Dale Earnhardt Inc. is a competitive NASCAR Nextel Cup team. It fields two full-time and one part team. The team was owned originally by seven-time Winston Cup champion Dale Earnhardt, before he died suddenly in the closing laps of the 2001 Daytona 500. Now the team is co-owned by his wife Teresa and his son, Dale Jr. The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of motorsports in the United States. ... The Nextel Cup Series is NASCARs premier stock car racing series. ... The NASCAR Championship is the championship held in NASCARs top stock car racing series. ... Dale Earnhardt Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... The Daytona 500 is a 200-lap, 500 mile (805 km) NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race held annually at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. ...

Car #1 History

Dale Earnhardt Inc. debuted in Winston Cup in 1996 as the #14 Racing for Kids Chevrolet, driven by Robby Gordon at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Jeff Green drove the car in two more races that year. The next year, Busch Series standout Steve Park drove the car in five races with the Burger King sponsorship. In 1998, the team switched numbers with car owner Richard Jackson,(who was running out of funding for his team), with the car changing from #14 to #1, and recieving sponsporship from Pennzoil and Park making a bid for NASCAR Rookie of the Year honors.(Ironically, Jackson field cars part-time for Jerry Nadeau in 1997, who would compete against Park for Rookie of the Year.) The team got off to a bumpy start after Park failed to qualify at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in just the third race of the year. The next week, Park broke his leg at a testing accident at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Two weeks later, the team hired three-time champion Darrell Waltrip to pilot the car whilst Park recovered from his injuries. Waltrip posted two top ten finished in the car until Park made his return at the Brickyard 400, where he finished 35th following a crash. He posted two eleventh-place finishes and finished 42nd in points that year. Park fared better the next year, posting 5 top 10 finished and finishing 14th in points. 2000 turned out to be his next season yet, as he won his first two Bud Pole awards, and won his first race at his home track at Watkins Glen International Raceway. He finished 11th year in points. The race after his boss' death in 2001, Park beat Bobby Labonte in a photo finish Rockingham Motor Speedway. But his career stalled when competing in a Busch Series race at Darlington International Speedway, he was T-Boned by Larry Foyt and almost died. He gradually recovered and returned, ironically, at the spring Darlington race in 2002. He has since struggled to maintain his career. Midway through 2003, he was released from the ride and was replaced by Jeff Green.(Park took over Green's old ride at Richard Childress Racing, who used to Dale Earnhardt's owner. Does Park live in a small world, or what?) Both Green and Pennzoil left following 2003, and the team moved to part-time status, occasionally popping up to field cars for two-time winner John Andretti. The team will return full-time in 2005 with Bass Pro Shops sponsoring the car, and will be driven by Martin Truex Jr., who will compete for Rookie of the Year honors. The NASCAR Championship is the championship held in NASCARs top stock car racing series. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Chevrolet, or Chevy, is a brand of automobile, now part of the General Motors group. ... 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Darrell Waltrip (born February 5, 1947 in Owensboro, Kentucky) is a NASCAR driver, active from 1972 to 2000, who won three Winston Cup (now Nextel Cup) titles (1981, 1982, 1985) as well as the 1989 Daytona 500 stock car race. ... The Allstate 400 at The Brickyard is an annual 400 mile (644 km) NASCAR Nextel Cup points race held each August at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Bobby Labonte Bobby Labonte races at the Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in 2004. ... Rockingham Motor Speedway is a motor racing circuit near Rockingham and Corby in Northamptonshire, England. ... NASCAR Busch Series logo The Busch Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR. It is NASCARs second division, and is a proving ground for drivers who wish to step up to the organizations top level, the Nextel Cup. ... Darlington is an industrial town in the north-east of England. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jeff Green (born September 6, 1962 in Owensboro, Kentucky) is a NASCAR NEXTEL Cup driver who drives the #43 Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge Charger for the Petty Enterprises team, and a part-time Busch Series driver in the #25 U.S. Marines Ford Taurus for Team Rensi Motorsports. ... Dale Earnhardt Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... John Andretti is Nextel Cup driver from Indianapolis, Indiana. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... Bass Pro Shops is a privately held sporting goods and outdoor goods store headquartered in Springfield, Missouri. ... Martin Truex, Jr. ... 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Car #8 History

