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Ralph Earnhardt

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the winner and Earnhardt in second. As Earnhardt competed at the track weekly, the crowd erupted into a near-riot as it was believed the popular driver had been robbed of a win in his Grand National debut. Soda bottles were thrown onto the track before Earnhardt addressed the crowd by microphone and declared he was satisfied with the scoring explanation.
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At the May 6th Rebel 400 at Darlington, Earnhardt again ran well. He led six laps, but finished three laps behind the leaders. Earnhardt again believed there was a scoring error that cost him additional positions. "In the Rebel 300, I was leading and I made a fast pit stop. Well, nobody passed me and
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Earnhardt is considered one of NASCAR's all-time winningest drivers with over 350 NASCAR-sanctioned victories. In addition to his driving accomplishments, he served as a mentor to other racers of his time. A skilled craftsman, he built cars and engines for his competitors and served as a teammate and
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Earnhardt died from a second heart attack on September 26, 1973, at the age of 45 in the kitchen of his house. Dale Earnhardt later said, "He had just got the house paid for and he didn't have no bills on his racing equipment. He was gonna lay back and take it easy. And then he had a heart attack...
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Earnhardt was the first car builder/driver to understand and use the tire stagger. Unlike his competitors, Earnhardt was meticulously prepared and had a fleet of five race cars: two Sportsman cars for asphalt tracks, two Sportsman cars for dirt tracks, and one Modified car. He estimated that he made
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for much of the event. On the final lap, the flagman incorrectly waved the white flag for Earnhardt, showing him as the leader, before being corrected by a fellow scorer. This created a confusion where the crowd thought Earnhardt was the race leader and was outraged when Speedy Thompson was declared
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Earnhardt made his debut for the Cotton Owens team at the Atlanta 500 in March. He finished in third place, but believed a scoring error cost him the victory. "I thought I won, Cotton said I won, even the scorers said I won. But I didn't get the money. According to the final tabulation, Bob Burdick
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Earnhardt won the Hickory track championship for the fifth time in 1959, winning 22 of 24 races he entered. At the end of the season, the track informed Ralph that he would no longer able to compete there as his constant winning affected track attendance. "That was a period of my greatest success,"
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Earnhardt began racing in 1949, and in 1953 it became his full-time occupation. Earnhardt got his start in racing when he was asked to help build an engine for a local driver. "A boy in Kannapolis wanted me to help him build a racing engine. When we finished it, I got in, revved it up and took off.
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In 1969, Earnhardt left NASCAR competition and competed at the unsanctioned tracks of Metrolina and Concord. He had grown tired of driving to South Carolina to compete at tracks such as Columbia and Greenville-Pickens. Between 1969 and 1972, Earnhardt won four consecutive track championships at
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Earnhardt was hospitalized in early 1973 with heart problems. Dale Earnhardt later explained, "Dad had been in the hospital with heart trouble and he was on blood thinners and pills and a special diet. But he had come home and was doing better. In fact he had even been out in the race shop."
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Earnhardt led 75 laps in the 1961 World 600 and finished 11th. He drove a total of eight races for the Owens before leaving the team at the end of the season. In 1961, Earnhardt had his highest points finish by finishing 17th in the Grand National point standings.
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Health problems forced Earnhardt into a partial retirement in 1973. While he was recovering, Stick Elliott drove Earnhardt's cars and won several races. Earnhardt returned to driving in the summer and won a pair of races at Concord Speedway on June 23 and July 7.
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Earnhardt drove an additional 33 Grand National races between 1962 and 1964 before returning to Sportsman racing full-time. In 1967, he was the reigning South Carolina state champion, and track champion at Columbia Speedway and Greenville-Pickens Speedway.
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For 1959, Earnhardt competed in NASCAR's new Limited Sportsman Division, a division created to phase out the 1930s Coupes from Sportsman racing. Earnhardt won over 60 races and claimed NASCAR's Limited Sportsman Championship.
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Ford factory-backed team to run on the Grand National circuit in 1957. Earnhardt turned down the offer, reportedly due to the travel involved, being away from his family, and the money he was making as a Sportsman driver.
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The man who owned the car (a 1934 Ford coupe) offered me a chance to drive it. I ran third in the heat race the first time I got on a track then won the consolation and finished fourth in the main event."
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Earnhardt finished second in the 1955 NASCAR Sportsman National Standings behind Billy Myers. In 1956, Earnhardt won the Sportsman National championship, having won 34 of his 76 starts that year.
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needed a relief driver and requested Earnhardt. Earnhardt drove the car to a fifth-place finish. This led to additional races driving for Owens throughout the 1961 Grand National season.
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In 1989, Earnhardt was inducted into the National Motorsports Press Association's Hall of Fame at Darlington, South Carolina. In 1997, he was inducted
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at Metrolina Speedway in a race with cars from semi mod and sportsman divisions. Earnhardt won 350 NASCAR races in different series.
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and was gone. He had worked so hard. I think the racing, all the hard work and the worry, caused the strain and the heart attack."
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Earnhardt recalled in 1964. "They won't let me run there anymore. They said I monopolized once and I'd monopolize it again."
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on that same day. Earnhardt won the pole position as the race's fastest qualifier in his debut, but trailed
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In 1960, Earnhardt repeated as NASCAR's Limited Sportsman champion, and won over 50 races that season.
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An early mentor of Earnhardt's was Red Vogt who helped him get a good engine and gave advice.
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Earnhardt finished second in the 1958 National Sportsman Championship standings behind
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As a result of his performance at Hickory, Earnhardt received an offer from the
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a $ 9,000 profit in 1959 (over $ 95,000 in 2024 money adjusted for inflation).
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and patriarch of the Earnhardt racing family. He was the father of seven-time
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debut at Hickory in November 1956. He was serving as a replacement for
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In mid-1957, Earnhardt entered Grand National competition driving for
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finished first. I guess you just can't beat an educated pencil."
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National Motorsports Press Association's Hall of Fame (1989)
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at Talladega, Alabama. In 1998, Earnhardt was named one of
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I finished eighth. We still haven't figured that one out."
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who was committed to racing in a Grand National event at
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Biography at the Daytona Beach Stockcar Hall of Fame
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Index

Kannapolis, North Carolina
Sportsman Division
Champion
International Motorsports Hall of Fame
NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers
National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame
NASCAR's 75 Greatest Drivers
NASCAR
Cup Series
1961
1956 Buddy Shuman 250
Hickory
1964
Concord
Poles
stock car racer
NASCAR Cup Series
Dale Earnhardt
grandfather
Kerry Earnhardt
Kelley Earnhardt Miller
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Bobby Isaac

German ancestry
NASCAR Grand National
Fireball Roberts
Willow Springs International Motorsports Park
Speedy Thompson
Holman-Moody

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