Dale Earnhardt, Inc. is a competitive NASCAR Nextel Cup team based in Mooresville, North Carolina, which is near Charlotte. It fields two full-time and one part-time team. The team was owned originally by seven-time Winston Cup champion Dale Earnhardt, before he died suddenly after crashing on the closing lap of the 2001 Daytona 500. Now the team is owned by Teresa Earnhardt, Earnhardt's widow. Despite Dale Earnhardt's ownership of the racing team, he never raced for it in the Winston Cup, preferring to race for his long-time mentor and backer, Richard Childress at RCR. The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of motorsports in the United States. ... NASCAR Nextel Cup logo NEXTEL Cup trophy, adopted in 2004 4-time champion Jeff Gordon poses with the Winston Cup trophy (used prior to 2004) The NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series is NASCARs top racing series. ... Mooresville is a town located in Iredell County, North Carolina. ... County Mecklenburg Mayor Pat McCrory, (R) Area  - Total  - Water 629. ... 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. ...

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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 receiving sponsorship 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 finishes 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 finishes and finishing 14th in points. 2000 turned out to be his best 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 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 be Earnhardt's owner.) 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 run a part-time schedule in 2005 with Martin Truex Jr. driving a Bass Pro Shops-sponsored car. The team will move to full time in 2006 with Truex Jr. competing for Rookie of the Year honors. The NASCAR Championship is the championship held in NASCARs top stock car racing series. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Chevrolet, often nicknamed Chevy, is a brand of automobile, now part of General Motors. ... Robby Gordon (born in Bellflower, California, on January 2, 1969) is an American racing driver, who currently competes in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series. ... Lowes Motor Speedway (formerly Charlotte Motor Speedway) is a superspeedway in Concord, North Carolina, a few miles north of Charlotte. ... 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. ... NASCAR Busch Series logo The Busch Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR. It is NASCARs second division (often compared to Triple-A baseball), and is a proving ground for drivers who wish to step up to the organizations top level, the Nextel... Steve Park from East Northport, New York was born August 23, 1967. ... Burger King, Seoul, South Korea Burger King, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada Whopper Combo with fries and drink Burger King Corporation (BK for short) is a large international chain of fast food restaurants, predominantly selling hamburgers, french fries and soft drinks. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Pennzoils current version of their logo. ... The NASCAR Rookie of the Year Award is presented to the first-year driver that has the best season. ... Jerry Nadeau is a race car driver who competed in the 1994 Barber Dodge Pro Series and the 1996 Formula Opel Euroseries. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located at 7000 Las Vegas Boulevard North in Las Vegas, Nevada, is an complex of 4 different tracks for automobile racing. ... Atlanta Motor Speedway is a superspeedway in Hampton, Georgia, USA, 20 miles (32 km) south of Atlanta. ... Darrell Waltrip (born February 5, 1947 in Owensboro, Kentucky) is a NASCAR driver, active from 1972 to 2000, who won three Nextel Cup titles (1981, 1982, 1985), the 1989 Daytona 500, 1992 Southern 500, and is the undisputed Memorial Day major race record holder, having won an unprecedented five Coca... 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. ... Watkins Glen International (nicknamed The Glen) is an auto race track located near Watkins Glen, New York at the southern tip of Seneca Lake. ... 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 (often compared to Triple-A baseball), and is a proving ground for drivers who wish to step up to the organizations top level, the Nextel... Darlington Raceway is a race track built for NASCAR racing located near Darlington, South Carolina. ... Larry Foyt is a NASCAR driver and an IRL driver. ... Darlington is a town in the north-east of England. ... 2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was 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. ... Richard Childress Racing is a NASCAR team fielding Chevys for Kevin Harvick (#29 Goodwrench), Clint Bowyer (#07 Jack Daniels), Kerry Earnhardt (#33 Bass Pro Shops) and Jeff Burton (#31 Cingular) in the Nextel Cup series, as well as the #2 AC Delco Chevy for Clint Bowyer and the #21... Pennzoils current version of their logo. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... John Andretti is Nextel Cup driver from Indianapolis, Indiana. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Martin Truex, Jr. ... Bass Pro Shops is a privately held sporting goods and outdoor goods store headquartered in Springfield, Missouri. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 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. ...

