Dale Earnhardt was one of NASCAR’s biggest stars when he died at the 2001 Daytona 500 in a last-lap crash. His hometown of Kannapolis, NC, never forgot him.

Twenty years have passed since Dale Earnhardt’s death in a last-lap crash at the 2001 Daytona 500, but his impact on NASCAR lives on.

Dale Earnhardt was one of NASCAR’s biggest stars when he died at the 2001 Daytona 500 in a last-lap crash. His hometown of Kannapolis, NC, never forgot him.

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The headline in USA Today on Tuesday morning summed things up painfully. “NASCAR takes serious blow with Dale Earnhardt Jr. retirement.” Fans and sports industry analysts echoed the idea ...

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Dale Earnhardt was one of NASCAR’s biggest stars when he died at the 2001 Daytona 500 in a last-lap crash. His hometown of Kannapolis, NC, never forgot him.

NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt died 20 years ago, ... 20 years after his death at the Daytona 500 ... a city of about 50,000 people 25 miles northeast of Charlotte. Earnhardt was born in 1951.

Dale Earnhardt was one of NASCAR’s biggest stars when he died at the 2001 Daytona 500 in a last-lap crash. His hometown of Kannapolis, NC, never forgot him.