Dale Earnhardt

Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. (April 29, 1951 – February 18, 2001) was an American NASCAR driver. He is the father of race car driver Dale Earnhardt, Jr. He started Dale Earnhardt, Inc., also called DEI. Earnhardt died in a crash during the Daytona 500 in 2001. The accident happened a few seconds before his own son came second in that race, and a DEI car driven by Michael Waltrip won the race. He died because he was trying to hold everybody back so his son (Dale Earnhardt Jr.) could maybe win the race. While he was trying to do that, someone bumped his car, he lost control and crashed into the wall. After that they took him to the hospital and he died.

Early life

Earnhardt respected his father, who quit school in sixth grade, His father worked hard and started driving for NASCAR, eventually entering the NASCAR Hall-of-Fame.^[1]

Dale Earnhardt Media

Earnhardt's 1983 Ford Thunderbird
Earnhardt's 1994 racecar
Earnhardt at Phoenix International Raceway.
Earnhardt’s 1998 Daytona 500-winning No. 3 Goodwrench Chevrolet Monte Carlo
Earnhardt in the No. 3 car
Dale Earnhardt, Chevrolet Lumina, Michigan International Speedway – 14 June 1994*Film Scan Canon AE-1Old School NASCAR- Dale Earnhardt 1994
Statue of Dale Earnhardt Sr. holding his winner's trophy at the Daytona International Speedway
The former Earnhardt Grandstand at Daytona International Speedway