As Earnhardt's long-time employer Richard Childress tells it, General Motors wanted the Man in Black to race in blue.
His father, Dale Earnhardt Sr., was a seven-time ... during a Late Model Sportsman race at Daytona in 1976. "Dad at Daytona in 76. His first trip. His own car he prepared in his father’s ...
A look at Dale Earnhardt Sr., a seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion who died in a crash at the 2001 Daytona 500 ...