NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt Jr. was in for a heartwarming surprise on the anniversary of his father’s death as he laid hands ...

Dale Earnhardt Jr. has been through it all at Daytona. On Thursday, after his team qualified for the big race, he reflected on his father's legacy there.

The car was owned by Dale Earnhardt ... CLEARY/AFP via Getty Images) Earnhardt’s love for Daytona helped him work though the despair of his father’s death and gave him a renewed appreciation ...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Dale Earnhardt Jr. blinked back tears as the moment socked him at Daytona International Speedway — ...

Dale Earnhardt ... brand of Earnhardt Jr., who was the sport’s most popular driver for nearly two decades after his father’s death in the 2001 Daytona 500. "We get to push a car on the grid ...

For Dale Earnhardt ... race.” Earnhardt Jr. witnessed the crash up close. And on the final turn of the final lap of the 2001 Daytona 500, the last car Earnhardt Sr. saw before his death was ...

They were there to see Dale Earnhardt Jr., the JR ... even after his father’s death. Wallace won the first Duel race. The driver of the No. 23 car, after suffering some damage on Lap 14 ...

And I remember seeing Ken Schrader pull up there with his car because ... she loved Dale to death, before I got on the airplane, and telling her.” The impact of that Earnhardt crash still ...

Earnhardt died after sustaining a basilar skull fracture. Dale Jr. continued to race even after his father’s death. He won three ... will have its No. 40 car in the field being driven by Justin ...

WE GOT O Dale Earnhardt Jr. blinked ... There's more star power inside the car, with the Chevy powered by a Hendrick Motorsports engine.Earnhardt was crushed after the race team — one of nine ...

The two also raced together on the field briefly before his death during ... Late Model Stock Car Division, which kickstarted his journey in stock racing. Tracing Dale Earnhardt Jr's stock car ...