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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Dale Earnhardt Sr.

Dale Earnhardt Sr. stories: 4 news summaries

(Newser) - Thirty years after Yankees captain Thurman Munson died in a plane crash, the New York Daily News looks back at athletes "gone too soon": Roberto Clemente (Dec. 31, 1972): His plane went down while trying to deliver supplies to Nicaragua earthquake victims. Search parties never found Clemente's body.... More »

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Pat Tillman • athlete • death • plane crash • Dale Earnhardt Sr. • accident

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 Dale Jr.'s Struggle to Grow Up 

His father cast a long shadow for racing star

May 18, 08 2:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dale Earnhardt Jr. doesn’t talk much about his father’s death. “I don't want people to know about that,” he says. "It's not their business to hear it.” But he opened up to Marty Smith for an in-depth profile in ESPN the Magazine. Junior... More »

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NASCAR • Dale Earnhardt Jr. • Dale Earnhardt Sr. • Dale Earnhardt Incorporated • Sprint Cup Series

This Bud—and No. 8—Is Not for Earnhardt

Contract with new team strips racer of number with 'tremendous history'

Aug 15, 07 11:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dale Earnhardt Jr., whose Budweiser ride has long been iconic among NASCAR fans, will have to surrender the number 8 under the terms of a new team contract. The racer, who's leaving his father's Dale Earnhardt, Inc., to replace Kyle Busch at Hendrick Motorsports, will also strip the Budweiser paint-job... More »

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NASCAR • auto racing • Budweiser • Dale Earnhardt Jr. • Dale Earnhardt Sr. • Busch Series • Kyle Busch • Dale Earnhardt Incorporated • Hendrick Motorsports

Stewart Wins at Chicagoland

No. 20 snaps his 2007 dry spell at USG Sheetrock 400

Jul 16, 07 5:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tony Stewart grabbed his first checkered flag of the 2007 Nextel Cup season yesterday at the Chicagoland racetrack, after neck-and-neck competitor Jimmy Johnson crashed during the final laps.. Though the Home Depot team driver has 12 top-10s in '07, this season's start represented his longest winless streak since 1999. More »

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Budweiser • Tony Steward • Nextel Cup • Home Depot Racing • USG Sheetrock 400 • Jimmy Johnson • Dale Earnhardt Jr. • Bristol • Dale Earnhardt Sr.

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