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Biography : The Greatest Nascar Racers

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By: Dana Dobson 10/8/15 #5 Biography One of America’s greatest Nascar racers followed in his father’s path, regardless of efforts from his father to embrace a different career. He lived and died doing what he loved, going fast, and turning left. He will be missed by all Nascar fans. (source) “You can’t let one moment spoil a bunch of good ones” Dale once said. This man was a passionate Nascar driver who won many championships becoming one of the most …show more content…

With Brenda, Dale had two more children, daughter Kelly King Earnhardt in 1974, and son Dale Earnhardt Jr in 1978. A little while after Dale Jr was born Brenda and Dale got a divorce. In 1982, Dale married his last wife Teresa Houston. In 1988 her and Dale had their daughter Taylor Nicole Earnhardt. In 1975, Dale began his professional career in the Winston Cup. He made his debut at Charlotte Motor Speedway, in North Carolina, in the longest race on the Cup Circuit, the 1975 World 600. The number 8 Ed Niegre Dodge Charger was the car he drove and he finished 22nd in that race. Dale raced in eight more races until 1979. He joined car owner Rod Osterland Racing in his rookie season, Dale won one race at Bristol, he scored eleven top 5’s, seventeen top 10’s, and captured four poles. Despite missing four races due to a broken collarbone Dale still finished seventh in the points standings. He also won Rookie of the year honors. During his Sophomore season, Dale, began the season winning the Busch Clash, with 20 year old Doug Richert as his crew chief. With wins at Charlotte, Martinsville, Bristol, and Atlanta, Dale won his first Winston Cup points Championship. Dale was the first and only driver in all of Nascar Winston Cup to follow a Rookie of the Year title with a Nascar Winston Cup Championship the next year. In 1981, Dale left for Richard Childress Racing, after Osterland sold his team to J.d. Stacy, and Dale finished the season

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