Car #8 history - Nextel Cup (formerly Winston Cup)

The 8 car started out in the NASCAR Busch Series as the #3 ACDelco 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, Earnhardt has been a consistent contender for the championship, although he has struggled this year, despite winning at Chicagoland. The NASCAR Championship is the championship held in NASCARs top stock car racing series. ... 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 (often compared to Triple-A baseball), and is a proving ground for drivers who wish to step up to the organizations top level, the Nextel... Chevrolet, often nicknamed Chevy, is a brand of automobile, now part of General Motors. ... Dale Earnhardt Jr. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, 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, often nicknamed Chevy, is a brand of automobile, now part of General Motors. ... 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. ... The NASCAR NEXTEL All-Star Challenge, formerly known as The Winston until 2003, is a race open to race winners from the previous season as well as the current season. ... 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. ... Chicagoland Speedway is a speedway in Joliet, Illinois, USA, southwest of Chicago. ...

Car #15 history

The #15 team orginated from the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series as the #16 NAPA 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 announced in 2005 that Waltrip will not drive the car next year for DEI. Recently, NAPA and Michael Waltrip signed on with Bill Davis Racing for the 2006 season. 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. ... Places: Napa, California Napa County, California Napa Valley College Other: NAPA - National Automotive Parts Association NAPA - National Asphalt Pavement Association Categories: Disambiguation ... Chevrolet, often nicknamed Chevy, is a brand of automobile, now part of General Motors. ... Ron Hornaday from Palmdale, CA was born June 20, 1958. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... 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 (often compared to Triple-A baseball), and is a proving ground for drivers who wish to step up to the organizations top level, the Nextel... Kevin Harvick (born December 8, 1975 in Bakersfield, California) is an American race car driver and car owner, competing in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series for Richard Childress, driving the #29 GM Goodwrench Chevrolet, and owning his own #6 GM Goodwrench and #92 Yard-Man Chevrolet Silverados in the Craftsman... 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. ... Places: Napa, California Napa County, California Napa Valley College Other: NAPA - National Automotive Parts Association NAPA - National Asphalt Pavement Association Categories: Disambiguation ... 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. ... Places: Napa, California Napa County, California Napa Valley College Other: NAPA - National Automotive Parts Association NAPA - National Asphalt Pavement Association Categories: Disambiguation ... Michael Waltrip (born April 30, 1963 in Owensboro, Kentucky) is the younger brother of former NASCAR driver Darrell Waltrip. ...

The #15 team will move to a part-time status for 2006 with DEI's Busch Series driver Paul Menard and sponorship provided by Menards Home Improvement stores. It is possible this could lead to a full-time schedule in 2007. 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... NASCAR Busch Series logo The Busch Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR. It is NASCARs second division (often compared to Triple-A baseball), and is a proving ground for drivers who wish to step up to the organizations top level, the Nextel... Paul Menard (born August 21, 1980) is a NASCAR driver currently competing in the Busch Series. ... Menards is a chain of home improvement stores in the Midwestern United States. ... 2007 (MMVII) will be a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Car #81 history

The 81 car made occasional attempts at a Winston Cup race in 2003 with mostly Jason Keller and John Andretti driving. The team hasn't been seen since, and is unlikely to return since NFL legend Tim Brown has acquired the number for his announced Nextel Cup team, backed by Roush Racing. The 81 ran in limited action in 2005 by Dale Earnhardt Jr, at the Daytona, Talledega (superspeedway restrictor place races), and Charlotte races in the Busch Series. The NASCAR Championship is the championship held in NASCARs top stock car racing series. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... // Basic Overview Jason Keller, from Greenville, SC, is currently the driver of the #1 Yellow/Miccosukee Dodge for owner James Finch. ... John Andretti is Nextel Cup driver from Indianapolis, Indiana. ... Tim Brown at Notre Dame Tim Brown (born July 22, 1966) is a retired National Football League player who was predominantly used as a wide receiver and also as a kick and punt returner early in his career. ... NASCAR Nextel Cup logo NEXTEL Cup trophy, adopted in 2004 4-time champion Jeff Gordon poses with the Winston Cup trophy (used prior to 2004) The NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series is NASCARs top racing series. ... Roush Racing is one of the premiere racing teams of NASCAR. It was founded in 1988 as a branch of owner Jack Roushs successful automotive engineering and road-racing equipment business based in Livonia, Michigan. ... NASCAR Busch Series logo The Busch Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR. It is NASCARs second division (often compared to Triple-A baseball), and is a proving ground for drivers who wish to step up to the organizations top level, the Nextel...

Chance 2 Motorsports

Chance 2 Motorsports is a wholly-owned subsidiary of DEI, and it operates at DEI's headquarters in Mooresville. Chance 2 is operated by Dale Earnhardt, Jr.

Currently, the team runs the #8 Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet in the Busch Series, and it is driven by Truex, Jr. Bass Pro Shops is a privately held sporting goods and outdoor goods store headquartered in Springfield, Missouri. ...

External links

• DEI corporate info