH

4
DOV

21
MAR

31
NWS
19
CLT

14
CAR

8
PHO

10
ATL
26
12th 3574 [75]
1993 DAY
2*
CAR

2
RCH

10
ATL

11
DAR

1*
BRI
2
NWS
16
MAR

22
TAL
4*
SON

6*
CLT
1*
DOV

1*
POC

11
MCH

14
DAY

1*
NHA

26
POC

1*
TAL

1*
GLN

18
MCH

9
BRI

3
DAR

4
RCH

3
DOV

27
MAR

29
NWS
2
CLT

3
CAR

2
PHO

4
ATL

10
1st 4526 [76]
1994 DAY
7
CAR

7
RCH

4
ATL

12
DAR

1*
BRI
1*
NWS
5
MAR

11
TAL

1
SON

3
CLT
9
DOV

28
POC

2
MCH

2
DAY

3
NHA

2
POC

7
TAL

34
IND
5
GLN

3
MCH

37
BRI

3
DAR

2
RCH

3
DOV

2
MAR

2
NWS
7
CLT

3
CAR

1*
PHO

40
ATL

2
1st 4694 [77]
1995 DAY
2
CAR

3
RCH

2
ATL

4
DAR

2
BRI
25
NWS
1*
MAR

29
TAL

21
SON

1
CLT
6
DOV

5
POC

8
MCH

35
DAY

3
NHA

22
POC

20
TAL

3
IND
1
GLN

23
MCH

35
BRI

2
DAR

2*
RCH

3
DOV

5
MAR

1*
NWS
9
CLT

2
CAR

7
PHO

3
ATL

1*
2nd 4580 [78]
1996 DAY
2
CAR

1
RCH

31
ATL

1*
DAR

14
BRI
4
NWS
3
MAR

5
TAL

3
SON

4
CLT
2
DOV

3
POC

32
MCH

9
DAY

4
NHA

12
POC

14
TAL

28*
IND
15
GLN

6*
MCH

17
BRI

24
DAR

12
RCH

20
DOV

16
MAR

15
NWS
2
CLT

6
CAR

9
PHO

12
ATL

4
4th 4327 [79]
1997 DAY
31
CAR

11
RCH

25
ATL

8
DAR

15
TEX
6
BRI
6
MAR

12
SON

12
TAL
2*
CLT
7
DOV

16
POC
10
MCH

7
CAL
16
DAY

4
NHA

2
POC

12
IND
29
GLN

16
MCH

9
BRI

14
DAR
30
RCH

15
NHA

8
DOV

2
MAR

2
CLT

3
TAL

29
CAR

8
PHO

5
ATL

16
5th 4216 [80]
1998 DAY
1*
CAR

17
LVS
8
ATL

13
DAR

12
BRI
22
TEX

35
MAR

4
TAL

36
CAL

9
CLT
39
DOV

25
RCH

21
MCH

15
POC
8
SON

11
NHA

18
POC

7
IND
5
GLN

11
MCH

18
BRI

6
NHA

9
DAR

4
RCH

38
DOV

23
MAR

22
CLT

29
TAL

32
DAY
10
PHO

3
CAR

9
ATL

13
8th 3928 [81]
1999 DAY
2
CAR

41
LVS

7
ATL

40
DAR

25
TEX

8
BRI
10
MAR

19
TAL

1*
CAL

12
RCH

8
CLT
6
DOV

11
MCH

16
POC
7
SON

9
DAY
2
NHA

8
POC

9
IND
10
GLN

20
MCH

5
BRI
1
DAR

22
RCH

6
NHA

13
DOV

8
MAR

2
CLT

12
TAL

1
CAR

40
PHO

11
HOM
8
ATL
9
7th 4492 [82]
2000 DAY
21
CAR

2
LVS

8
ATL

1
DAR

3
BRI
39
TEX
7
MAR

9
TAL

3
CAL

17
RCH

10
CLT
3
DOV

6
MCH

2
POC
4
SON

6
DAY

8
NHA

6
POC

25
IND
8
GLN

25
MCH

6
BRI

4
DAR

3
RCH

2
NHA
12
DOV

17
MAR

2
CLT

11
TAL
1
CAR
17
PHO

9
HOM

20
ATL
2
2nd 4865 [83]
2001 DAY
12
CAR
LVS
ATL
DAR
BRI
TEX
MAR
TAL CAL
RCH
CLT DOV
MCH
POC
SON
DAY
CHI
NHA
POC
IND
GLN
MCH
BRI
DAR
RCH
DOV KAN
CLT
MAR
TAL
PHO
CAR
HOM
ATL
NHA 57th 132 [84]
Daytona 500
Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish
1979 Osterlund Racing Buick 10 8
1980 Oldsmobile 32 4
1981 Pontiac 7 5
1982 Bud Moore Engineering Ford 10 36
1983 3 35
1984 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29 2
1985 18 32
1986 4 14
1987 13 5
1988 6 10
1989 8 3
1990 2 5
1991 4 5
1992 3 9
1993 4 2
1994 2 7
1995 2 2
1996 1 2
1997 4 31
1998 4 1
1999 4 2
2000 21 21
2001 7 12

