Dale Jarnhardt Research Paper

It’s not the one with the fastest car who wins it’s the one who puts heart into it.

Dale Earnhardt put more heart into racing than anyone else did.It shows why he is the best driver in the history of nascar. Dale’s life was centered around racing. 1Nascar racer Ralph Dale Earnhardt Sr. was born on April 29 1951, in Kannapolis North Carolina. His dad was (his hero)..1Dale began racing on dirt tracks at the age of 15. He dropped out of school in the sixth grade to race full time and to work as a mechanic. 2 Earnhardt had two sons Dale Jr. and Kerry and a daughter Kelley from his first two marriages Dale married his third wife Teresa in 1982, and with her he had another daughter, Taylor. The family lived on a farm in North Carolina. The familys nicknames such as the man in black ironhead and also the intimidater..2 When Dale was 22 years old his dad died of a heart attack while working on the car in the garage dale found him laying on the floor dead.

5 Dale started his career driving a hot pink 1956 Ford Club sedan six cylinder that was supposed to be purple. 6 Winston cup racing in 1980’s and 1990’s Earnhardt won 7 seven championships altogether.

Earnhardts left rear fender connected with Marlin’s front bumper his car began to slide toward the steep flat part of the apron.. When dales car turned sharply up the track it collided with Schrader’s at 180mph. Earnhardt’s car hit at a critical angle and the right rear wheel assembly broke off on impact the hood pins severed and the hood flipped open, slamming into the windshield as the car slid slowly down the track. The crash looked relatively minor, but it was devastating, costing Dale Earnhardt his life he was taken to Halifax Medical Center.where he was pronounced dead upon arrival..There was two other crashes that were deadly