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1978 NASCAR Winston Cup Series

Willy T. Ribbs, noted road racer, was slated to drive an ex-Bud Moore Torino purchased by Will Cronkite in the 600 but was arrested for driving the wrong way up a one-way street; Cronkite hired local racer Dale Earnhardt to drive the car.

2007 Sylvania 300

A lawsuit was filed by drivers Joe Nemechek and Sterling Marlin and crew chiefs Richard "Slugger" Labbe and Peter Sospenzo against Bobby Ginn and Dale Earnhardt, Inc. as both the drivers and their crew chiefs lost their jobs after Ginn, who was the owner of Ginn Racing merged with DEI over back pay.

2008 Coke Zero 400

The Dale Earnhardt, Inc. #1 car driven by Martin Truex, Jr. carried a promotion for the film Swing Vote and have the star of the movie Kevin Costner (who also serves as the film's producer) as an honorary crew chief on the hood.

2009 Coke Zero 400

Among the other 23 finalists are circuit founder Bill France, Sr. and his son, Dale Earnhardt and Richard Petty (who was also nominated along with his father, Lee), the only seven-time winners of the Sprint Cup Series, along with owner Richard Childress, and Benny Parsons and Ned Jarrett, who like Waltrip, both had successful broadcasting careers after retiring as a driver.

Brian Whitesell

Announced on May 28, 2009, Whitesell filled in as crew chief for one race, the May 31 running of the Autism Speaks 400 at Dover International Speedway, for struggling Hendrick Motorsports superstar, Dale Earnhardt, Jr.

Brian Williams

Two years later, at NASCAR's awards banquet in New York City, he introduced a videotaped tribute to Dale Earnhardt, who had died at the Daytona 500 some months earlier.

Dale Earnhardt, Inc.

Members of Club E have access to Dale Earnhardt footage, personal items, discounts at the DEI retail store, Carowinds, Kings Dominion, the NASCAR Hall of Fame, Kannapolis Intimidators games, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet, and Great Wolf Lodge, Inc. and member only events.

Almirola was engaged to drive the #8 Guitar Hero World Tour Chevrolet for the full 2009 season but the sponsorship lasted only five races.

Doug Richert

Richert is best known for winning the Cup championship with Dale Earnhardt in 1980.

Elmo Langley

From April 1989, through November 1996, Langley served as the official pace car driver for all Winston Cup events (and during the caution laps, been known to be playing with Dale Earnhardt and Rusty Wallace).

Honky Tonk Truth

The music video premiered on CMT in August, 1997 and featured NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt.

Keith Bryant

He charted for the first time in 2004 with the single "Riding' with the Legend", which Bryant co-wrote as a tribute to former NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt, who died in 2001.

Ned Yost

While he wore No. 5 on his jersey as a player with the Brewers, as a manager, he wore No. 3 on his jersey as a tribute to his close friend, deceased NASCAR racer and baseball fan Dale Earnhardt.

North Carolina Highway 136

This was done in order for that road to honor Dale Earnhardt, a NASCAR driver from Kannapolis that drove the #3 car who was killed in the 2001 Daytona 500.

The two routes swapped designations in 2002 to put NC 3 near the home of Dale Earnhardt, a deceased NASCAR driver from Kannapolis that drove the #3 car.

Roadbuster

All three Wreckers transform into NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Chevrolet Impala stock cars; Roadbuster's alternate mode uses the AMP Energy/National Guard paint scheme of Dale Earnhardt, Jr.'s #88 car.

Sam Ard

In 2006, drivers Kevin Harvick and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. led a charge to donate a substantial amount of funds for the care of Ard and his family.

Velvet painting

They often depict images of Elvis Presley (see Velvet Elvis), Dale Earnhardt, John Wayne, Jesus, Native Americans, dogs playing poker, wolves, and cowboys, and the colors are often bright and vivid to contrast the dark velvet.

When I Get Where I'm Going

Two notable people featured in this video are Michael Reagan, who is shown holding a photograph of his father Ronald Reagan, and Teresa Earnhardt, who is shown sitting in front of a painted portrait of her husband, NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt.


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