Topic: Dale Earnhardt

Earnhardt is remembered at the Daytona 500

DAYTONA BEACH, Florida (Reuters) - Ten years after Dale Earnhardt's fatal crash at the Daytona 500 the shadow of the "The Intimidator" continues to loom large at NASCAR.Beloved by most, reviled by others, NASCAR sorely misses the seven-time series champion whose aggressive ...
Now that the ordeal has been in his rearview mirror for nearly a decade, Kevin Harvick acknowledges there was a time when he didn't want anything to do with Dale Earnhardt's legacy.. Today, Harvick says he has a better perspective on the ...

Stories of real NASCAR families

Often times a man's greatness is not measured by his own accomplishments, but by those of his offspring. A casual viewer of NASCAR at the time, like the rest of the nation, I watched in stunned belief, as with less then a ...

Michigan International Speedway

Michigan International Speedway is a motorsports racetrack located in Brooklyn, between Detroit and Chicago. Michigan International Speedway, also referred to as MIS, hosts two NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races, a NASCAR Nationwide Series race, and a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race. ...
Dale Earnhardt Sr. was a famous US racing car driver who died in a crash on the last lap of the annual Daytona 500, the biggest race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, on 18 February 2001, aged 49. After the accident ...
Atlanta Motor Speedway (originally Atlanta International Raceway), located?near Atlanta, Georgia, opened in 1960. At the time of its opening, the Atlanta Motor Speedway was the largest true oval track in the racing circuit. Like other popular racetracks, the Atlanta Motor Speedway has ...

Best all-time NASCAR drivers

Here is my list of the 20 greatest NASCAR drivers of all-time. If Dale Earnhardt is to Terry Labonte, then Richard Petty is to David Pearson. The three-time Winston Cup champion (1981, '82, '85), is tied for third in all-time wins with ...

The most popular NASCAR drivers

When it comes to Nascar drivers, popularity with the fans is evident by simply looking into the grandstand at any given race. He is, much like Jeff Gordon , a love him or hate him driver with the fans. the 4 time ...
Located at 3366 Speedway Boulevard in Lincoln, Alabama, Talladega Superspeedway is the longest and widest track that NASCAR races are run at. Add to that the laps led record, with Dale Earnhardt leading a staggering 1,377 laps at the track, and you ...
In 2003, some fans felt that Matt Kenseth may not have deserved the Championship since he won only one race. 1990; Wins alone can't win the trophy and a big example of that is when Martin finished second to Dale Earnhardt despite ...
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