MORE DALE EARNHARDT

MORE DALE EARNHARDT

Dale Earnhardt & Dale Jr “Please wear the sponsor’s hat” 2000 #nascar #racing

Dale Earnhardt 360 spin and only loses 1 spot #nascar #save #motorsport #sport

Dale Earnhardt “Nobody does that move better” #nascar #racing

The Man in BLUE?

The Day Dale Earnhardt Died

This man is different 😅 #automobile #nascarchronicles #nascardriver #nascarclassics #nascarhistory

I remember dad telling me and Michael how we were going to win the Daytona 500 Dale Jr #story

Dale Earnhardt spins, crashes out of the 1999 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 500 #nascar #shorts

Photo finish! Dale Earnhardt edges Bobby Labonte for his 75 Victory Atlanta 2000 NASCAR #nascar

Probation and Fined Dale Earnhardt on wrecking Darrell Waltrip Richmond 1986 NASCAR #nascar

Run it wide open if your in his way well tough Dale Earnhardt Richard Petty #nascar #daleearnhardt

THEY WERE SCARED OF HIM LOL Darell Waltrip on Dale Earnhardt NASCAR #daleearnhardt #scared #funny

Kurt Busch gets a bump and run by Dale Earnhardt in the 2000 Pennzoil 400 #nascar #shorts

I was gonna get EVEN with Dale Earnhardt

I should had won that dam race! Michael Waltrip tells Dale Earnhardt 2001 Daytona Gatorade Duel

Earnhardt's final win #shorts

DALE EARNHARDT 🏎️ 🏁 #nascar #daleearnhardt #short

Dale Earnhardt makes the "pass in the grass" 😎 #NASCAR #earnhardt #racing

Dale Earnhardt Sr. drove that? #shorts

How to Piss Off Dale Earnhardt #Shorts

Chocolate Myers & Kirk Shelmerdine think Dale Earnhardt could have won every race in 1987.🏆

Dale Earnhardt gives classic interview after crash #shorts

Dale Earnhardt On Why He Wore Open Face Helmets #shorts #nascar

Scary Moments in Racing History: The Tragic Loss of Dale Earnhardt #shorts

Dale Earnhardt Qualifying Run 2000 Daytona 500 NASCAR #nascar #daleearnhardt #daytona500

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More entries from TARJ

• Angel in Black: Remembering Dale Earnhardt Sr.

(a book of great stories about the Intimidator)

• Then Junior Said to Jeff...

(the book of great NASCAR stories)

• My best day as a sports writer

• Jeff Gordon's milk toast to Dale Earnhardt

• Wayne Auton: A life in racing

EDITOR@WORK blog entries 

• You really DO need an editor

• Reminders for would-be novelists

• What I do when I'm editing

• What I charge (it's a deal) and what I edit

• Slogging through the Internet

• J-school: More eyes on your stories

• J-school: Go out and learn

Entries from The Dog Blog

• Katie cried

• Growl and pull

• 13-plus years with my dog Lady

• ... said the spider to ...

• The Dog Diary (2014)

• OOH! OOH! The stereophonic huskies

• What Lady and Michael Jackson had in common

More blog entries by Tom Gillispie

• Resume for a writer and editor

• An editor's views on powerful writing

• Advice for be and would-be novelists

• Links to TG's stories online

• Favorite quotes

• What I do when I'm editing

Anecdotes by Tom Gillispie

• Wipeout at Death Valley

• Days with rainbows

• A desperate writer working in the dark

• Yer outta there!

A WILD RIDE AT DARLINGTON

THIS STORY HAPPENED LONG BEFORE THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN

In 1998, my friend Tommy Dampier and I wanted to go from the infield at Darlington Raceway to the press box, but we couldn't park near the press box. So we bummed a ride with a young temporary worker who was driving a golf cart.

Big mistake.

We went charging and bumping along, with me on the back, desperately holding onto my laptop with one hand and my seat with the other. I was terrified of bouncing out; you could easily get hurt or worse hitting that gravel at that speed.

And I wasn't even wearing a helmet.

Fortunately, we made it. We thudded to a stop, and I got out and swore that I'd never do that again.

I later learned that the kid wound up racing at Florence Motor Speedway the  next season. I wasn't surprised. I hope he had smoother rides ON the racetrack.

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FIND MY BOOKS ONLINE

EMAIL: tgilli52@gmail.com   BLUESKY: PROFILE

More entries from TARJ

• Angel in Black: Remembering Dale Earnhardt Sr.

(a book of great stories about the Intimidator)

• Then Junior Said to Jeff...

(the book of great NASCAR stories)

• My best day as a sports writer

• Jeff Gordon's milk toast to Dale Earnhardt

• Wayne Auton: A life in racing

EDITOR@WORK blog entries 

• You really DO need an editor

• Reminders for would-be novelists

• What I do when I'm editing

• What I charge (it's a deal) and what I edit

• Slogging through the Internet

• J-school: More eyes on your stories

• J-school: Go out and learn

Entries from The Dog Blog

• Katie cried

• Growl and pull

• 13-plus years with my dog Lady

• ... said the spider to ...

