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  1.   RaceFanX posted:
  12.04.2007 - 6:29 pm
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This was the last Cup race for Darryl Sage.


  2.   DieselDan posted:
  03.30.2008 - 10:07 pm
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Look! Earnhardt won a race in a FORD! All the #3 worshipers must be
crying over this. Idolatry has it's drawbacks.


  3.   myself posted:
  07.26.2009 - 4:25 pm
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LOL, DieselDan!


  4.   Russ Shurtliff posted:
  09.14.2009 - 9:25 pm
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Up to this point with 145 starts, Big E had 8 wins, and his average
finish was 13.6
Compared to Little E. 145 starts, 9 wins and an average of 16.5


  5.   RaceFanX posted:
  11.01.2009 - 12:03 am
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Steve Gray's best Cup finish in 21st


  6.   fannie davis posted:
  02.27.2010 - 12:39 am
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I AM A PROUD EARNHARDT FAN AND ALWAYS WILL BE DIESEL DAN IT JUST PROVES
THAT DALE WAS A WINNER IN ANY CAR NOT JUST THE 3 AND NOT JUST CHEVY


  7.   Walleyewhacker posted:
  02.15.2014 - 10:45 am
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Earnhardt had some down years for sure, including some years when he ran
a Chevy or other GM cars. He was not nearly as well rounded a driver as
Petty, Pearson, Cale or even Bobby Allison who didn't have as nearly as
many weak tracks as Earnhardt did. His mediocre/weak at best tracks were
MIS, Dover, Pocono, Phoenix and Rockingham. I didn't see the other top
drivers struggle to win there like Dale did. Those tracks require a
smooth driving style, and Earnhardt, stubborn as he was, would not adapt
his style to be a consistent threat at those tracks. To top it off, he
only won one Daytona 500 and two July 400 races at Daytona. I'll give
him huge credit for being dominate at Talladega, Bristol, Alanta and
Darlinton where 37 of his carrer Cup 76 wins came at. That's a telling
statistic with half of his carrer wins at only four tracks. Had Davey
Allison and Alan Kulwicki not died in 1993, Earnhardt probably would not
have been Winston Cup Champ in 1993 and 1994.


  8.   saltsburgtrojanfan posted:
  06.26.2014 - 1:38 am
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Lap 84-89 #64 engine failure

Lap 115-119: #88 accident turns 1/2

Lap 170-177: #7 accident turn 1

Lap 274-279: #88 spin turn 4


  9.   Anonymous posted:
  06.29.2014 - 5:55 pm
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Earnhardt won this race in one of the old 82 Shoebox Ford Thunderbirds.


  10.   saktsburgtrojanfan posted:
  07.12.2014 - 4:02 am
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walleyewhacker

If MIS, Dover, Pocono, Phoenix and Rockingham require a smooth deriving
style how come Rusty Wallace is among the most wins list at MIS, Dover
and Pocono????? Rusty Wallace wasn't the smoothest driver around


  11.   John posted:
  08.02.2017 - 5:00 pm
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There were several issues during this timeframe that contributed to the
winless steaks for Earnhardt. First off, he was still pretty hard on
equipment. That's why he left Childress and went to drive for Bud. Bud
was in a better position to afford it. Second, the Bud Moore team was
struggling with valve spring issues, which led to many of the DNF's.
They found the problem once they started to paint mark the valve springs
to help identify them and all the paint was being burnt. Another factor
during this era was the change to the radial tires. Earnhardt hated the
radials, preferring the bias-ply's handling characteristics.


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