That's exactly how Dale Jr. views his father, Dale Earnhardt Sr. The family has been involved in NASCAR for three generations, with Ralph Earnhardt starting his career as a cotton mill worker ...

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The No. 88 has historical significance for the Earnhardt family too, though, as Jr.'s grandfather, Ralph Earnhardt, drove the No. 88 Oldsmobile back in 1957. The No. 88 was donated to Earnhardt Jr ...

He’s won the Daytona 500 twice, but has yet to win a Cup championship. All of that comes back to Ralph Earnhardt, though. Dale Sr.'s father was a legend in his own right, though not as ...

Growing up, Danny Earnhardt Sr. worked preparing cars for his father, dirt-track and NASCAR racer Ralph Earnhardt, who died in 1973. “The Earnhardt family holds a special place in NASCAR history ...

Even his grandmother, the widow of 1956 NASCAR Sportsman champ Ralph Earnhardt, questioned Dale about whether his son had it. "I guess I didn't look like I could get out of the rain," Junior quips.

Curtis Turner wasn’t nicknamed “Pops” because of his age, and Ralph Earnhardt once knocked a competitor into a dug out on a baseball field dirt track at McCormick Field in Asheville.

So he can bring into this world a Ralph Dale Earnhardt III. Because right now, the boy needs a distraction, needs something to take his mind off Ralph Dale Earnhardt the first. It has been a year ...

Bristol Motor Speedway officials announced today that Trea’zur Cassidy, Piney Flats, Tenn., and Hannah Kelsheimer, Lima, Ohio, are the joint winners of the Dale Earnhardt Jr. Scholarship for 2024.

He added an extra 8. Earnhardt Jr.'s grandfather, Ralph Earnhardt, drove the No. 8 in 1957 at Martinsville. The town includes a bank, doctor's office, postal service station, sheriff's office and ...

Junior Johnson, Buck Baker, Joe Weatherly, Fred Lorenzen, Ned Jarrett, Ralph Earnhardt, Tiny Lund and defending series champion Rex White were just some of the bigger names filling the field.