FEATURES INCLUDE:

ALONG FOR THE RIDE

Being a passenger with Dale at the wheel was anything but dull. BY ED HINTON 

FIRST-CLASS DRIVERS

Junior Johnson and Richard Petty remember their Hall of Fame classmate. BY RYAN MCGEE 

THE WHOLE PACKAGE

Earnhardt changed NASCAR with his mind as much as with his right foot. BY BRIAN FRANCE

FATHER KNEW BEST

Dale didn’t finish school, but his daddy gave him a true education. BY RYAN MCGEE 

RIGHT BESIDE HIM

Teresa Earnhardt is the engine that’s kept DEI going. BY MIKE HEMBREE 

THE DALE TRAIL

Pilgrims flock to Kannapolis to uncover their hero’s roots. BY RYAN MCGEE

SON OF A GUN

Add to the legend this tale of a boy, a dad, a toy car and a pistol. BY MARTY SMITH 

TOTAL ACCESS: THE JUNKYARD DOGS

No. 3‘s infamous gas man takes us over the wall. By CHOCOLATE MYERS 

THE WINNING CUT

Think Dale was intimidating on the track? Try cutting his hair. BY MARTY SMITH 

“I WISH I COULD’VE RACED HIM”

Today’s top driver remembers his first encounter with Big E. BY JIMMIE JOHNSON 

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