Dale Earnhardt

Dale Earnhardt - What else do you need to say? The man who grew up to be the Intimidator, the One Tough Customer, learned by watching his father make a living work on race cars and drive race cars on tracks all over the south. During "hot laps" Dale would sit in the passenger side of his father, Ralph's car holding on to the rollbars while Ralph warmed the car up. When it was time to pick up speed, Ralph would pull in the pits and Dale would climb out. Dale started his career at Concord Speedway & Metrolina Speedway. He began in a 55 Ford and then a Falcon similar to the model pictured below.

You can attribute his mastery of car control and his desire to win to his roots on Carolina dirt tracks.

	This photo was from Dale's early years on dirt. This was taken on the front stretch of Concord Speedway.
	A photo from a Concord Speedway program shows Ralph, Dale, & Randy with Ralph's 55 Chevrolet.
	This is a model of the Ford Falcon Dale drove early in his career. The model was built by Jackie Sims.

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