Top 10 Dale Earnhardt Moments in NASCAR | NASCAR Legends

From winning the 1998 Daytona 500 to banging fenders with Terry Labonte at Bristol Motor Speedway, NASCAR.com has assembled some of the best moments from Dale Earnhardt's Hall of Fame career in this top 10 NASCAR Countdown.
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[marksmith]

A quick little story. In through the 90's I lived on Brumley Road about 1 1/2 from DEI, in Mooresville NC. We had a barn fire and the fire department came to put it out, as is customary an Ambulance was dispatched as well. It was a beautiful black ambulance with very small letters at the bottom of the fender said "This vehicle and equipment donated by Dale Earnhardt. Thanks again Dale.

[cyrussheets]

I met Dale Sr 3 times in my life. First time was in 1998 at Atlanta motor speedway with my dad, down in the pits on the day of qualifying. He shook my hand and spoke to me for a couple minutes about why I liked racing. The second time was at the Atlanta auto show in 1999, and I suspect he recognized my father (6 '7 300+ pounds, pony tail and big handlebar mustache...he stands out in any crowd) because he hollered out to us to come over and say hi. The third time was a month before the Daytona 500 wreck that took his life. My cousin had somehow managed to meet Dale Jr and started dating him, and I got invited to go to a cookout at the Earnhardts hunting/fishing property.

I won't pretend like we were friends, but somehow out of all the faces Sr ever saw and hands he shook and people he met...he managed to remember some scrawny little kid every time.

At first I like Sr because my dad did, then I liked Sr because I thought he was a badass, then I loved Sr because he was a genuine guy and never tried to be anything he wasn't.

[TheDCGuitar]

“The intimidator is scraped and beaten on the right side but HE WILL NOT...BE...DENIED...” that moment will always give me chills til the day I die.

[ChucksPullingVideos]

Man.. growing up in the 90s watching NASCAR was the best ever. Dale Earnhardt is my favorite driver of all time. The 90s was the magic decade for this sport. Super star drivers, amazing racing, venues jam packed with fans... just fantastic. I miss it.

[daleearnhardtsmustache]

To think this man once said that he’d only want people to remember him as just a good racer. Not a great racer, but a good racer. Now people revere him as one of if not the greatest of all time.

[Unique_Racing]

Dale isn’t gone, he’s just a lap ahead of everyone 😉

[awesomebighead]

Best call ever “20 years of trying, 20 years of frustration Dale Earnhardt wins the Daytona 500 20 plus years later and I still get s little choked up

[kennywhite]

When he won Daytona finally and everyone lined up on pit road to show there respect to him such a moving sight still gives me chills it's a shame he's gone now jr gone

[danoschannel]

Amazing how a short video can bring a 52 year old man to tears. Always loved watching him drive, long before he was The Intimidator he was known as Ironhead. After my dad passed away when I was 12, Dale was the only hero I had left. We just don't have people like that anymore.

[theredheadchronicles]

My uncle worked closely with Dale as his personal cameraman in the late 1990’s and early 2000’s. They definitely earned each other’s respect. At first, my uncle said Dale didn’t really want to waste time getting pictures and video and stuff like that that they had to do for NASCAR promos, but my uncle just told him, “This is my job. I have to do my job, just like you have to do yours.”
Dale really warmed up to him after that and began to ask for my uncle whenever he needed a personal cameraman for interviews or other promo materials.
It made my uncle so sad, and so many others around the world, when Dale ran his last race, but damn if he didn’t go out doing what he loved. Fantastic racer. It looks like nothing from the stands sometimes, but picturing yourself in one of those cars—the adrenaline rush must be insane. These guys put their lives on the line for the sport they love.

[SHEVYWOOD]

That Daytona 500 call gives me chills each time I hear it

[CodyHicken]

As if we needed anymore proof as to why he's one of the greatest of all time. Legend.

[TheJingles]

How was Dale cleaning his own windshield not on the list? Or Dale driving his flipped car to pits for repairs to get back out there not on the list?

[blonderaider]

Damn is sure do miss hearing his voice and seeing him driving. Hard to believe it's been 19 years that we lost him. 2/18/2001 is when nascar died.

[gregdcross]

Sad knowing that fans that are new to NASCAR in the last 20 years will never understand how Dale and the #3 car were the biggest force in NASCAR. Today NASCAR doesn't have such a figure and probably never will again.

[timothyjewell]

I grew up thinking NASCAR was SO boring. But I do remember how much my parents loved Earnhardt, especially my dad, and how crushed they were when Earnhardt died. Now, over 2 decades later, I find myself revisiting his race highlights and thinking fondly of all the “boring” races I watched growing up and what it really meant to my parents. RIP! Do it for Dale!

[whatincarnation]

I was born in 2005, and never saw him race at all. But I don't need to see the way he raced live to understand how much of a legend he was.

[llla]

20 years of trying. 20 years of frustration is maybe the greatest announcing of all time

[thatslow]

“Here Comes Earnhardt” Gives Me Chills every time I hear it

[SHEVYWOOD]

I'm surprised his final win wasn't higher. He went from 18th to winning in 4 laps!!!