In the hallowed garages of NASCAR, where the smell of burning rubber and gasoline forms the perfume of legends, two names ...

Ralph Earnhardt was known to belong to quite a poor ... from building race cars for himself and his siblings in his tiny garage. Apart from fuel, his car ran on innovation. The man knew tire ...

Martha, born in 1930, married the first generation of NASCAR drivers from the Earnhardt family Ralph Earnhardt in 1947. After their marriage Ralph and Martha had five children; daughters Kaye and ...

Their father, Dale Earnhardt Sr., was a seven-time Cup Series champion and the owner of the DEI Cup Series team, while their grandfather, Ralph Earnhardt, was a pioneering stock car racer.

Growing up, Danny Earnhardt Sr. worked preparing cars for his father, dirt-track and NASCAR racer Ralph Earnhardt, who died in 1973. “The Earnhardt family holds a special place in NASCAR history ...