Metrolina Speedway has been rotting away; Charlotte area property rezoned for retail
Metrolina Speedway first opened in 1952. Currently, it sits next to the Metrolina Expo on Old Statesville Road.
Like many old race tracks, the 1/2-mile was born as a dirt track. It was then converted to an asphalt track before being converted back to dirt once again.
Read MoreIn his rookie season, Kurt Busch wrecked Dale Earnhardt Jr; He was then handed a treatment from Dale Earnhardt Sr
20 years ago, Kurt Busch joined the NASCAR Cup Series ranks. Now, he’s the only active driver in the field who had the pleasure of competing against Dale Earnhardt.
Dale Earnhardt was nicknamed ‘The Intimidator’
Read MoreNASCAR driver Kyle Busch passed his brother and Kevin Harvick at the same time while racing off-track at Texas Motor Speedway
Kyle Busch started off the weekend with two wins in the minor leagues. A win the NASCAR Truck Series on Friday was followed by a win in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.
Read MoreRichard Childress Racing details the history of the 1997 Wheaties car; One of the cars supposedly sold at a recent auction
Recently, the orange 1997 Wheaties car driven by Dale Earnhardt was supposedly sold at an auction. This week, Richard Childress Racing shows off the car inside the team museum.
Read MoreRichard Childress made it clear that the 1994 championship car of Dale Earnhardt was a fake; Despite that, the car still rolled across the auction block
1,250 Vehicles rolled across the auction block in Phoenix, Arizona. Of those, 20 of them were part of the ‘Earnhardt Collection’ which rolled into the show on March 17th.
Read MoreKelley Earnhardt: “I could have been something big on the race track.”
It’s long been rumored and speculated that in the early stages of the Earnhardt children’s racing career, Kelley was the one who had the most potential.
However, she climbed out of the racing seat and went into a different role within the racing industry.
Read MoreNASCAR team owner Richard Childress says he has cars sitting in his museum, not at an auction
Three Dale Earnhardt cars are rolling across the auction block today. Comments from NASCAR team owner Richard Childress have left us to believe the cars could not genuine.
Today, a 20-car collection is set to roll across the auction block.
Read MoreDale Earnhardt race cars join massive 20-car collection at auction this week; It includes the car that claimed his 7th NASCAR championship
If you don’t know anything about NASCAR, you still know the famed black No. 3 machine.
The Earnhardt Collection is set to roll across the auction block.
Read MoreDale Earnhardt commissioned this custom yacht before he passed
On February 18, 2001, Dale Earnhardt lost his life on the final lap of the Daytona 500. The sport lost the face of NASCAR in tragedy.
Before that, Earnhardt had a custom built yacht commissioned. It’s a 100′ sea cruiser that goes by the name ‘Sunday Money’.
Read MoreThe number 8 makes a full-time return to the NASCAR Cup Series in 2019
In the 1950’s Ralph Earnhardt piloted a No. 8 machine at dirt tracks across the country. In 1975, his son Dale Earnhardt made his first NASCAR start. He piloted the No. 8 that day at Charlotte Motor Speedway before he made the switch to the No.
Read MoreAustin Dillon kept his Dale Earnhardt throwback a secret until it was unloaded, just like the original
Austin Dillon will run Dale Earnhardt’s Quicksilver paint scheme this weekend at Darlington Raceway. Earnhardt ran the scheme in 1995 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
“We had fun in the past with the throwback.
Read MoreDale Earnhardt was testing the waters with Martin; They both ended up wrecked in a practice session
Mark Martin is known as the gentleman’s racer. If you had a faster car, it wasn’t uncommon for Mark Martin to wave you by.
Martin spent 31 years in the NASCAR Cup Series.
Read MoreDale Earnhardt Jr stole $80 from his dad’s coin jar, was expelled from school and also got the belt (a few times)
Before being fired from his dad’s dealership and sent to work on race cars, Dale Jr up to his nose in mischievous things. If there was trouble, the young Dale Earnhardt Jr would find it.
Read MoreDale Earnhardt Sr once threw a shoe at Dale Earnhardt Jr after they traded paint in the race
Dale Earnhardt Jr on racing his father: “There were a lot of instances where we butted heads at the race track.”
Dale Earnhardt Sr was known as the intimidator.
Read MoreKevin Harvick wasn’t sure if people would be offended by his Atlanta win celebration in 2001
In 2001, NASCAR lost Dale Earnhardt. In his place, rookie Kevin Harvick filled the seat of the 2.9 car. It wasn’t quite the #3 car but close…
The black was replaced with white.
Read MoreAustin Dillon was in victory lane with Earnhardt in 1998: “I was just having fun collecting hats and crawling on the trophy.”
It took 20 years for Dale Earnhardt Sr to find victory lane in the Daytona 500. Twenty years after that win, Austin Dillon has returned the #3 to the Daytona 500 winners column.
Read MoreThe new Goodyear commercial features a brief clip of Dale Earnhardt Jr’s dirt racing days
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Feb. 14, 2018) – Goodyear and Earnhardt. Two names that have been connected for decades across multiple generations. Goodyear brings that sentiment to life with a new piece of advertising celebrating the legacy of Dale Earnhardt Jr.
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