Remembering Dale Earnhardt:

Final Career Statistics

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Dale Earnhardt - Final career statistics...
(More statistics, facts, and records below chart...  including IROC)

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Year
Races
Run
Wins
Final
Point
Standing
Top
5
Top
10
Poles
Money
Won
Total
Points
Bonus
Points
Points
Per
Race
DNFs
Races
Led
Laps
Led
Lead
Lap
Miles
Driven
1975
1
0
n/a
0
0
0
$1,925
97
0
97.0
0
0
0
0
533
1976
2
0
n/a
0
0
0
$3,085
225
0
112.5
2
0
0
0
558
1977
1
0
n/a
0
0
0
$1,375
49
0
49.0
1
0
0
0
38
1978
5
0
41st
1
2
0
$20,145
660
0
132.0
0
0
0
0
2,366
1979
27
1
7th
11
17
4
$264,086
3,749
85
138.9
4
16
604
6
9,357
1980
31
5
1st
19
24
0
$588,926
4,661
140
150.4
4
25
1,185
13
11,136
1981
31
0
7th
9
17
0
$347,113
3,975
65
128.2
10
12
300
7
10,062
1982
30
1
12th
7
12
1
$375,325
3,402
110
113.4
18
18
1,062
6
7,787
1983
30
2
8th
9
14
0
$446,272
3,732
105
124.4
13
19
1,027
8
8,946
1984
30
2
4th
12
22
0
$616,788
4,265
80
142.2
2
16
446
10
10,850
1985
28
4
8th
10
16
1
$546,596
3,561
105
127.2
9
17
1,237
9
9,149
1986
29
5
1st
16
23
1
$1,783,880
4,468
165
154.1
4
26
2,127
15
11,164
1987
29
11
1st
21
24
1
$2,099,243
4,696
200
161.9
2
27
3,358
23
10,898
1988
29
3
3rd
13
19
0
$1,214,089
4,256
135
146.8
1
20
1,808
17
11,314
1989
29
5
2nd
14
19
0
$1,435,730
4,164
140
143.6
2
22
2,735
19
10,796
1990
29
9
1st
18
23
4
$3,083,056
4,430
160
152.8
1
22
2,438
20
10,955
1991
29
4
1st
14
21
0
$2,396,685
4,287
120
147.8
2
20
1,125
17
11,435
1992
29
1
12th
6
15
1
$915,463
3,574
45
123.2
4
9
483
9
10,198
1993
30
6
1st
17
21
2
$3,353,789
4,526
150
150.9
2
21
1,475
21
11,808
1994
31
4
1st
20
25
2
$3,300,733
4,694
130
151.4
3
23
1,014
22
11,409
1995
31
5
2nd
19
23
3
$3,154,241
4,580
140
147.7
2
24
1,583
22
11,714
1996
31
2
4th
13
17
2
$2,285,926
4,327
105
139.6
2
18
614
21
11,523
1997
32
0
5th
7
16
0
$2,151,909
4,216
55
131.8
0
10
220
21
12,509
1998
33
1
8th
5
13
0
$2,990,749
3,928
75
119.0
3
14
273
16
12,278
1999
34
3
7th
7
21
0
$3,048,236
4,492
45
132.1
3
8
230
22
12,762
2000
34
2
2nd
13
24
0
$4,918,886
4,865
85
143.1
0
17
353
28
13,184
2001
1
0
57th
0
0
0
$296,833
132
5
132.0
1
1
16
0
499.5
Total
676
76
-
281
428
22
$41,641,084
94,011
2,445
139.1
95
405
25,713
352
245,227.5

~PLUS 27 YEARS OF MEMORIES~

More Dale Earnhardt statistics, facts, and records...
(IROC stats are located near the bottom.)

Average race start:
12.90 - (His best year was 1990. Dale won a career high
four poles that year for an average starting position of 5.86.)

Average race finish:
11.06 - (His best year was in 1987.  Dale won a career high 11
races for an average finish of 5.93.)  Record (modern era)

Laps led: 25,713
Percent of laps led: 11.77.%
Top Fives: 281  Record (modern era)
Top Tens: 428  Record (modern era)
Races led: 405  Record (modern era)

Track where he won the most poles:
Atlanta Motor Speedway (He won 5 of his 22 poles there.)

