Dale Earnhardt Jr.
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Earnhardt Jr. at the 2015 Toyota/Save Mart 350
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| Born | Ralph Dale Earnhardt Jr. October 10, 1974 Kannapolis, North Carolina |
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| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||
| Weight | 165 lb (75 kg) | ||||||
| Achievements |
1998, 1999 Busch Series Champion 2004, 2014 Daytona 500 Winner 2000 The Winston Winner 2003, 2008 Budweiser Shootout Winner 2003, 2004, 2008, 2015, 2016 Can-Am Duel Winner |
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| Awards |
2003–2016 Sprint Cup Series Most Popular Driver (14 times) 1999 Busch Series Most Popular Driver |
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| Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
| 600 races run over 19 years | |||||||
| Car no., team | No. 88 (Hendrick Motorsports) | ||||||
| 2016 position | 32nd | ||||||
| Best finish | 3rd (2003) | ||||||
| First race | 1999 Coca-Cola 600 (Charlotte) | ||||||
| Last race | 2017 Auto Club 400 (Fontana) | ||||||
| First win | 2000 DirecTV 500 (Texas) | ||||||
| Last win | 2015 Quicken Loans Race for Heroes 500 (Phoenix) | ||||||
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| 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) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of March 19, 2017. | |||||||
Ralph Dale Earnhardt Jr. (born October 10, 1974), known professionally as Dale Earnhardt Jr., Dale Jr., or just Junior, is an American professional driver and champion team owner. He is the son of NASCAR Hall of Fame member Dale Earnhardt Sr. 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.
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