Dale Earnhardt Jr won the 1998 MBNA Platinum 200 at Dover 26 years ago today. 🏁

Dale Jr won 7 Busch (NASCAR Xfinity) series races in 1998 and his first Busch series championship.

#DEI 🏁 Dover Motor Speedway

Dale Earnhardt won the 1993 Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte 31 years ago today. 🏁

It was his 3rd #CocaCola600 win, and the first time the race ended under the lights.

#TheIntimidator 🏁

Dale Earnhardt Jr made his first career Winston Cup start in the 1999 Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte 25 years ago today.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Charlotte Motor Speedway

Part of the weekend sweep by Lowe's cars. Still have my ShopVac with commemorative 5/48 decals. ;)

Mark Martin won the 1999 Carquest Auto Parts 300 at Charlotte 25 years ago today. 🏁

It was his 6th Busch (NASCAR Xfinity) series win at Charlotte.

Michael Waltrip won the 1993 Champion 300 at Charlotte 31 years ago today. 🏁

Kyle Busch won the 2004 Carquest Auto Parts 300 at Charlotte twenty years ago today. 🏁

It was his 2nd career Busch (NASCAR Xfinity) series win.

Martin Truex Jr won the 2016 Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte eight years ago today. 🏁

#MTJ started on the pole and led a record 392 of 400 laps.

#CocaCola600 🏁

Harry Gant won the 1982 Mello Yello 300 at Charlotte 42 years ago today. 🏁

Morgan Shepherd (#7) finished 3rd.

#TheSkoalBandit 🏁

thanks everyone

Richard Petty won the 1977 World 600 at Charlotte 47 years ago today.

#TheKing 🏁

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Neil Bonnett won the 1983 World 600 at Charlotte 41 years ago today. 🏁

It was his second straight World 600 win.

#AlabamaGang 🏁

Darrell Waltrip won the 1988 Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte 36 years ago today. 🏁

It was his 4th of a record 5 wins in the #CocaCola600 .

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Joe Weatherly would have been 102 today #RIP

Joe Weatherly, of Norfolk, VA, was a champion AMA motorcycle rider, the 1953 NASCAR Modified champion and the 1962 & 1963 NASCAR Grand National (Cup) champion. He died in a Grand National race at Riverside at age 41.

#NASCARLegend 🏁

Jimmie Johnson won the 2005 Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte 19 years ago today. 🏁

#JJ passed Bobby Labonte on the last lap to become the first driver to win the #CocaCola600 three years in a row.

#HendrickMotorsports 🏁

Happy Birthday, Jimmy Means!! 🎂

Kevin Harvick won the 2011 Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte 13 years ago today. 🏁

Harvick passed Dale Earnhardt Jr on the last lap when Dale Jr ran out of fuel.

#TheCloser 🏁 #CocaCola600

Happy Birthday, Ken Schrader!! 🎂

In 1994 John Andretti became the first driver to attempt 'The Double': the Indy 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 in the same day.

Thirty years ago today, Andretti finished 10th at Indy and 36th in the 600 (engine trouble).

#CheckIt4Andretti