Busch Series

Busch Series
results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 NBGNC Pts Ref
1982 Robert Gee 15 Pontiac
DAY

1*
RCH
DAR

21
HCY
SBO
DOV

18
HCY
CLT

2
ASH HCY SBO
CAR

2
CRW
SBO
HCY LGY IRP
RCH

23
MAR
CLT

DNQ
HCY
MAR
21st 1188 [85]
45 Pontiac
BRI

17
MAR
Robert Gee 15 Olds CRW
1
RCH LGY
Whitaker Racing Pontiac
BRI

30
HCY
1983 Robert Gee
DAY

21
RCH
CAR

1*
HCY
MAR
NWS SBO GPS LGY
DOV

4
BRI
CLT

1*
SBO
HCY ROU
SBO
ROU CRW ROU SBO HCY LGY IRP GPS
BRI
HCY
DAR
RCH
NWS
SBO
MAR
ROU
CLT

2
HCY
MAR
31st 790 [86]
1984
Whitaker Racing 7 Olds
DAY

37
RCH

3
CAR
HCY
MAR
DAR

31
ROU
NSV
LGY
MLW
DOV
39th 553 [87]
Dale Earnhardt, Inc. 8 Pontiac
CLT

4
SBO
HCY ROU
SBO
ROU HCY IRP
LGY
SBO
BRI
DAR

19
RCH
NWS
CLT

38
HCY
CAR
MAR
1985
DAY

35
CAR

1*
HCY
BRI
MAR
DAR

29
SBO
LGY
DOV
CLT
SBO
HCY
ROU
IRP
SBO
LGY
HCY
MLW
BRI
DAR

22
RCH

21
NWS ROU
CLT

4
HCY
CAR
MAR
47th 391 [88]
1986
DAY

1
CAR

1
HCY
MAR
DAR

2*
SBO
LGY JFC
DOV
CLT

15
SBO
HCY
ROU
DAR

1*
CLT

1*
CAR
MAR
25th 1611 [89]
Chevy
BRI

2
IRP
25
SBO
RAL
3
OXF
SBO
HCY
LGY
ROU
BRI

2
RCH

1*
DOV
MAR
ROU
1987
DAY

27*
HCY
MAR
DAR

1*
BRI

4*
LGY
SBO
CLT

5*
DOV
IRP
31
ROU
JFC
OXF
SBO
HCY
RAL
LGY
ROU
BRI

32
JFC
DAR

35
RCH

31
DOV
MAR
CLT

21
CAR

3*
MAR
33rd 1107 [90]
1988
DAY

37
HCY

8
CAR

27*
MAR
DAR

4
BRI

1
LNG
NZH

6
SBO

25
NSV
CLT

5
DOV
ROU
LAN LVL
MYB

27
OXF
SBO
HCY
LNG
IRP
29
ROU
BRI

3
DAR

32
RCH
DOV
MAR
CLT

33
CAR

2
MAR
25th 1633 [91]
1989 3 Pontiac
DAY

4
25th 1637 [92]
Chevy
CAR

2
MAR
HCY

10
DAR

6
BRI

27
NZH

37
SBO
LAN
NSV
CLT

20
SBO

28
HCY
DUB IRP
5
ROU
BRI

5
DAR

4*
RCH

5
DOV
MAR
CLT

27
CAR
MAR
Baker-Schiff Racing 87 Pontiac
DOV

3
ROU
LVL
VOL
MYB
1990 Dale Earnhardt, Inc. 3 Chevy
DAY

1*
RCH

2
CAR

1
MAR
HCY

20
DAR

29
BRI

5
LAN
SBO
NZH
HCY
CLT

8
DOV
ROU
VOL
MYB
OXF
NHA

7
SBO
DUB
IRP
3
ROU
BRI

24*
DAR

38
RCH

4
DOV
MAR
CLT

4
NHA
CAR

2
MAR
26th 1947 [93]
1991
DAY

1*
RCH

2
CAR

3
MAR
VOL
HCY
DAR

3
BRI

3
LAN SBO
NZH
CLT

1*
DOV
ROU
HCY
MYB
GLN
OXF
NHA

35
SBO
DUB
IRP
33
ROU
BRI

11
DAR

1*
RCH

7*
DOV
CLT

39
NHA
CAR

6*
MAR
27th 1799 [94]
1992
DAY

1*
CAR

4*
RCH
ATL

31
MAR
DAR

17
BRI
CLT

28
DOV

16
ROU
MYB
GLN
VOL
NHA
TAL

4
IRP ROU
MCH

3
NHA

2
BRI
DAR

4
RCH
DOV
CLT

41
MAR
CAR

12
HCY 23rd 1665 [95]
Ken Schrader Racing 15 Chevy
HCY

12
LAN
DUB
NZH
1993 Dale Earnhardt, Inc. 3 Chevy
DAY

1*
CAR

3
RCH
DAR
BRI
HCY
ROU
MAR
NZH
CLT

36
DOV

13
MYB
GLN
MLW
TAL

1*
IRP
MCH

41
NHA

42
BRI
DAR

40
RCH
DOV
ROU
CLT

3
MAR
CAR
HCY
ATL

QL
37th 989 [96]
1994
DAY

1
CAR

38
RCH

DNQ
ATL

10
MAR
DAR

