Monday, February 21, 2011

Remembering Dale Earnhardt


Seven NASCAR Winston Cup championships ('80, '86, '87, '90, '91, '93, '94)
The only Winston driver to win Rookie of the Year and the Championship in successive years (1979, 1980).
Career winnings in excess of $40 million.
Five-time NMPA Driver of the Year ('80, '86, '87, '90, '94)
Two-time American Driver of the Year - 1987, 1994
Only three-time winner of "The Winston" ('87, '90, '93)
Only six-time Busch Clash winner '80, '86, '88, '91, '93, '95)
Four-time IROC champion ('90, '95, '99, '00)
First American driver to receive AUTOSPORTS Gregor Grant Award
First Winston Cup driver to drive at Suzaka Circuitland, Japan
12-time winner of the 125-mile qualifying race at Daytona (including ten straight wins from 1990 - 1999)
Named ESPY's "Driver of the Decade" (1990's)
Year 2000 marked Dale's 22nd full season on the NASCAR Winston Cup Circuit
"Most Popular Driver" Award, 2001
Earnhardt has won nearly every major event and title available to NASCAR Winston Cup drivers, including the DAYTONA 500


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