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When the field takes the green flag this weekend, it will be time to remember the Intimidator. It
was 28 years ago, on April 1, 1979, that Dale Earnhardt took the checkered flag for the first time in
his career. Driving a Chevrolet for Rod Osterlund, Dale Earnhardt led 163 laps of the 500 lap race
distance at Bristol Motor Speedway. Dale would beat Bobby Allison by 3 seconds that day. Darrell
Waltrip (the man that is considered the best at Bristol) finshed third, the last car on the lead lap.
This was the first of 76 career wins for Dale.
This was the first of 9 career wins at Bristol and 27 short track wins.
Dale would run 20,038 laps at Bristol, leading 3,748 of those laps (18.7% of the laps he ran).
1979 was the first year that Dale finished the season in the top 10 in points, finishing 7th.
He would finish in the top 10 in points 20 times (7 championships) including the last 8 full
seasons of his career.
was 28 years ago, on April 1, 1979, that Dale Earnhardt took the checkered flag for the first time in
his career. Driving a Chevrolet for Rod Osterlund, Dale Earnhardt led 163 laps of the 500 lap race
distance at Bristol Motor Speedway. Dale would beat Bobby Allison by 3 seconds that day. Darrell
Waltrip (the man that is considered the best at Bristol) finshed third, the last car on the lead lap.
This was the first of 76 career wins for Dale.
This was the first of 9 career wins at Bristol and 27 short track wins.
Dale would run 20,038 laps at Bristol, leading 3,748 of those laps (18.7% of the laps he ran).
1979 was the first year that Dale finished the season in the top 10 in points, finishing 7th.
He would finish in the top 10 in points 20 times (7 championships) including the last 8 full
seasons of his career.
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| First time winners for this calendar week: 03/28/1954-Al Keller won at Savannah 03/26/1961-Bob Burdick won at Atlanta 04/01/1961-Emanuel Zervakis won at Greenville 03/27/1966-Jim Hurtubise won at Atlanta 04/01/1979-Dale Earnhardt won at Bristol 03/27/1988-Lake Speed won at Darlington |
| On this Date: March 26th: March 26th: 03/26/1955-Fonty Flock won at Columbia, win #1 of the season, and #16 of his career. 03/26/1961-Bob Burdick won at Atlanta, win #1 of the season, and #1 of his career. 03/26/1972-Bobby Allison won at Atlanta, win #1 of the season, and #31 of his career. 03/26/1989-Rusty Wallace won at Richmond, win #2 of the season, and #12 of his career. 03/26/1995-Sterling Marlin won at Darlington, win #2 of the season, and #3 of his career. 03/26/2000-Rusty Wallace won at Bristol, win #1 of the season, and #50 of his career. 03/26/2006-Kurt Busch won at Bristol, win #1 of the season, and #15 of his career. March 27th: 03/27/1955-Jim Paschal won at Hillsboro, win #1 of the season, and #3 of his career. 03/27/1960-Lee Petty won at North Wilkesboro, win #1 of the season, and #49 of his career. 03/27/1966-Jim Hurtubise won at Atlanta, win #1 of the season, and #1 of his career. 03/27/1967-Bobby Allison won at Winston-Salem, win #1 of the season, and #4 of his career. 03/27/1977-Cale Yarborough won at North Wilkesboro, win #3 of the season, and #43 of his career. 03/27/1983-Cale Yarborough won at Atlanta, win #2 of the season, and #76 of his career. 03/27/1988-Lake Speed won at Darlington, win #1 of the season, and #1 of his career. 03/27/1994-Dale Earnhardt won at Darlington, win #1 of the season, and #60 of his career. March 28th: 03/28/1954-Al Keller won at Savannah, win #1 of the season, and #1 of his career. 03/28/1954-Dick Rathmann won at Oakland, win #1 of the season, and #11 of his career. 03/28/1964-David Pearson won at Greenville, win #2 of the season, and #5 of his career. 03/28/1971-David Pearson won at Bristol, win #2 of the season, and #60 of his career. 03/28/1982-Cale Yarborough won at Rockingham, win #1 of the season, and #72 of his career. 03/28/1993-Dale Earnhardt won at Darlington, win #1 of the season, and #54 of his career. 03/28/2004-Kurt Busch won at Bristol, win #1 of the season, and #9 of his career. March 29th: 03/29/1953-Herb Thomas won at North Wilkesboro, win #2 of the season, and #18 of his career. 03/29/1959-Junior Johnson won at Wilson, win #1 of the season, and #12 of his career. 03/29/1970-Bobby Allison won at Atlanta, win #1 of the season, and #17 of his career. 03/29/1981-Darrell Waltrip won at Bristol, win #3 of the season, and #30 of his career. 03/29/1987-Dale Earnhardt won at Darlington, win #3 of the season, and #23 of his career. 03/29/1992-Bill Elliott won at Darlington, win #4 of the season, and #38 of his career. 03/29/1998-Jeff Gordon won at Bristol, win #2 of the season, and #31 of his career. March 30th: 03/30/1952-Herb Thomas won at North Wilkesboro, win #1 of the season, and #9 of his career. 03/30/1959-Jim Reed won at Winston-Salem, win #1 of the season, and #5 of his career. 03/30/1964-Marvin Panch won at Winston-Salem, win #1 of the season, and #10 of his career. 03/30/1969-Cale Yarborough won at Atlanta, win #1 of the season, and #10 of his career. 03/30/1980-Dale Earnhardt won at Bristol, win #2 of the season, and #3 of his career. 03/30/2003-Ryan Newman won at Fort Worth, win #1 of the season, and #2 of his career. March 31st: 03/31/1957-Buck Baker won at Weaverville, win #2 of the season, and #28 of his career. 03/31/1963-Fireball Roberts won at Bristol, win #1 of the season, and #29 of his career. 03/31/1968-Cale Yarborough won at Atlanta, win #2 of the season, and #5 of his career. 03/31/1996-Jeff Gordon won at Bristol, win #3 of the season, and #12 of his career. April 1st: 04/01/1951-Curtis Turner won at Charlotte, win #1 of the season, and #6 of his career. 04/01/1961-Emanuel Zervakis won at Greenville, win #1 of the season, and #1 of his career. 04/01/1962-Rex White won at Richmond, win #3 of the season, and #23 of his career. 04/01/1973-David Pearson won at Atlanta, win #2 of the season, and #68 of his career. 04/01/1979-Dale Earnhardt won at Bristol, win #1 of the season, and #1 of his career. 04/01/1984-Darrell Waltrip won at Bristol, win #1 of the season, and #58 of his career. 04/01/1990-Dale Earnhardt won at Darlington, win #2 of the season, and #41 of his career. 04/01/2001-Dale Jarrett won at Fort Worth, win #2 of the season, and #26 of his career. 04/01/2007- ??? |
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