In the 2003 Winston Cup season, Kerry Earnhardt drove the # 83 Hot Tamales Chevrolet for FitzBradshaw, but failed to qualify for every race he attempted.

Earnhardt attempted the 2003 Auto Club 500, but also failed to qualify.

Considered one of the best NASCAR drivers of all time, Earnhardt won a total of 76 races over the course of his career, including one Daytona 500 victory in 1998.

Earnhardt 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.

Ken Schrader, Tony Stewart, Dave Blaney, Scott Wimmer, and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. all own short tracks, most of them being dirt.

Martin was one of three drivers ( Earnhardt and Sterling Marlin ) to be ranked in the top five for all 31 races ; none of them won the championship.

The cars driven by Ward Burton, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Mark Martin, Casey Mears, Paul Menard, Tony Raines, Martin Truex, Jr., Scott Wimmer and J. J. Yeley all sported cues from the ' 57 Chevy's memorable design while J. J. Yeley's No. 18 Monte Carlo SS displayed a throwback Interstate Batteries logo.

From April, 1989, through November 21, 1996, Langley served as the official pace car driver for all Winston Cup events ( and during the caution laps, been known to be playing with Dale Earnhardt and Rusty Wallace ).

Sprint Cup regulars have dominated the race over the past 30 years, winning all but three runnings since 1981. Notable Cup regulars who have won the race multiple times include Dale Earnhardt ( 7 wins ), Tony Stewart ( 6 ), Darrell Waltrip ( 5 ), and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. ( 3 ).

Tiny Lund, Bill Mutz, and Ralph Earnhardt all ran races with the team, before Bobby Myers was killed in an accident at Darlington Raceway.

Earnhardt swept both races for the year at Talladega, leading most observers to conclude that Earnhardt's talent had become limited to the restrictor plate tracks, which require a unique skill set and an exceptionally powerful car to win.

On July 7, 2001, Earnhardt Jr. won the Pepsi 400 at Daytona, the first restrictor plate race at Daytona after Earnhardt, Sr .' s death.

In 2005, the # 81 was driven in a limited schedule by Earnhardt Jr. at the Daytona, Talladega ( restrictor place races ), and Charlotte races in the Busch Series.

Kerry Earnhardt drove the car in the other three restrictor plate races with Bass Pro Shops sponsoring, his best finish being 24th.

In the August race at Michigan International Speedway, Earnhardt led laps late in the race and nearly pulled off his first win on a non-restrictor plate track since 1996.

Earnhardt competed in 8 more races until 1979, when he

In his rookie season, Earnhardt won one race at Bristol, captured four poles, had 11 Top 5 finishes, 17 Top 10 finishes, and finished 7th in the points standings, in spite of missing four races because of a broken collarbone, winning Rookie of the Year honors.

In 1983, Earnhardt rebounded and won his first of 12 Twin 125 Daytona 500 qualifying races.

In the process, Earnhardt set a NASCAR modern era record of four consecutive wins and won five of the first seven races.

Earnhardt went on to win nine races this season and won his fourth Winston Cup title, beating Mark Martin by 26 points.

Earnhardt Jr. won the first of those two races, which was the season-opening event at Daytona.

" The King ", as he is nicknamed, is most well known for winning the NASCAR Championship seven times ( Dale Earnhardt is the only other driver to accomplish this feat ), winning a record 200 races during his career, winning the Daytona 500 a record seven times, and winning a record 27 races ( ten of them consecutively ) in the 1967 season alone.

Examples of this would be the first ever winner of a Nationwide Series race, Dale Earnhardt, and the winner of the most races in Nationwide Series history, Kyle Busch.

Earnhardt Jr. won four races in a row at Daytona International Speedway with Nabisco sponsorship.

He showed courage in one of the Gatorade Twin 125 races, when involved in a battle with Dale Earnhardt for the win.

In 1993, he won 10 of the 30 races, but finished second in the final points standings, 80 points behind Earnhardt.

* Dale Earnhardt set a record by winning one of the Twin 125 races for ten consecutive years, twelve times overall, as well as six Bud Shootouts, before winning the 1998 Daytona 500.

Jeffrey Earnhardt currently races in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and marks a fourth generation of Earnhardts in professional motor sports.

He gained the championship points lead one-third into the season and held onto it for 16 races before dropping it to Dale Earnhardt with two races to go.

During the scene of him being at a gas station, soon after the short montage of Earnhardt winning the 1980 title, it showed John Anderson flipping over during the 1981 qualifying races at Daytona, a race that Earnhardt finished 4th at.

He would become only the fourth NASCAR driver to sweep both the Nationwide and Cup races in the opening weekend at Daytona ( along with Bobby Allison ( 1988 ), Darrell Waltrip ( 1989 ), and Dale Earnhardt Jr. ( 2004 )).

Richmond won 7 races and finished third in points behind legends Dale Earnhardt and Darrell Waltrip.

Dale Earnhardt Jr, Scott Wimmer, Ryan Newman, and Ron Fellows were seated in the No. 5 " Fastenal Chevrolet " for 14 out of 21 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series races.

NASCAR driving superstars Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Martin Truex Jr. were noted players of the game, and many professional drivers used the game's online multiplayer mode to practice tracks before races.

Earnhardt once again came close to a win at the Daytona 500, and dominated Speedweeks before finishing second to Dale Jarrett on a last-lap pass.

Earnhardt did not win again in 1996, but still finished 4th in the standings behind Terry Labonte, Jeff Gordon and Dale Jarrett.

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.

Earnhardt finished 7th in the standings that year, and looked like a contender again.

Earnhardt raced in the Wrangler colors again at the 1999 Winston.

In October, Irvan drove the # 56, again sponsored by Dale Earnhardt, in his first Winston Cup start at Charlotte, starting 36th, leading Lap 128, and finishing 8th.

1994 found Martin and the 6 team finishing once again runner-up to Earnhardt in points.

In 2001, Rodney Orr gained attention again after the death of Dale Earnhardt when his autopsy photos as well as pop star Lisa Lopes were displayed on the internet.