Dale Earnhardt said his favorite song was Brooks and Dunn's, 'You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone,' because it made him think of Neil Bonnett whenever he heard it

May 7, 1988: The first NASCAR race at Nazareth. Rick Mast won that inaugural Busch Series race

The unique one-mile oval hosted NASCAR races for 17 years between 1988 and 2004

May 6, 1996: Minutes after passing his rookie test at the Indy 500, Tony Stewart ran a lap at an average speed of 237.336 mph, at the time, the fastest anyone had ever gone at Indy.

That finish was so close, even the scoring system couldn't accurately call it. Photo finish shows Larson by an inch. Crazy

Chris Buescher five wide up the middle 😱

W Brad 🏆

He just saw Brock Beard in the garage and called him over to tell him how much he enjoys his YouTube videos. They talked for like 10 mins

May 5, 1992: Jeff Gordon signed a contract with Hendrick Motorsports, beginning one of the most successful pairings in racing history

'Why would a 19 year old kid with more than 600 wins team up with somebody who couldn't make a two-car team work and now thinks he can make a…

On this date three years ago, the NASCAR NextGen race cars were officially unveiled

May 5, 1985: Bill Elliott overcame a two lap deficit at Talladega entirely under green on his way to win

A loose oil line on lap 48 cost Elliott two laps in the pits. After running laps much faster than everyone else, he erased his five-mile deficit and took the lead on lap 145

May 4, 2008: The return of Rockingham

After SMI shut down the track in 2004, The Rock was sold to Andy Hillenburg and reopened with a 500-kilometer ARCA race with 50 cars. Joey Logano led the most laps and beat Ken Schrader and Ricky Stenhouse to win

This weekend kicks off the Triple Crown, where horse racing shows its great to follow their biggest event with two very cool similar races

*cough* be cool if Indycar could again... *cough*

There's a little bit of the Kentucky Derby on the NASCAR circuit. The twin spires on top of the Pocono grandstands were built as an homage to Churchill Downs since track-owner Dr. Rose Mattioli was a horse racing fan

Two days before the 1999 Kentucky Derby, Jeremy Mayfield drove a lap on track at Churchill Downs in his Ford Taurus that had a special Derby scheme

Despite trainer Bob Baffert telling him to do a donut, Jeremy kept it in 2nd gear so he wouldn't scare the horses

Our 18-piece Indianapolis Motor Speedway collection is LIVE NOW!

A thread 🧵on the history behind our designs for today's launch
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On this date in 2004, Dale Earnhardt Jr had a guest appearance on CBS's Yes, Dear.

On this date in 1998, Dale Earnhardt had a guest appearance on FOX's King of the Hill.