1998
In 1998 Dale did something that to this day is one of the most memorable moments in NASCAR history! On his twentieth attempt, Dale Earnhardt finally won the Daytona 500! This is honestly the first race I can remember watching from beginning to end, and seeing Dale WIN! It was the most awesome thing in the world, and now I was REALLY hooked on NASCAR racing! The win snapped a winless streak of 59 races, the longest of his career. Unfortunately, that was Dale's only win for the year. He didn't have a very good season, scoring just five top fives and 13 top ten finishes in 33 starts.
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This is Dale's 1998 Monte Carlo
on the left, and his special car from The Winston on the right...
Unfortunately, this cool looking
car was destroyed in a crash during that race!
Another view of the crash
Here is another picture of it.
This is one of my favorite special paint schemes.
This is Dale's car from the exhibition
race in Japan at the end of the 1998 Season.
The 1998 Japan exhibition race was
the first time that Dale Earnhardt and Dale Earnhardt Jr. competed against
each other in the same race! Earnhardt drove the #3 Coca-Cola car
owned by RCR, and Dale Jr. drove the #1 Coca-Cola owned by Dale Earnhardt
Inc. Dale Jr. finished ahead of his dad in the race.
1998 Daytona 500...
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Dale finally won the Daytona 500
on his 20th try! That was a really awesome day for NASCAR!
ALL the crews and car owners lined
pit road to congratulate him!
Dale was VERY happy... As
you can see...
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VICTORY LANE...
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Since he won the race, Daytona USA
took that car to display for one year
in their museum, as they do with
all Daytona 500 winning cars.
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Sweet Victory!
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This is the on board camera view
of all the people who came to congratulate Dale on his victory!
Virtually every member from every
crew lined pit road salute "The Intimidator."
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