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'Little E' keeping things in perspective

Hornaday & NAPA Move to Busch Series in 2000

Earnhardt switching to Wrangler duds for The Winston

New Monte Carlo to pace field at Charlotte

Earnhardt turns bad into great at Richmond

Cut tire wreck Parks great run at Richmond

Budweiser Driver DALE EARNHARDT JR. Adds Richmond To 1999 Winston Cup Schedule

The Alabama Gang

Little E Knows Next Step Is Big One

Dale Earnhardt Jr. is NASCAR's . . . Rising Star / Expectations, pressure high for racing progeny

Earnhardt Looking To Keep Momentum

Steve Hmiel to serve as Crew Chief for Steve Park

Park looks to broaden horizons

Earnhardt Jr. not without worries

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Event: Goody's Headache Powder 500 Race No. 23
Track: Bristol Motor Speedway
Bud Pole Qualifying: Friday, Aug. 27 at 5 p.m. ET
Bud Second-Round Qualifying: Saturday, Aug. 28 at 1:45 p.m. ET
Goody's Headache Powder 500: Saturday, Aug. 28 at 7:30 p.m. ET (ESPN & PRN)

Bristol Here we come
It's Bristol Night Time Thunder again and we are off to the races. Since we will be at Bristol for the next several days we will be unable to update our news until Monday. However, if you have never been to Bristol or even if you have you might want to check out our Bristol Photo Gallery from last years Food City 250 and Goody's 500. Go Earnhardt's ... all three this week, Kerry Earnhardt attempting the Food City 250 with a new team, Dale Jr trying to stretch out his points lead in the Food City 250 and Dale Earnhardt in the Goody's 500.

Here Come the Marines:
Kerry Earnhardt will drive the #76 BGN Marines Chevy, fielded by Ed Whitaker and Team Marines Racing. Full Story

Earnhardt 5th and tough as ever in the Pepsi 400
Dale Earnhardt started 38th but posted a fifth place finish. "I had a lot of fun today. The car got tight at the end of the run and they just beat us," said Dale Earnhardt. Bobby Labonte won the Pepsi 400 followed by Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart, Dale Jarrett and Dale Earnhardt. Chad Little bounced off the side of Earnhardt coming out of turn four on the final lap trying to take away the fifth place spot but Earnhardt was able to hold his line and keep Little in check to secure the fifth spot. Steve Park was 20th and Dale Earnhardt Jr finished 24th. Earnhardt is still seventh in the points battle. ESPN gets a big thumbs down for leaving race coverage which was schedule until 4 p.m. to show a taped version of NASCAR Shop Talk.

Park posts 12th place finish and moves DEI team to 24th in Points
August 16, 1999 - Steve Park was among the fastest in pre-race practice but had to take a provisional starting position, 39th. Although disappointed with his qualifying effort Park moved steadily through the field finishing 12th, his fouth consecutive top-fifteen finish. Full Story

Earnhardts 600th consecutive start a rough one
August 15, 1999- (AP) - Dale Earnhardt's 600th consecutive start ended on a sour note Sunday in the Frontier at the Glen. Earnhardt started 14th but a last lap spin relegated him to a 20th place finish. Full Story

Earnhardt to make it 600 at the Glen
Dale Earnhardt, seven-time NASCAR Winston Cup Series Champion, is scheduled to make history at Watkins Glen on August 15th when he is scheduled to make his 600th consecutive career start. Earnhardt will attempt to qualify for Sunday's Frontier @ The Glen on Kendall Qualifying Day, Friday, August 13th. Full Story

Ironman Dale
August 11, 1999 - Dale Earnhardt is well on down the comeback trail and feeling quite good about his lot in life. He's facing his 600th consecutive career start on the Winston Cup tour here this weekend, and he's still looking ahead optimistically to an eighth NASCAR title before retiring to the top of the truck to watch Dale Jr. play the game. Full Story

Crew Chief Nervous Paul Andrews Says Narrow Concrete Groove in Three Turns Could be Exciting
August 11, 1999 - #1 Pennzoil Monte Carlo Crew Chief Paul Andrews doesn't know whether to cringe or smile at the thought of racing at Watkins Glen this weekend. He hopes this weekend his efforts will enable New York native Steve Park to claim his first career victory. But Andrews, his second-year driver, and the rest of the NASCAR Winston Cup field must combat a new and often dreaded element when the series visits the 2.45-mile course this weekend -- concrete. Full Story

BrickYard 400 FastFacts
August 7, 1999 - Click Here

Earnhardt not even considering retirement
August 5, 1999 - In a way, Dale Earnhardt already has started his farewell tour. Unlike Darrell Waltrip, he's not sure when it will end. "I don't want to even come to the day that I have to get out of the race car and not get back in," the 47-year-old, seven-time NASCAR Winston Cup champion said. Full Story

New-look Earnhardt prepares for historic IROC sweep
August 5, 1999 - Dale Earnhardt showed up at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Wednesday with a clean-shaven upper lip. His trademark mustache was gone for the first time in 17 years, a sacrifice to his determination not to be beaten -- at anything. Full Story

He did it at Talladega and Damn sure might do it again
August 4, 1999 - Dale Earnhardt is poised to set an IROC record on Friday. He has already tied Rusty Wallace as the only driver to win three IROC races in a season. But Friday Earnhardt can sweep the 1999 IROC series by winning the fourth and final race of 1999. No one in the history of IROC has accomplished that and Earnhardt is going for the record books. But don't count him out of contention for the win at the Brickyard 400 either. Full Story

Earnhardt to sport new look at Indy
August 2, 1999 - INDIANAPOLIS - When the GM Goodwrench Service Plus Chevrolet rolls off the Richard Childress Racing transporter at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the infamous black No. 3 will have a different look. As seven-time NASCAR Winston Cup Series champion Dale Earnhardt takes to the historical 2.5-mile speedway, the name will be the same, but the hood of the No. 3 Chevrolet will be a replica of the GM Goodwrench Service Plus sign that appears as it does at the local dealerships across the United States. Full Story

#3 GM Goodwrench Chevrolet: Driver, Dale Earnhardt - Team Owner, Richard Childress
#1 Pennzoil Chevrolet: Driver, Steve Park - Team Owner, Dale Earnhardt, Inc
#8 Budweiser Chevrolet: Driver, Dale Earnhardt Jr. - Team Owner, Dale Earnhardt, Inc(1999)

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