6
HCY
BRI
ROU
NHA

31
NZH
CLT

23
DOV

39
MYB
GLN
MLW
SBO
TAL

3
HCY IRP
MCH

32
BRI
DAR

41
RCH

3
DOV
CLT

45
MAR
CAR
34th 1188 [97]
- Qualified but replaced by Neil Bonnett

Winston West Series

NASCAR Winston West Series
results
Year Team/Owner No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NWWC Pts Ref
1981
Osterlund Racing
72 Pontiac RSD S99
AAS
MMR RSD
LAG
POR
19
WSP EVG SHA RSD SON RSD
PHO
43rd 35 [98]
1985 Bill Schmidt 3 Chevy SON SHA RSD MMR
SIR

1*
POR STA YAK EVG
WSR
MMR RSD 33rd 60 [99]

Busch North Series

NASCAR Winston West Series
results
Year Team/Owner No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 NWWC Pts Ref
1988 Dale Shaw 68 Pontiac JEN

20

56th 103 [100]
1993 Dale Earnhardt, Inc. 8 Chevrolet NHA

31

70th 70 [101]

International Race of Champions

(key) (Bold – Pole position. * – Most laps led.)

International Race of Champions results
Year Make Q1 Q2 Q3 1 2 3 4 Pos. Pts Ref
1979−80 Chevy MCH
7
MCH RSD RSD ATL NA 0 [102]
1984 MCH
7
CLE
10
TAL
3
MCH
11
9th 31 [103]
1987 DAY
2
MOH
11
MCH
12
GLN
9
10th 30 [104]
1988 DAY
2
RSD
12
MCH
2
GLN
7
5th 45 [105]
1989 DAY
3*
NZH
7
MCH
2
GLN
5
4th 57 [106]
1990 Dodge TAL
1
CLE
5
MCH
1*
1st 60 [107]
1991 DAY
12
TAL
9
MCH
9
GLN
4
9th 27 [108]
1992 DAY
1
TAL
2
MCH
5
MCH
5
2nd 63 [109]
1993 DAY DAR
2
TAL
3
MCH
5*
NA 0 [110]
1994 DAY
1
DAR
4
TAL
8
MCH
4
4th 56 [111]
1995 DAY
1
DAR
8
TAL
1*
MCH
11
1st 61 [112]
1996 Pontiac DAY
1
TAL
9
CLT
10
MCH 8th 39 [113]
1997 DAY
3
CLT
8
CAL

9
MCH
7
7th 35 [114]
1998 DAY
4
CAL
10
MCH
4
IND
8
7th 36 [115]
1999 DAY
1
TAL
1
MCH
1*
IND
8
1st 75 [116]
2000 DAY
1*
TAL
3
MCH
3
IND
2
1st 74 [117]
2001 DAY
7*
TAL MCH IND NA 0 [118]

ARCA Hooters SuperCar Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Hooters SuperCar Series
results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 AHSSC Pts Ref
1991 Dale Earnhardt, Inc. 3 Chevy
DAY
ATL
KIL TAL
TOL
FRS POC
MCH
KIL FRS DEL POC
TAL
HPT
30
MCH
ISF
TOL
DSF
TWS ATL 113th - [119]
1993 Dale Earnhardt, Inc. 3 Chevy
DAY
FIF TWS
5
TAL KIL CMS FRS
TOL
POC
MCH
FRS POC
KIL
ISF
DSF
TOL
SLM
WIN
ATL 109th - [120]

24 Hours of Daytona

(key)

24 Hours of Daytona results
Year Class No Team Car Co-drivers Laps Position Class Pos.
2001 GTS 3 United States Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette United Kingdom Andy Pilgrim
United States Dale Earnhardt Jr.
United States Kelly Collins
642 4 2

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Michael Waltrip won seconds after Earnhardt’s fatal crash

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