Dale Earnhardt

Earnhardt was just seventeen when he married his first wife Latane Brown in the year 1968. The couple had a son named Kerry Earnhardt. However, the couple divorced in the four years later.

The very next year after his divorce, in 1971, he married his second wife Brenda Gee. The couple had two children named Kelley King and Dale Earnhardt Jr.

He divorced Brenda and married his third and last wife Teresa Houston in 1982. He had another daughter with her named Taylor Nicole.

Born on April 29, 1951 in Kannapolis, North Carolina, Earnhardt’s parents were Martha Coleman and Ralph Lee Earnhardt. His father also was a short-track driver in North Carolina and he was the best at his time.

He had four siblings called Danny, Randy, Cathy and Kaye.

Earnhardt was pretty sure about his dream to become a racer even though his father was against it. He dropped out of school to pursue racing.

In 1975, this ambitious racer started his career with the ‘Winston Cup’ in the longest race, the ‘World 600’. He made his first appearance at the Charlotte Motor Speedway in North Carolina as a professional racer.

In 1978, he got his big break into racing for the ‘World 600 Cup’ in Charlotte. He had replaced another driver finishing seventh in the ‘Firecracker 400’ race which finally got him noticed for his talent.

The following year he joined the Rod Osterlund Racing for a rookie season, winning a race in Bristol and finishing 7th in the standings.

He had a new chief, Doug Richert, in his sophomore season when he went on to win several races in Atlanta, Bristol, Nashville and Charlotte.

In 1981, he finished 7th in the Richard Childress Racing for the season. For the following two years he struggled and had the worst time of his career. Finally he had win at the ‘Daytona 500’ two years later.

In the year 1979 Earnhardt won his first award, the ‘Winston Cup Series’ ‘Rookie of the Year’.

He was the ‘Champion of the Winston Cup Series in the year 1980 and won the title for the second time seven years later.

During the years 1986-1993 he won the Coca-Cola 600 title three times.

From 1990 to 1994, he bagged the Championship at the Winston Cup Series consecutively.

He was the IROC champion four times from the year 1990- 2000.