DW made his 2nd attempt at the Milwaukee Mile in the ‘82 Miller 200 In the seat of the Dillon Camaro. Darrell would have to settle for 14th with overheating problems 🏁 #ASA

Florida native and powerboat racer Bill Elswick finished 11th in the ‘81 Daytona 500 in an Oldsmobile fielded by Rahmoc 🏁

In ‘92 Dale Earnhardt won his 5th Twin 125, a crash filled qualifier, with a little help from Ernie to get by a hard charging Mark Martin 🏁 #TheIntimidator

All Petty Superbird front row at the ‘70 Motor State 400. Though the finish was disputed, Pete Hamilton would finish 2nd, six car lengths to winner Cale Yarborough 🏁 #MadeInLevelCross

On Hoosiers & new pavement, rookie Ward Burton grabbed the pole for the ‘94 Mello Yello 500 with a speed of 185.759mph. The race would not go as well, blowing a tire finishing 41st 🏁 #WhenItMeantSomething

Capturing his 2nd of 3 consecutive Daytona 500 poles, Ken Schrader would led the most laps in the Coffee Machine but the day would belong to Hendrick teammate DW with a late gamble. Morning ☕️🏁 #TheBestPartOfWakingUp

Earnhardt, driving the same black Monte Carlo he would run in the 500, held off the Alabama Gang in the closing laps of the ‘88 Busch Clash for his 3rd win and a $75K payday in the season opener 🏁 #ManInBlack

Mark Martin ‘91 🏁#TheBestPartOfWakingUp

Without much of a challenge Dale Earnhardt won his 2nd Busch Clash in ‘86.cruising at an average speed of 195.865mph Earnhardt earned $75K for his 15 minutes of work 🏁 #OneToughCustomer

By the end of summer in ‘86 it was confirmed that Neil Bonnett would rejoin Rahmoc in ‘87 with the pending phase out of Jr. Johnson’s second team 🏁

Buddy Arrington and his Charger Daytona at the beach in ‘70 🏁

‘68 Daytona 500. Cale Yarborough & the Wood Brothers would go on to win from the pole 🏁

‘76 Daytona 500. Ramo Stott & Terry Ryan made up an all Iowa front row 🏁

Awesome Bill ‘89 🏁

Texas Terry ‘82 🏁

Dick Brooks ‘70 🏁

Rooster ‘87 🏁

Yarborough ‘77 🏁

Earnhardt ‘85 🏁

You never know who will respond with a letter to the sports editor to defend his friends 👀 #TheCharlotteObserver