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Dale Earnhardt in 1988. – Charlotte Observer file
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Dale Earnhardt at ease before practice for the Miller 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in 1985. – Charlotte Observer file
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Drivers Cale Yarborough (left) and Dale Earnhardt in 1980. – Charlotte Observer file
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Dale Earnhardt dances around as he jokes with a TV camera operator in the garage at Daytona International Speedway in February 1998. Earnhardt was walking to his car to begin practice. – File
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A crew member talks with Dale Earnhardt (left) after the driver had to get out and turn his car over to relief driver Mike Skinner during the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Aug. 3, 1996.– File
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Members of Ken Schrader's pit crew members are among those congratulating Dale Earnhardt along pit road after his Daytona 500 win on Sunday, Feb. 15, 1998. – File
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Dale Earnhardt waits for his turn to qualify in 1995 at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International. – File
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Dale Earnhardt, the 1994 Cup champion, starts '95 with a win in a Busch Clash qualifying race at Daytona and is rewarded by daughter Taylor., then 6 years old. – File
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Dale Earnhardt celebrates in Victory Lane after the 1980 National 500 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. – File
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Crew members on many of the rival operations line pit road at Daytona International Speedway to congratulate 1998 Daytona 500 winner Dale Earnhardt. – File
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Dale Earnhardt of Kannapolis, N.C., (3) spins backwards in turn three during the Jiffy Lube 300 at the New Hampshire International Speedway in Loudon, N.H., Sunday, July 11, 1999. Jeff Burton of South Boston, Va. was the winner. At rear are Mike Skinner(31) of Susanville, Calif., and in the Square D Chevrolet, Kenny Wallace of St. Louis. (AP Photo/Emily Reily)
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2/18/01 1987 file photo of Dale and Teresa Earnhardt with Earnhardt's race car and an Air Guard jet fighter. photo by Davie Hinshaw/staff
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02/19/01 The flag flies at half staff in the pits at Hickory Motor Speedway for the death of Dale Earnhart. Dale Earnhart's father, Ralph Earnhart, raced at Hickory, winning track championships in'1953,'54,'56,'57, and '59. Dale drove here last in 1988, at practice in May and in a race in April of that year. himself ran here once in 1988.
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NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt meets reporters at the National Press Club in Washington Tuesday June 16, 1998 as part of NASCAR's 50th anniversary. Man at left is an unidentified reporter. (AP Photo/Linda Spillers)
