Dale Earnhardt Net Worth At Death

American professional stock car driver and team owner Ralph Dale Earnhardt was born on April 29, 1951. Ralph Dale Earnhardt was born in Kannapolis, a suburb of Charlotte, as the third child of Martha and Ralph Earnhardt.

Dale Earnhardt participated in the NASCAR Cup Series (now called the NASCAR Winston Cup Series) from 1975 to 2001. He was most notable for driving the No. 3 Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing.

Due to his aggressive racing style, Dale Earnhardt earned the nicknames “The Intimidator,” “The Man in Black,” and “Ironhead.” After his son Dale Earnhardt Jr. entered the Cup Series circuit in 1999, however, Earnhardt became more generally known as “Dale Earnhardt Sr.” He is recognized as one of the greatest drivers in NASCAR history. Dale is regarded as one of NASCAR’s all-time great drivers.

In 1956 at Greenville Pickens Speedway in Greenville, South Carolina, Earnhardt’s father, who was at the time one of North Carolina’s best short-track racers, won his first and only NASCAR Sportsman Championship. When Dale Earnhardt was 12 years old, he surreptitiously took the wheel of his father’s race car and lost to one of the key rivals of his father.

Dale Earnhardt Net Worth At Death

When he passed away in 2001, Dale Earnhardt, Sr. had a net worth of $70 million.