The 8 car started out in the NASCAR Busch Series as the #3 AC Delco Chevrolet driven by Dale Earnhardt Jr. in 1997. Junior won championships in both 1998 and 1999 in the Busch Series in this car. In 1999, Little E drove in 5 Winston Cup races in the #8 Budweiser Chevrolet, finishing in the top 10 once, leading one lap, and one DNF. In 2000, Junior made a full time jump to Winston Cup. Despite winning two poles and three races(including The Winston), Junior finished runner-up to Matt Kenseth for NASCAR Rookie of the Year. In 2001, Dale bounced back remarkably from his father's death and ended up winning the first race back to Daytona Beach since his death. Since then, Little E has been a consistent contender for the championship, although he has struggled this year. The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of motorsports in the United States. ... NASCAR Busch Series logo The Busch Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR. It is NASCARs second division, and is a proving ground for drivers who wish to step up to the organizations top level, the Nextel Cup. ... Chevrolet, or Chevy, is a brand of automobile, now part of the General Motors group. ... Dale Earnhardt Jr. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The NASCAR Championship is the championship held in NASCARs top stock car racing series. ... Budweiser is a German language adjective for something from the city of České Budějovice (german: Budweis). ... Chevrolet, or Chevy, is a brand of automobile, now part of the General Motors group. ... In Boolean logic, Disjunctive Normal Form (DNF) is a method of standardizing and normalizing logical formulas. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... The NASCAR Championship is the championship held in NASCARs top stock car racing series. ... Matt Kenseth Matt Kenseth in the pits in the Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire International Speedway. ... The NASCAR Rookie of the Year award is presented to the first-year driver that has the best season. ... Daytona Beach is a city located in Volusia County, Florida. ...

Car #15 History

The #15 team orginiated from the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series as the #16 National Auto Parts Association of America Chevrolet driven by Ron Hornaday. The team won two championships and 23 races during this time(1995-1999.) In 2000, the team moved to the NASCAR Busch Series as car #3. Hornaday won twice, finished 8th in points, but finished second to Kevin Harvick for Rookie of the Year in what has turned out to be a relatively weak rookie class. In 2001, the team once agained moved to a different series, but this time, without Hornaday. The team was now #15 and sponsored still by NAPA. Michael Waltrip now handled the driving chores, and won his first race at the Daytona 500, but it was overshadowed by the death of his boss, Dale Earnhardt. Waltrip has won four times over the past three years. It was recently announced that Waltrip will not drive the car next year, and NAPA's status is still up in the air. The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of motorsports in the United States. ... NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series logo The Craftsman Truck Series is a popular NASCAR racing series that features modified pickup trucks. ... Chevrolet, or Chevy, is a brand of automobile, now part of the General Motors group. ... Ron Hornaday from Palmdale, CA was born June 20, 1958. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Kevin Harvick (born December 8, 1975) is an American race car driver, competing in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series for Richard Childress, driving the #29 GM Goodwrench Chevrolet. ... The Rookie of the Year award is given by a number of North American sports leagues to the top first-time professional athlete of the season. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Napa is the county seat of Napa County, California. ... Michael Waltrip (born April 30, 1963 in Owensboro, Kentucky) is the younger brother of former NASCAR driver Darrell Waltrip. ... The Daytona 500 is a 200-lap, 500 mile (805 km) NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race held annually at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. ... Dale Earnhardt Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. ... Napa is the county seat of Napa County, California. ...

Car #81 History

The 81 car made occasional attempts at a Winston Cup race in 2003 with mostly Jason Keller driving. The team hasn't been seen since, and is unlikely to return. The NASCAR Championship is the championship held in NASCARs top stock car racing series. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jason Keller from Greenville, SC was born April 23, 1970. ...