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According to official
NASCAR records Dale Earnhardt Jr has 17 Career wins
-- Here's to many more!
Win 1
First win
2000 DirecTV 500
Texas Motor Speedway
4/2/2000
Dale Earnhardt Jr’s first win in the cup series came on
April 2, 2000 in the DirecTV 500 held at Texas
Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas.
"I really didn't know what to expect this year,"
Earnhardt said. "I didn't know if we were going to kick
butt right out of the box or whether we were going to be
lousy for a year or two."
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Win 2
2000 Pontiac Excitement 400
May 6, 2000
Richmond International Speedway, Richmond, Virginia
Dale Earnhardt Jr captured his 2nd career win on just
his 16th attempt in the Pontiac Excitement 400 on May 6,
2000.
Junior led just 31 of 400 laps that Saturday night under
the lights in the Capitol of the Old South.
Hardly anyone gave Junior a chance to win when the
caution flag flew for the 9th and final time late in the
race. After all, he had yet to lead a lap.
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Win 3
2001 Pepsi 400
7/7/2001
Perhaps no victory is as emotional as the one Dale
Earnhardt scored on July 7, 2001 in the Pepsi 400 at
Daytona International Speedway. Not for the winning
team, the fans, or the other competitors.
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Win 4
2001 Cal Ripken Jr 400
Dover Downs International Speedway
Dover, DE
9/23/2001
The American flags were hard to miss on the day Dale
Earnhardt Jr captured his 4th career win after leading
193 laps at the Dover Monster Mile in the 2001 Cal
Ripken Jr 400.
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Win 5
EA Sports 500
Talladega Superspeedway
Talladega, AL
By the time the checkered flag fell on the final
restrictor plate race of the year everyone knew that the
Dale Earnhardt, Inc. race team knew something none of
the other teams did. How to be fastest on the big high
banked tracks.
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Win 6
2002 Aaron's 499 at Talladega Superspeedway
Talladega, AL
Setting a blistering pace Dale Earnhardt Jr left no
doubt who The Man was at Talladega. Junior led 133 of
the race’s 188 laps on his way to victory in the Aaron’s
499 at Talladega Superspeedway on April 21, 2002, his
2nd straight win at the Talladega Superspeedway.
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Win 7
2002 EA Sports 500
Talladega Superspeedway
Talladega, AL
Dale Earnhardt Jr captured his 3rd straight win at
Talladega in the EA Sports 500 on October 6, 2002.
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Win 8
2003 Aaron's 499
Talladega Superspeedway
Talladega, AL
April 6, 2003
When he was involved in a 27 car crash on lap 5 it
appeared Dale Earnhardt Jr had 2 chances of winning a
record breaking 4 straight races at Talladega. Slim and
none. Too bad no one told that to crew chief Tony Eury
and the gang working on the red No. 8 Budweiser
Chevrolet.
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Win 9
2003 Checker Auto Parts 500
Phoenix International Raceway
Phoenix, AZ
November 2 , 2003
Before his win on the 1 mile flat track that is Phoenix
International Raceway Dale Earnhardt Jr had made a name
as a restrictor plate ace with 24 of his 8 wins coming
on the high banks of Daytona and Talladega.
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Win 10
2004 Daytona 500
Daytona International Speedway
Daytona Beach, FL
In his 5th attempt in “The Great American Race” Dale
Earnhardt Jr captured the checkered flag for the 2004
Daytona 500 after starting from the No. 3 position on
the inside of the 2nd row.
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Win 11
2004 Golden Corral 500
Atlanta Motor Speedway
Hampton, GA
March 14, 2004
Dale Earnhardt Jr returned to Victory Lane exactly 1
week after posting an unimpressive 35th place finish in
the previous race in Las Vegas.
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Win 12
2004 Chevy American Revolution 400
Richmond International Raceway
Richmond, VA
May 15, 2004
It was Saturday night, under the lights, short track
racing and Dale Earnhardt Jr was ready to roll.
Earnhardt Jr scored win No. 12 of his Nextel Cup career
Saturday night under the lights at Richmond
International Raceway.
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Win 13
2004 Sharpie 500
Bristol Motor Speedway
Bristol, TN
August 28, 2004
For most of the 500 laps under the lights on Saturday
night everyone chased Dale Earnhardt Jr. He led 295 laps
while cruising to victory in the 2004 Sharpie 500 at
Bristol
This was Junior's first win since suffering burns to his
legs following a crash during an American Lemans road
course event at Sonoma in July.
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Win 14
2004 EA Sports 500
Talladega Superspeedway
Talladega, AL
October 3, 2004
When the caution flag fell just 8 laps from the finish
Dale Earnhardt Jr was on pit road for what was to be a
gas and go stop. Thinking fast, crew chief Tony Eury Jr
called for 2 tires in addition to the fuel.
While some drivers stayed out for track position during
this final caution, others opted to pit for fuel only.
This left Earnhardt in 11th position with only 5 laps
remaining when racing resumed.
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Win 15
2004 Checker Auto Parts 500
Phoenix International Raceway
Phoenix, AZ
November 7, 2004
With only 5 laps remaining no one seemed to have the
horsepower to catch race leader Dale Earnhardt Jr.
That's when the trouble began.
The last thing Dale Jr wanted to see was another yellow
flag, but when Casey Mears slammed the wall due to a
flat tire the caution was out. About the same time Robby
Gordon's engine exploded oiling down the track.
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Win 16
2005 USG Sheetrock 500
Chicagoland Speedway
Joliet, IL
July 10, 2005
Dale Earnhardt Jr didn't have the fastest car. It was
Matt Kenseth who dominated the race, leading 176 of 267
laps. Junior led only 11 in his victory at Chicagoland
Speedway.
"My guys won the race for me," Earnhardt said. "We
obviously didn't have the best car today. Matt Kenseth
did. I still thought he'd catch me and we'd get beat."
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Win 17
2006 Crown Royal 400
Richmond International Raceway
Richmond, VA
May 6, 2006
After 356 laps of 400 Dale Earnhardt Jr had led only 3
laps. Kevin Harvick had been the man to beat all night
long, but in the end that's just what Junior did.
Earnhardt never relinquished the lead over the final 44
laps.
The race had been uneventful for Earnhardt up to that
point. He had stayed near the front, but was never a
serious threat to Harvick until the final pit stop.
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2000 Winston All Star Race
Lowes Motor Speedway
Concord, NC
May 20, 2000
With a win at Texas just 7 weeks earlier Dale Earnhardt
Jr qualified to compete in the 2000 NASCAR Winston All
Star Race. After passing Dale Jarrett with 1 lap to go
he became the 1st rookie to win the event.
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