Information: Here I'll collecting some more stories, memories and worth knowing about Dale. But there are so much stories, memories and worth knowing of him - I'm sorry - I didn't can't list all. Therefore you'll find here only a small selection of it. But I'll update this section from time to time. Enjoy it. 

>> The car numbers

Dale is identified with the number 3. But for the fans the white three on the black car was much more than only a number. The "three" is a synonym, it was and still is magic, it is holy. But he drove different car numbers in his career: 

#8 (1975)

#30, #77 (1976)

#19 (1977)

#96 (1978)

#2 (1979-81)

#15 (1982-83)

#3 (1984-2001)

>> Daytona 500 - Beating the Jinx

Five times Earnhardt was within reach of a Daytona 500 victory before winning it in 1998. He ran out of gas while leading in 1986. He blew a tire on the final lap while leading in 1990. He hit a seagull and later crashed in 1991. He got passed by Dale Jarrett with one to go in 1993. He crashed while battling for the lead with 11 to go in 1997, and a lot of times he was second and could not however pass the leader for the victory.

But finally in 1998, the Daytona 500 is a joking matter to Dale Earnhardt. 

For 19 years, he had nothing to laugh about after "The Great American Race." But coming off of his victory sunday, Dale Earnhardt took some time to joke about it on CBS-TV's "Late Night" with David Letterman. Dale was clearly enjoying himself.

Without further ado, here is the Top Ten list: Dale Earnhardt's top ten reasons "It took me 20 years to win the Daytona 500"...

10. It took me 19 years to realize I had the emergency brake on.
09. Finally rotated and balanced my moustache.
08. Quit training with the Canadian snowboarding team.
07. Stopped letting my 300 pound cousin, Ricky, ride shotgun.
06. New strategy: pretended I'm Dave driving home on the Merritt Parkway.
05. Who cares if it took me 20 years? At least my name's not Dick Trickle.
04. Just figured out, if you mash the gas pedal all the way down, the car takes off like a son of a b****.
03. My new pit crew - The Spice Girls.
02. This year, whenever I'd pass somebody, I'd give 'em the finger.
01. My secret to success: one can of motor oil in my engine, one can of motor oil in my pants.

>> Talladega 2000 Winston 500

Dale Earnhardt, seemingly out of contention for victory with less than a dozen laps left in the `2000 "Winston 500", came roaring through traffic and scored an absolutely remarkable victory in an absolutely remarkable race.

It was the final 5 laps where Earnhardt came alive and brought race fans to their feet. He raced from 17th position through the pack to second place.

170.000 people at the stands are going strong, jumping up and down, yelling, screaming as the cars came to the white flag, Earnhardt had the lead. 

He pulled ahead of the pack with only Wallace and Joe Nemechek in tow, and held on for the victory for the final lap around the 2.66-mile track. Full story here.

>> Michael Waltrip is remembering

It was at the Monstermile at Dover, in about 1987, and Dale was leading the race and he lapped me for about the 10th or 15th time. And when he went by me, he was smoking his tires and driving with one hand.

I mean, he had his right hand on the rollbar on the right side and he was driving with the left hand, one hand - and he lapped me, again and again.

So here I was driving with both hands, and I said, 'That's not fair, I'm going to go catch him.' But I wasn't going to catch him.

>> 1994 Food City 500 at Bristol

Enduring Performance: 1994 Food City 500. If Dale Earnhardt was this good in a car he didn't like, can you imagine how dominant he'd be in one he liked?

Forced to use a two-year-old Chevrolet that he had never raced before - and starting in 24th place - Earnhardt snapped a three-year, short-track drought with a seven-second victory over Ken Schrader in the 1994 Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. It was his eighth victory there, and 61st overall.
"We dodged trouble, stayed out and stayed cool," Earnhardt said. "Everything just worked out for us."
Taking the lead from Mark Martin on Lap 170, Geoffrey Bodine dominated for nearly 150 laps, keeping both Rusty Wallace and Earnhardt at bay. However, Bodine was forced to pit for fuel under green on Lap 317. That handed the lead to Earnhardt and put Bodine a lap down to the leader.
Now Bodine could go the rest of the way without stopping - and Earnhardt could not. But luck was in Earnhardt's favor, as a crash brought out a caution flag soon after, allowing Earnhardt to pit at that point and still maintain his one-lap advantage on Bodine.
"Our plan is consistency and to put the pressure on," Earnhardt said. "There are a lot of teams out there that are running good, and we've got to go at 'em."
Bodine, who arguably had the fastest car, wound up fourth behind Dale Earnhardt, Schrader and Lake Speed, as Earnhardt led the final 183 laps for his victory.

>> A memory from Ricky Rudd

In the earlier days we used to wear bubble goggles. We'd always set our helmet on our fire extinguisher bottle (in the cockpit) and at the start  of the race we'd always have a new box of bubble goggles sitting there ready to put on.

I can't remember where we were, but I put my helmet on and I went to put my goggles on. This was like a minute before you'd crank your motor. I go to put my goggles on, I pull 'em out of the box - a brand-new pair - and there's two eyeballs drawn on the lenses so I couldn't see out of my goggles.

So there was a panic to go get me another pair of goggles at the last minute so I didn't miss leaving the line. That was probably one of the smartest things I had played on me. And yeah, it was Earnhardt who did it.

>> Robby Gordon have a story

I was driving for Felix Sabates, we qualified sixth for the 1996 UAW 500 in a Racing for Kids, Felix Sabates, Dale Earnhardt venture. Somebody oiled down the track in  practice and three of us crashed.

Even though we had qualified sixth, we were only doing it to get experience for next year, so I was ready to sit out and get ready for 1997. But Joe Nemechek hadn't made the race, and they were going to let me drive his car.

I was unimpressed with the way I sat in it, I didn't feel safe doing it and I told Felix I wasn't going to drive. I just wanted to wait for Phoenix, which was our next scheduled race.

I got a phone call from Dale himself at my house, and he said 'Felix tells me you're not going to drive the car.' And I told him I wasn't comfortable in it and I didn't want to drive it.

He told me, 'You will show up at the racetrack and you will drive that car, or you will never drive another stock car again.' So I drove it....!

>> Atlanta 1986

Nov. 2, 1986 - Earnhardt lapped the entire field at the Atlanta Journal 500. 

One of his five victories during the championship year, he was the only driver to complete all 328 laps that fall at Atlanta. Richard Petty finished second, one lap down.

>> By the numbers

No. 3 is Dale Earnhardt. He could have signed it as an autograph and most would've been happy. He donned the forward-slanted white sticker for more than 15 years, a rarity in today's NASCAR world.
But it's not the only number that goes hand-in-hand with his car, or his career, for that matter.