Driver #3
Jr. brings No. 3 back to victory lane!
2/16/02 - Same name. Same number.
Same ol’ story. Dale Earnhardt Jr. utterly dominated the EAS/GNC Live Well 300
Saturday afternoon, solidifying the triumphant return of the No. 3 Chevrolet to the high
banks of Daytona International Speedway.
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Earnhardt Jr., Waltrip, 1-2 in BGN race_2/16
Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Michael Waltrip,
teammates at Dale Earnhardt Inc., swapped wins in the two Winston Cup races at Daytona
International Speedway last season, with Waltrip winning the Daytona 500 and Earnhardt Jr.
the Pepsi 400. Each also finished second when the other won. Full Story.
Earnhardt Jr. wins NASCAR Busch Series
Race at Daytona_2/16
 It was a different series and a different car, but it was the same
old Dale Earnhardt Jr. as he won the GNC 300 NASCAR Busch Series race Saturday at Daytona
International Speedway. Dale Jr. drove a car built and prepared by Richard Childress
Racing, and was serviced during pit stops by the crew from his No. 8 Dale Earnhardt Inc.
(DEI) Budweiser Winston Cup team. Earnhardt Jr., a two-time Busch Champion (1998 and
1999) grabbed his 14th career Busch victory with a dominating performance, leading four
times for 59 laps in the 120-lap event. He will attempt to sweep the weekend's big races
as he starts from the fifth position in tomorrow's Daytona 500.
The Key Moment: The team chose to only take fuel on their final pit stop, which
meant Dale Jr. raced on the same set of tires for the final 63 laps of the race, holding
off his Winston Cup teammate Michael Waltrip at the finish by less than two-tenths of a
second. This is his second victory at Daytona, following his dramatic win in the Bud car
last July. He will try Sunday to become only the third man to win both the Busch and
Winston Cup races on the same weekend at Daytona. (The previous two were Bobby Allison in
1988 and Darrell Waltrip in 1989.
Daytona Dominator: It has been six races since Dale Jr. has finished worse
than second at Daytona. In those six races, his finishing average is 1.6.
2001
season |
2002
season |
| Twin 125-mile qualifier |
2nd |
Budweiser Shootout |
2nd |
| Daytona 500 |
2nd |
Twin 125-mile qualifier |
2nd |
| Pepsi 400 |
1st |
Busch Series GNC 300 |
1st |
He has not finished worse than sixth in any race at Daytona
since July, 2000.
Dale Jr's Quotes: "I cannot tell you how awesome it is to win at
Daytona. Just coming off of that last turn and seeing the finish line on the pavement. It
looks cool and then the flagman waving the checkered flag. It's incredible."
I really like this race track and I put a lot of emphasis on every lap I run here. If I
could run here every week, I would. It's a beautiful place. It's a great town. And the
track itself has so much history. It's probably the most perfectly built race track I've
ever been on. I like it. And I've been real fortunate, more so to be with teams that put
the same emphasis on their race cars as I do the laps I run here. So we've been real
fortunate to be with some good race cars and good teams and that's why we (win)
sometimes."
Anheuser-Busch, makers of Budweiser, have sponsored the NASCAR Busch Series for more
than 20 years.
-Budweiser
Oreo car will line up 4th for GNC
Live Well 300
2/14/02 - Dale
Earnhardt Jr. put his RCR No. 3 Oreo Monte Carlo in the fourth starting spot during
Thursday's qualifying for the GNC Live Well 300 Busch series race. Junior will try to win
his first Busch race since 1999 when the green flag drops Saturday at 1 p.m.
2/14
- Dale Jr. strong as No. 3 returns to the track
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