Dale Earnhardt was born in Kannapolis, North Carolina in 1951 and is the son of NASCAR Hall of Fame driver and three-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Richard Childress. He started racing karts at age nine and entered his first full-bodied race at age 12. Earnhardt won the NASCAR Rookie of the Year award in 1992 and captured his first Winston Cup Championship in 1995. He is a two-time Daytona 500 winner (1994 and 1998) and a four-time Winston Million winner (1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999)
In 1998 he became the only driver to win five championships in a row (Class 3, 4, 5 and 6) when he won both the Winston Cup and Busch Grand National titles. Earnhardt also holds records for most career NASCAR NEXTEL Cup wins with 76, most pole positions with 730, most laps led by a driver with 13,921, most ESPN NEXTEL Cup victories with 11, most consecutive Budweiser Shootout appearances with eight, most consecutive Busch Grand National victories with 14, [as well as] [the] [most] [most wins in a season].
You win some, lose some, and wreck some.Dale Earnhardt
Growing up, I've enjoyed hunting with my father.Dale Earnhardt
I woke up this morning, and I still don't believe I won the Daytona 500.Dale Earnhardt
It's a never ending battle of making your cars better and also trying to be better yourself.Dale Earnhardt
Richard Childress and myself have made some important innovations on our cars.Dale Earnhardt
