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Born to Compete and Race with Dale Earnhardt
Peter St Onge profiles Dale Earnhardt from Kannapolis North Carolina born 1951 through his rise in NASCAR to legend status. It recalls his early grit dropping out of school to race, his family influence, and his later business empire and the 1999 earnings. The piece closes with a local memory of Earnhardt’s competitive streak and a tale of a friend Idus Brendle.
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Talladega
Idus Brendle
Montgomery
Ala
Dale Earnhardt
Bream
Earnhardt
Man In Black
Alabama
Dale
Brendle
Kannapolis
N.C
Martha
Ralph
Bob Coleman
Young Dale
Eastern
Seaboard
Ralph Earnhardt
Columbia
S.C
Tronhead
Gary Hargett
Marshville
Hargett
Charlotte Motor Speedway
Ed Negre
CMS
Humpy Wheeler
Tite
Osterlund
Bud Moore
Richmond
Alu
Teresa
Charlotte
Kyle Petty
Kyle
Petty
Nascar
Dale Earnhardt Inc
Dei
Mooresville
Forbes
Dale Jr
Kurt Busch
Jeff Gordon