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NASCAR Numbers That Should Be Retired

By David Castro

12 Feb 1998: Dale Earnhardt #3 in action during the Nascar Daytona 500 at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Mandatory Credit: Andy Lyons /Allsport
12 Feb 1998: Dale Earnhardt #3 in action during the Nascar Daytona 500 at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Mandatory Credit: Andy Lyons /Allsport /
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DAYTONA BEACH, FL – FEBRUARY 15: Driver Dale Earnhardt leads the pack through turn four at the Daytona 500 on February 15, 1981 at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Dozier Mobley/Getty Images)
DAYTONA BEACH, FL – FEBRUARY 15: Driver Dale Earnhardt leads the pack through turn four at the Daytona 500 on February 15, 1981 at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Dozier Mobley/Getty Images) /

Dale Earnhardt #3

He is the reason that I wrote this article and I can’t convey the impact he had on the sport in a cultural sense but I can delve into the numbers.

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He’s tied for the most career NASCAR Cup Series championships. His 76 Cup Series race victories are eighth all time.  He was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame, Motorsports Hall of Fame, and the International Motorsports Hall of Fame.

The best way I can put his impact on motorsports into context, Daniel Ricciardo uses the #3 on his McLaren F1 car as an homage to his favorite driver.

If a driver from Australia idolizes The Intimidator, well, his impact is worldwide and epic.

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