• The Dog Diary (2014)

• OOH! OOH! The stereophonic huskies

• What Lady and Michael Jackson had in common

More blog entries by Tom Gillispie

• Resume for a writer and editor

• An editor's views on powerful writing

• Advice for be and would-be novelists

• Links to TG's stories online

• Favorite quotes

• What I do when I'm editing

Anecdotes by Tom Gillispie

• Wipeout at Death Valley

• Days with rainbows

• A desperate writer working in the dark

• Yer outta there!

Links to the WINSTON CUP MUSEUM

                         Links to the WINSTON CUP MUSEUM

                                     in Winston-Salem, N.C.

Winston Cup Museum Full Tour: His Father Brought Winston To NASCAR! (Unseen Vintage Pictures)

Winston Cup Museum Walk Through

Winston Cup Museum opens

Zach's toys; a look at a Winston Cup Museum exhibit

 

Back Up to Speed; the Winston Cup Museum reopens (a magazine story from 2016) 

Winston Cup Museum website 

Visiting the Winston Cup Museum

Winston Cup Museum opens to public for the first time since the pandemic

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FIND MY BOOKS ONLINE

EMAIL: tgilli52@gmail.com   BLUESKY: PROFILE

More entries from TARJ

• Angel in Black: Remembering Dale Earnhardt Sr.

(a book of great stories about the Intimidator)

• Then Junior Said to Jeff...

(the book of great NASCAR stories)

• My best day as a sports writer

• Jeff Gordon's milk toast to Dale Earnhardt

• Wayne Auton: A life in racing

EDITOR@WORK blog entries 

• You really DO need an editor

• Reminders for would-be novelists

• What I do when I'm editing

• What I charge (it's a deal) and what I edit

• Slogging through the Internet

• J-school: More eyes on your stories

• J-school: Go out and learn

Entries from The Dog Blog

• Katie cried

• Growl and pull

• 13-plus years with my dog Lady

• ... said the spider to ...

• The Dog Diary (2014)

• OOH! OOH! The stereophonic huskies

• What Lady and Michael Jackson had in common

More blog entries by Tom Gillispie

• Resume for a writer and editor

• An editor's views on powerful writing

• Advice for be and would-be novelists

• Links to TG's stories online

• Favorite quotes

• What I do when I'm editing

Anecdotes by Tom Gillispie

• Wipeout at Death Valley

• Days with rainbows

• A desperate writer working in the dark

• Yer outta there!

Derrike Cope was a Daytona 500 winner in the 10

DERRIKE COPE HAD JUST WON THE DAYTONA 500 the week before I started writing about NASCAR for what was then called the Charleston News and Courier (it later became the Post and Courier).

Dale Earnhardt was about to get his first Daytona 500 win in February of 1990, but he ran over debris from Rick Wilson's car and busted a tire on the last lap and finished the race in turn three. Cope grabbed an unlikely victory in Bob Whitcomb's No. 10 Chevrolet.

And that's what we're talking about here, No. 10 Cup cars.

Cope won another Cup race, that one at Dover, but he's not the most successful driver who raced a 10 car. That would be Ricky Rudd, who posted six wins and 31 top-five finishes in the 10.

Aric Almirola, Johnny Benson Jr. and Greg Sacks posted one win each in 10 cars. Almirola is the current 10 driver, and Bill Champion had the most starts (243) in the 10.

With all due respect to Rudd, the most famous recent 10 driver might be Danica Patrick, who posted no wins, no top-fives and seven top-10s in the 10. She made 190 starts from 2012 to 2017.

All-time greats like Cale Yarborough, Bill Elliott, Rex White, Terry Labonte, Bobby Labonte, Buddy Baker and Tiny Lund raced No. 10 cars.

Related posts
On the Mark (with Mark Martin)
The 1 was not a lonely number in Cup racing
The 2 has been a winning car Number in NASCAR

Earnhardt made the 3 an intimidating number
The 4 was a good number in the Daytona 500
Terry Labonte was the winniingest driver in the 5 car
MARK MARTIN was a BIG-TIME driver in the 6 CARS
Alan Kulwicki was a CHAMPION in the No. 7 Fords
DALE EARNHARDT JR. was one of the big winners in the 8 car

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More entries from TARJ

• Angel in Black: Remembering Dale Earnhardt Sr.

(a book of great stories about the Intimidator)

• Then Junior Said to Jeff...

(the book of great NASCAR stories)

• My best day as a sports writer

• Jeff Gordon's milk toast to Dale Earnhardt

• Wayne Auton: A life in racing

EDITOR@WORK blog entries 

• You really DO need an editor

• Reminders for would-be novelists

• What I charge (it's a deal) and what I edit

• What I do when I'm editing

• Slogging through the Internet

• J-school: More eyes on your stories

• J-school: Go out and learn•

Entries from The Dog Blog

• Katie cried

• Growl and pull

• 12 years with my dog Lady

• ... said the spider to ...

• The Dog Diary (2014)

• YIP! YIP! The stereo-sound huskies

• What Lady and Michael Jackson had in common

More blog entries by Tom Gillispie

• Resume for a writer and editor

• An editor's views on powerful writing

• Advice for be and would-be novelists

• Links to TG's stories online

• Favorite quotes

• What I do when I'm editing

Anecdotes by Tom Gillispie

• Wipeout at Death Valley

• Days with rainbows

• A desperate writer working in the dark

• Yer outta there!