Wins in "The Winston" All Star Race: Record (Tie with Jeff Gordon)
Wins in the Budweiser Shoot-out / Busch Clash: Record

Wins in the Daytona Twin 125s: 12 (Earnhardt won 12 of 23 Twin 125s that he competed in for an amazing record win percentage of 52.2%.  If that wasn't remarkable enough, he won ten of them consecutively in a ten year period from 1990 - 1999.  That is an amazing record that will likely never be surpassed.)  Record

Short track wins: 27
One mile oval track wins: 113
Speedway wins: 23  Record
Super Speedway wins: 18  Record
Road course wins: 1
Wins at Atlanta Motor Speedway: Record
Wins at Bristol: 9 (Second place, only one driver has more, Darrell Waltrip who has 12.)
Wins at Darlington Raceway: Record (modern era)

Wins at Daytona (Cup points races only): 3 (While his three victories at Daytona are far from a record, Dale does hold the record for many other categories at this track, including: money won, total points earned, average finish, top fives, top tens, laps led, % laps led, races led, times led, times led most laps, bonus points earned, points earned per race, and lead lap finishes.)

Wins at Daytona (Counting non points events and other series): 34  Record
Wins at Dover: 3
Wins at Indianapolis Motor Speedway: 1
Wins at Lowe's Motor Speedway: 5
Wins at Martinsville: 6 (Second place, only one driver has more, Darrell Waltrip who has 11.)
Wins at Michigan International Speedway: 2
Wins at Nashville Speedway (No longer on Cup schedule): 2
Wins at Rockingham's North Carolina Speedway: 3
Wins at North Wilkesboro Speedway (No longer on Cup schedule): 5

Wins at Phoenix International Raceway: 1

Wins at Pocono Raceway: 2

Wins at Richmond: 5 (Fifth place, four drivers have six wins
there: Bobby Allison, Richard Petty, Darrell Waltrip, and Rusty Wallace.)

Wins at Sears Point (Now known as Infineon Raceway): 1

Wins at Talladega Super Speedway: 10 (Dale owns the record for almost every category at this track, including: money won, average finish, % of races won, top fives, top tens, laps led, % laps led, races led, times led, times led most laps, bonus points earned, and lead lap finishes.  Earnhardt's last win was at Talladega in 2000.)  Record

One mile oval track top tens: 68  Record
One mile oval races led: 63  Record
One mile oval times led: 181  Record
One mile oval bonus points earned: 350  Record
Speedway points earned: 20,093  Record
Speedway average finish: 11.9  Record
Speedway top fives: 61  Record
Speedway top tens: 83  Record
Speedway laps led: 6,818  Record
Speedway races led: 90  Record
Speedway times led: 362  Record
Speedway times led most laps: 24  Record
Speedway bonus points earned: 570  Record
Speedway points per race: 136.7  Record
Speedway lead lap finishes: 68  Record
Super Speedway points earned: 25,715  Record
Super Speedway top fives: 72  Record
Super Speedway top tens: 118  Record
Super Speedway laps led: 3,955  Record
Super Speedway races led: 127  Record
Super Speedway times led: 532  Record
Super Speedway times led most laps: 23  Record
Super Speedway bonus points earned: 750  Record
Super Speedway lead lap finishes: 110  Record
Road course top tens: 31  Record
Road course lead lap finishes: 40  Record
 
 

IROC - International Race Of Champions -
- Dale Earnhardt career statistics -

.................................Championships: 4
.................................Wins: 11
.................................Races run: 57
.................................Win percentage: 19%
.................................Average finish: 5.4
.................................Top fives: 33
.................................DNFs: 7
.................................Races led: 26
.................................Laps led: 265
.................................Percent of laps led: 10.5
.................................Total laps completed: 2,197
.................................Percent of total laps completed: 89.16
.................................Total Points earned: 702
.................................Points earned per race: 12.3
.................................Total bonus points: 61

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