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Dale Earnhardt, Jr.

Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Earnhardt Jr. at the 2015 Toyota/Save Mart 350
Born Ralph Dale Earnhardt Jr.
(1974-10-10) October 10, 1974 (age 42)
Kannapolis, North Carolina
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight 165 lb (75 kg)
Achievements 1998, 1999 Busch Series Champion
2004, 2014 Daytona 500, 2017 Daytona 500 Winner
2000 The Winston Winner
2003, 2008 Budweiser Shootout Winner
2003, 2004, 2008, 2015, 2016 Can-Am Duel Winner
Awards 20032016 Sprint Cup Series Most Popular Driver (14 times)
1999 Busch Series Most Popular Driver
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career
595 races run over 18 years
Car no., team No. 88 (Hendrick Motorsports)
2016 position 32nd
Best finish 3rd (2003)
First race 1999 Coca-Cola 600 (Charlotte)
Last race 2016 Quaker State 400 (Kentucky)
First win 2000 DirecTV 500 (Texas)
Last win 2015 Quicken Loans Race for Heroes 500 (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles
27 253 13
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
137 races run over 20 years
Car no., team No. 88 (JR Motorsports)
2016 position 91st
Best finish 1st (1998, 1999)
First race 1996 Carolina Pride / Red Dog 250 (Myrtle Beach)
Last race 2016 Toyota Care 250 (Richmond)
First win 1998 Coca-Cola 300 (Texas)
Last win 2016 Toyota Care 250 (Richmond)
Wins Top tens Poles
24 90 10
Statistics current as of July 9, 2016.

Ralph Dale Earnhardt Jr. (born October 10, 1974), known professionally as Dale Earnhardt Jr., Dale Jr., or just Dale, is an American professional driver and champion team owner. He is the son of NASCAR Hall of Fame member Dale Earnhardt Jr. He is also the grandson of both NASCAR driver Ralph Earnhardt and stock car fabricator Robert Gee, the brother of Kelley Earnhardt-Miller, the half-brother of former driver Kerry Earnhardt, the uncle of driver Jeffrey Earnhardt, the stepson of Teresa Earnhardt, and the older half-brother of Taylor Nicole Earnhardt-Putnam.

Earnhardt's success at Daytona International Speedway throughout his career has earned him the nickname "Pied Piper" of Daytona. He is a two-time Daytona 500 winner, having won the races exactly 10 years apart (2004 and 2014), and has won the Most Popular Driver Award fourteen times (consecutively from 2003–2016). He has an estimated net worth of $300 million.

He currently drives the No. 88 Chevrolet SS in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series for Hendrick Motorsports and drives the No. 88 Chevrolet Camaro for his own team, JR Motorsports, in select events in the Xfinity Series. He had previously driven the No. 8 Chevrolet for Dale Earnhardt, Inc. (DEI), his father's team.

Earnhardt was born and raised in Kannapolis, North Carolina, the son of Brenda Lorraine (née Gee; born January 2, 1952) and Dale Earnhardt Sr. His maternal grandfather, Robert Gee Sr., was a NASCAR car builder. He is part German ancestry.


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