The 1990 season started for Earnhardt with victories in the Busch Clash and his heat of the Gatorade Twin 125s.

1996 for Earnhardt started just as it had done in 1993 – he dominated Speedweeks only to finish second in the Daytona 500 to Dale Jarrett for a second time.

Stewart started off his 2004 season with a second place finish to Dale Earnhardt, Jr. in the Daytona 500.

His comeback season started well when he qualified on the front row for the season opening Daytona 500 beside Dale Earnhardt, Sr .. During Speedweeks, Irvan captured a victory in the 125-mile qualifying race for the Daytona 500.

Truex started his first career Cup race for Dale Earnhardt, Inc. in the # 1 at Atlanta Motor Speedway later that year, qualifying 33rd and finishing 37th.

In 2000, the car started every race, won the Coca-Cola 600, and defeated favorite Dale Earnhardt Jr. for Rookie of the Year honors.

Kerry Earnhardt started from the pole in the 2005 race, but finished in 35th due to an accident.

Earnhardt Jr. started third, led for thirty-three and won the race.

Although the team started 2003 with a Daytona 500 pole, Green and the team failed to jell as Childress had hoped and later that season, in what amounted to a trade between organizations, Green was replaced by the former driver of the # 1 car at Dale Earnhardt, Inc., Steve Park ( Green took Park's ride at DEI following his firing ).

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.

On February 3 and 4, 2001, the first time in his career, Earnhardt participated in the Rolex 24 endurance race at Daytona, the event which kicks off Speedweeks at the track.

Earnhardt, Sr. and Schrader slid off the track's asphalt banking toward the infield grass just inside of turn four.

Dale Earnhardt Jr., trying to break a long winless drought, ran out of gas coming off of turn 4, and Kevin Harvick scored his third win of 2011.

* 1990: Dale Earnhardt took the win, but the story of the race was a massive accident between Ernie Irvan and Ken Schrader ; Irvan was ten laps down yet racing nose-to-nose with Schrader as if for the lead, and lost control in Four ; several cars collided in the ensuring melee and Sterling Marlin spun off the wall and hammered Neil Bonnett ; Bonnett suffered severe memory loss and was lost for three seasons as a driver.

Harvick (# 21 ) during his 2006 Busch championship season, racing Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (# 8 ) off pit road

Kyle Busch won the Capital City 400 on April 28, 2012, for the fourth year in a row by holding off Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Tony Stewart.

Edwards spun as Keselowski charged to the checkered flag, getting airborne and bouncing off the hood of Ryan Newman's # 39 car, then smashed into the catch fence and skidded to a stop in the middle of the track as Keselowski and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. crossed the finish line.

Keselowski won the pole for the 2011 Coca Cola 600, and the following week, he was able to get the lead with nine laps to go and hold off a charging Dale Earnhardt, Jr. to win the 2011 STP 400 at Kansas Speedway on fuel mileage.

However, Harvick and his team held off a struggling Dale Earnhardt Jr. to make the Chase for the Cup.

At the August Bristol race, Earnhardt found himself in contention to win his first short track race since Martinsville in 1995.

In addition, race winners Dale Earnhardt ( 1995 ), and Bill Elliott ( 2002 ) are also past Cup champions, Earnhardt in ( 1980, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994 ) and Elliott in ( 1988 ).

1995 was a dramatic affair as the lead changed 32 times, the most since 1988, and the battle for the lead became a spirited multilap affair between Bobby Labonte, Dale Earnhardt, Rusty Wallace, and Sterling Marlin.

In 1994, Labonte joined Hendrick Motorsports, racing the # 5 Kellogg's Chevrolet and responded by notching 3 wins in each of his first two years there, including a famous win at Bristol in 1995, where the front of his car was wrecked after Dale Earnhardt Sr. crashed into him in the final lap.

Alternate paint schemes truly gained notoriety in 1995, when Dale Earnhardt appeared at The Winston with a silver car ( in tribute to Winston's silver anniversary ) instead of his traditional black car.

He became a full-time driver in the Busch Series in 1995 for Dale Earnhardt, Inc., and after consecutive top-five finishes in the points standings, he made a pair of Cup races for DEI in 1996.

joined car owner Rod Osterlund Racing, in a season that included a rookie class of future stars – Earnhardt, Harry Gant and Terry Labonte.

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 his sophomore season, Earnhardt, now with 20-year old Doug Richert as his crew chief, began the season winning the Busch Clash.

To this day, Earnhardt is the only driver in NASCAR Winston Cup history to follow a Rookie of the Year title with a NASCAR Winston Cup Championship the next season.

Stacy, Earnhardt left for Richard Childress Racing, and finished the season 7th in the points standings but winless.

During the 1982 season, Earnhardt struggled.

After the 1983 season, Earnhardt returned to Richard Childress Racing, replacing Ricky Rudd in the # 3.

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.

The 1986 season saw Earnhardt win his second career Winston Cup Championship and the first owner's championship for RCR.

In the 1987 season, Earnhardt earned his nickname " The Intimidator " after spinning out Elliott in the final segment of " The Winston ", a non-points event now known as the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race.

The 1988 season saw Earnhardt racing with a new sponsor, GM Goodwrench, which replaced Wrangler Jeans.

During this season Earnhardt garnered a second nickname, " The Man in Black ", owing to the black paint scheme in which the No. 3 car was painted.

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

The 1991 season saw Earnhardt win his fifth Winston Cup championship.

Many thought the incident would end his season early, but Earnhardt refused to give up.

Earnhardt began the season by winning his Twin 125-mile qualifier race for the ninth straight year.

He slipped to 12th in the 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.

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.

In the 2000 season, Earnhardt had a resurgence, which some attributed to neck surgery he underwent to correct a lingering injury from his 1996 Talladega crash.

However, poor performances at the road course of Watkins Glen, where he wrecked coming out of the chicane, a wreck with Chad Little while leading the spring race at Bristol, and mid-pack runs at intermediate tracks like Charlotte and Dover in a season dominated by the Ford Taurus in those tracks of Roush, Yates, and Penske, coupled with the extremely consistent Joe Gibb's No. 18 team with Bobby Labonte, denied Earnhardt the coveted eighth championship title.

* Las Vegas, the 3rd race of the 2001 season, was noted for the fact that Mike Skinner, Earnhardt's teammate at Richard Childress Racing, took over Earnhardt's slot in the No Bull 5 million dollar eligibility for this race since Earnhardt had qualified for the No Bull 5 prize after his final victory in the 2000 Winston 500 at Talladega.

" 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.