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2001 Winston Cup Victories
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Win #3: dale Jr. Wins The Pepsi 400! Dale Earnhardt Jr. and the Budweiser No. 8 team grabbed an emotional victory July 7th, 2001 in the Pepsi 400 at Daytona International Speedway. Dale Jr. dominated nearly the entire race, leading 116 of the 160 laps. Emotions had run high all weekend at the track where his legendary father was tragically killed in February, but Dale Jr. and the team were able to put emotion to the side until after the checkered flag. After the victory, Dale Jr. spun the red-and-white Bud car, a special paint scheme to commemorate the Major League Baseball All-Star Game. |
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Win #4: Dale Jr. Wins at Dover! Dale Earnhardt Jr. lad 193 laps and won the MBNA Cal Ripken Jr. 400. |