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Earnhardt raced in the Wrangler colors again at the 1999 Winston.
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** Earnhardt raced two throwbacks in 2006, one dedicated to his father, using a black paint scheme reminiscent of his father's Busch cars, and a second using a cream-colored design, similar to his late grandfather Ralph's 1956 Sportsman championship.
** During Sprint All-Star Race XXIV, Earnhardt raced a car painted similar to Buddy Baker's " Grey Ghost " Oldsmobile 442 that won the 1980 Daytona 500.
The Moreno Valley Mall at Towngate is on the northern end of the former Raceway Property and houses now occupy the southern end of the old racetrack ( where Tim Richmond and Dale Earnhardt raced ).
In 1996 Gordon raced at Charlotte in what was one of the first starts ever for Dale Earnhardt Inc ..
Despite his ownership of the DEI racing team, Earnhardt never drove for his team in the Winston Cup ; instead he raced for his long-time mentor and backer Richard Childress at RCR.
The team now raced the NAPA sponsored # 15 ( a possible reference to the # 15 Ford Thunderbird that Earnhardt drove in the early and mid-1980s ).
The # 8 car was raced by DEI from 1984 with Dale Earnhardt the driver.
Martin Truex Jr. raced the No. 1 Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet for Dale Earnhardt, Inc. ( DEI ) after winning back-to-back Busch Series championships in 2004 and 2005.
Earnhardt and Wrangler
The following year, at Childress ' suggestion, Earnhardt joined car owner Bud Moore for the 1982 and 1983 seasons driving the No. 15 Wrangler Jeans Ford Thunderbird ( Earnhardt's only full-time Ford ride in his career ).
The 1988 season saw Earnhardt racing with a new sponsor, GM Goodwrench, which replaced Wrangler Jeans.
From 1982 – 1983, Dale Earnhardt drove a blue and yellow # 15 Wrangler Ford in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series for car owner Bud Moore.
Wrangler followed Earnhardt to Richard Childress Racing number 3.
Currently, Wrangler has an associate sponsorship deal with Dale Earnhardt, Jr. who has appeared in several commercials for the famed jean company.
On 29 April 2010, at the time of Earnhardt's induction to the NASCAR Hall of Fame, DEI announced a partnership with JR Motorsports, Richard Childress Racing, and Wrangler Jeans where, for one race, as a tribute to his father, Dale Earnhardt Jr. would drive the # 3, the blue and gold race car driven by Dale Earnhardt in the 1980s.
In 1981, he decided to end his career before the season ended, and handed his # 3 ride to the defending Winston Cup champion, Dale Earnhardt, who brought his Wrangler sponsorship with him.
But after the season was over, Rudd was replaced by Earnhardt, with Wrangler back as sponsor ( in perhaps an odd twist of fate, Rudd moved to Earnhardt's old ride, the # 15 Bud Moore Engineering Wrangler-sponsored Ford Thunderbird, which actually kept its sponsorship despite Earnhardt leaving.
This time, Earnhardt was back for good, winning six championships over the next two decades, with crew chiefs Kirk Shelmerdine and Andy Petree, and Goodwrench replacing Wrangler as sponsor after 1987.
Earnhardt and again
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.
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.
Earnhardt attempted all of the restrictor plate races again in 2005, finishing 17th at Talladega.
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Born to race car driver Ralph Lee Earnhardt, Earnhardt began his career in 1975 when he drove in the 1975 World 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway as part of the Winston Cup Series ( later the Sprint Cup Series ).
While driving in the 2001 Daytona 500, Earnhardt died of basilar skull fracture in a last-lap crash at Daytona International Speedway on February 18, 2001.
Ralph was a hard teacher for Earnhardt, and after Ralph died of a heart attack at his home in 1973, it took many years before Earnhardt felt as though he had finally " proven " himself to his father.
Earnhardt began his professional career at the Winston Cup in 1975, making his debut at the Charlotte Motor Speedway in North Carolina in the longest race on the Cup circuit, the World 600.
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.
With wins at Atlanta, Bristol, Nashville, Martinsville, and Charlotte, Earnhardt won his first Winston Cup championship.
Earnhardt won at Nashville and at Talladega, finishing eighth in the points standings.
During the 1984 and 1985 seasons, Earnhardt visited victory lane six times, at Talladega, Atlanta, Richmond, Bristol ( twice ), and Martinsville, where he finished fourth and eighth in the season standings, respectively.
During this race, Earnhardt was briefly forced into the infield grass, but kept control of his car and returned to the track without giving up his lead — a maneuver now referred to as the " Pass in the Grass " even though Earnhardt actually didn't pass and couldn't have passed anyone for position as he was in the lead at the time.
The following year, Earnhardt won five times, but a late spin out at North Wilkesboro arguably cost him the 1989 championship, as Rusty Wallace edged out Earnhardt for the championship.
As part of a Winston No Bull 5 fan contest, Earnhardt drives a Bomb Lift Truck and attempts to load an AIM-120 AMRAAM | 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.
One of his wins that year 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.
Earnhardt scored six wins en route to his sixth Winston Cup title, including wins in the Coca-Cola 600 and The Winston at Charlotte, and the Pepsi 400 at Daytona.
Earnhardt was very consistent, scoring four wins, and after Ernie Irvan was sidelined due to a near-deadly crash at Michigan ( the two were neck-and-neck at the top of the points up until the crash ), won title by over 400 points over Mark Martin.
Earnhardt sealed the deal at Rockingham by winning the race over Rick Mast.
Earnhardt and 1999
Before the 1999 season, fans began discussing Earnhardt's age and speculating that with his son, Dale Jr. getting into racing, Earnhardt might be contemplating retirement.
* 1999 Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
Instead it was said at Bristol on August 28, 1999 after Earnhardt spun out Terry Labonte on the final lap to win the race.
* 1999 – Dale Earnhardt Jr.
In 1999, he ran several races replacing Kerry Earnhardt in the Channellock Chevy for Darwin Oordt but left the team and replaced by Butch Miller after 15 races.
Driving with new sponsorship from Lycos, Kenseth won three times and finished second in points to Dale Earnhardt Jr. DeWalt Tools became the sponsor in 1999, with Kenseth getting an additional four wins and a third place finish in points.
In addition, he was selected to participate in the IROC series during 1999 where he competed against other top-named drivers including NASCAR drivers Jeff Gordon, Terry Labonte and Dale Earnhardt.
In this car, Earnhardt Jr. won championships in both 1998 and 1999.
Between 1989 and 2000, the # 3 car won two championships ( in 1998 and 1999 with Earnhardt Jr. driving ).
He finished in second place, 280 points behind Dale Earnhardt Jr., in 1999 driving the # 32 Kleenex Chevy for Progressive Motorsports.
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