Dale Earnhardt Stats & History

Personal
Date of Birth-April 29, 1951
Height-6'1" Weight-200 lbs"
HomeTown-Kannapolis, NC
Wife-Teresa
Children-Kerry, Kelly, Dale Jr, Taylor

Career Highlights
"7-time NASCAR Winston Cup Champion:1980, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994"
"NASCAR Winston Cup Rookie of the Year:1979"
"only driver to win Rookie of the Year and Winston Cup Championship in successive years"
"Career Winston Cup Wins-76"
"Career Winston Cup Poles-22"
"Career Busch Grand National Wins-21"
"Money Won-over 40 million"
"3-time winner of The Winston Select:1987, 1990, 1993"
"6-time winner of Busch Clash(Bud Shootout):1980, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1995"
"12-time winner of Daytona Twin 125 mile qualifiers:1983, 1986, 1990-99(10 consecutive)"
"record 34 victories at Daytona"
"won at least one race in 15 consecutive seasons, 1982-1996"
"Winston Cup record 53 consecutive finishes"
"676 career starts"
"648 consecutive starts"
"led over 25,000 laps during career"
"14 top 5 point finishes in 22 full seasons"
"20 top 10 point finishes in 22 full seasons"
"1st Winston Cup Start-May 25, 1975 at Charlotte Motor Speedway"
"1st Winston Cup Pole-June 8, 1979 at Riverside International Speedway in 24th start"
"1st Winston Cup Win-April 1, 1979 at Bristol Motor Speedway in 16th start"
"won inaugural NASCAR Busch Series race in 1982"
"7-time winner of Goody's 300 BGN race"
"National Motorsports Press Association Driver of the Year; 1980,1987,1990,1994 and co-winner with Tim Richmond in 1986"
"American Motorsports Driver of the Year; 1987,1994"
"won Gregor Gant Award for Lifetime Achievement in Racing in London in 1996"
"inducted into North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame in 1994"
"started the special paint scheme craze in 1995"
"1st race car driver ever to be on a Wheaties box in 1997"
"named as one of NASCAR's "50 Greatest Drivers" in 1998"
"voted by the fans as "NASCAR's Greatest Driver" in 1998"
"named ESPY's 'Driver of the Decade' (1990's)"
"2001 Most Popular Driver"
"2001 Myers Brother's Award by the National Motorsports Press Association"
"2002 EMPA Hall of Fame"
"2002 Motorsports Hall of Fame"
"4-time IROC Champion:1990, 1995, 1999, 2000"
"11-time IROC race winner"

Summary of Victories by Year/Track
WC, 1979-1 win-Bristol
WC, 1980-5 wins-Atlanta, Bristol, Nashville, Martinsville, Charlotte
WC, 1981-0 wins-
WC, 1982-1 win-Darlington
WC, 1983-2 wins-Nashville, Alabama
WC, 1984-2 wins-Alabama, Atlanta
WC, 1985-4 wins-Richmond, Bristol(2), Martinsville
WC, 1986-5 wins-Darlington, N.Wilkesboro, Charlotte(2), Atlanta
WC, 1987-11 wins-N.Carolina, Richmond(2), Darlington(2), N.Wilkesboro, Bristol(2), Martinsville, Michigan, Pocono
WC, 1988-3 wins-Atlanta, Martinsville, Bristol
WC, 1989-5 wins-N.Wilkesboro, Dover(2), Darlington, Atlanta
WC, 1990-9 wins-Atlanta, Darlinton(2), Talladega(2), Michigan, Daytona, Richmond, Phoenix
WC, 1991-4 wins-Richmond, Martinsville, Talladega, N.Wilkesboro
WC, 1992-1 win-Charlotte
WC, 1993-6 wins-Darlington, Charlotte, Dover, Daytona, Pocono, Talladega
WC, 1994-4 wins-Darlington, Bristol, Talladega, N.Carolina
WC, 1995-5 wins-N.Wilkesboro, Sears Point, Indianapolis, Martinsville, Atlanta
WC, 1996-2 wins-Atlanta, N.Carolina
WC, 1997-0 wins-
WC, 1998-1 win-DAYTONA 500
WC, 1999-3 wins-Talladega(2), Bristol
WC, 2000-2 wins-Atlanta, Talladega