Jimmy Spencer on Dale Earnhardt Jr
Jimmy Spencer thinks he knows what is wrong with the No. 88 team.
Jimmy Spencer knows what is keeping Dale Earnhardt Jr out of Victory Lane. He knows why the 88 is not winning Championships and contending for wins.
Do you want to know what Jimmy Spencer said?
Spencer has a new show on SPEED called What’s The Deal.
Last night on the show Jimmy Spencer said “I don’t believe it is the 88 team. I believe it is Junior himself.”
You can take that for what it’s worth. It comes from a man with 2 career wins in NASCAR’s Cup Series.
Do you agree or disagree with Spencer’s opinion? Post your thoughts here and I’ll forward them on to SPEED
Dale Earnhardt Shooting Star
9 Years Ago We Lost Dale Earnhardt
Please share your thoughts about Dale.
What if Dale Earnhardt Did Not Drive for Richard Childress?
What if Dale Earnhardt had Driven for Junior Johnson Instead of Richard Childress?
Rick Houston over at NASCAR.com asks Richard Childress a very important question.
How would Richard Childress Racing have turned out if Dale Earnhardt had raced for Junior Johnson instead of Childress?
“You’ll never know,” said Childress.” Dale was a huge player.”
The article details how Junior Johnson had a deal with Earnhardt, and how Dale nearly went to drive for Johnson before sponsor conflicts came to a head.
Junior Johnson surely regrets the deal he brokered to send Earnhardt to the No. 3 car instead of a Junior Johnson car.
So do the sponsors who refused to back Earnhardt as his career was getting started.
Richard Childress would not have 6 NASCAR Championships without Dale Earnhardt.
But that street goes both ways. Earnhardt and Childress had a chemistry that would have never existed between Dale Earnhardt and Junior Johnson.
Dale Earnhardt would never have 7 NASCAR Championships without Richard Childress.
Dale Earnhardt Original Winning Car
Authentic Dale Earnhardt Race Winning Car to be Sold
You see a lot of cars like this that were show cars or replicas – but this one is the real deal. The car is for sale on eBay.
It comes with documentation showing that the car was built by Richard Childress Racing and raced by Dale Earnhardt.
It’s a 1990 Chevy Lumina that Dale won the Atlanta 500 in. The car was named Iron Head by Earnhardt’s crew. If you look closely you will see where the crew engraved the name Iron Head.
Dale Earnhardt’s First RCR Win
Dale Earnhardt’s First Win in the No. 3
Dale Earnhardt was happy to run 2nd in the Talladega 500 – at least up until turn 3 on the White Flag Lap.
Earnhardt’s right foot must have been through the floorboard on that final lap, because he passed Terry Labonte like he was standing still. Dale had the pedal to the metal.
Watch Dale Earnhardt win his first race for Richard Childress. Dale drove the No. 3 to Victory lane for the first time in the 1984 Talladega 500.
Talladega was not one of Earnhardt’s best race tracks. He only won there 10 times in 44 starts.
Earnhardt had 23 top 5 finishes and 3 poles at the 2.66 mile Alabama track.
Earnhardt Talladega Win Impossible
Earnhardt Talladega Win Impossible
If you are running 17th at Talladega with 5 laps to go you are not going to win. It’s impossible. You might as well park the race car. You ain’t gonna win. Nobody is that good.
Unless your name is Earnhardt.
This was Dale Earnhardt’s last win.
As I stood there watching the final few laps unfold I remember thinking that Dale’s not gonna win this one, even though he had always been so strong at Talladega.
Then with 4 laps to go the No. 3 was a little closer to the front.
With 3 laps to go Dale was closer still.
When the white flag flew Dale was in the lead.
How is that possible?
Black Number 3 Returning to NASCAR
Richard Childress Bringing Back the Black No. 3
A black No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet will race in NASCAR this weekend for the first time since Dale Earnhardt ran his last Daytona 500 in 2001.
Austin Dillon – Grandson of Richard Childress – will drive a black No. 3 Chevy Truck in Saturday’s Camping World Truck Series race at Iowa Speedway.
If Dillon’s career takes him to the Sprint Cup Series I fully expect him to be behind the wheel of the No. 3 car then, too.
Some Earnhardt fans will be unhappy about this decision — but the No. 3 was Richard Childress’ number before it was Dale Earnhardt’s.
Childress had 285 NASCAR starts before he stepped out of the No. 3 car and put Earnhardt behind the wheel. But it took Earnhardt to drive the car to 6 championships.
Are you happy to see the No. 3 back on the track even though someone whose last name is not Earnhardt is behind the wheel of it?
Dale Earnhatdt 3 Truck
Spotted on eBay: Dale Earnhardt No. 3 Truck
Here’a a 1997 Chevy pickup with an authentic Dale Earnhardt Black No. 3 paint scheme that I found on eBay. If I had this truck I would be driving it to the Atlanta race on Labor Day Weekend — It’s a cool looking truck.
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Dale Earnhardt Wins Daytona 500
Greatest Moments in NASCAR: Dale Earnhardt Wins Daytona 500
Dale Earnhardt does everything he has to do to win the Daytona 500. Earnhardt dominated the race’s final laps — and in those days when the caution flag flew the driver’s still raced back to the finish line. Every man on every crew came out to congratulate Dale.
Dale Earnhardt Roller Coaster
Want to ride the Dale Earnhardt Intimidator 305 Roller Coaster?
Kings Dominion amusement park just outside Richmond, Virginia is preparing to open the Intimidator 305 – a Dale Earnhardt themed Giga-coaster that will be the tallest and fastest coaster on the East Coast.
The first drop on the Intimidator 305 is 300 feet – and it reaches a top speed of 92 mph.
The $25 million ride has 6 airtime humps and 3 high speed turns.
All that kinda sounds like a lap around Bristol.
The ride opens up next April. Will I see you there in line to ride it?
