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Geek Tyrant
08-05-2025
- Automotive
- Geek Tyrant
Trailer for Ron Howard-Produced Docuseries EARNHARDT About the Legendary Nascar Driver — GeekTyrant
Imagine Docs and Prime Video have released the trailer for a upcoming documentary series titled Earnhardt , which tells the story of the legendary race car driver family. Almost everyone knows the name Dale Earnhardt, a famous race car driver for 26 years, from the '80s all the way through the '90s until his fatal crash in 2001 (at age 49). Earnhardt is a four-part documentary series that explores the legendary racing career and complex family dynamics of NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt. With rare archival footage, thrilling races, and emotionally revealing interviews from his children, rivals, even closest friends, Earnhardt is the definitive story of an American icon, both on and off the track. His charm resonated beyond the sport, yielding fame and fortune. An intimate exploration of a working-class icon's impact on his family and the racing world. 'A charismatic, working-class hero to millions of fans, Dale Earnhardt was the most influential figure that NASCAR has ever known. 'The Intimidator' spent the better part of two decades as the most visible figure in stock car racing, breaking through the confines of the sport's regional fan base into mainstream notoriety. 'The Goodwrench No. 3 Chevrolet, with an eye-catching black paint job, became one of the most feared and iconic symbols in NASCAR history, as Earnhardt notched 76 race wins and a record-tying 7 NASCAR Cup Series championships over a groundbreaking 26-year career. 'Racing was his life, and it ran in his blood. He grew up idolizing his father Ralph, a respected driver on the early NASCAR circuit, and his own children likewise strove to follow him onto the track—with his son Dale Earnhardt Jr. eventually becoming one of the most enduringly popular drivers in his own right. 'From one generation to the next, racing would become the Earnhardt legacy: fueling their greatest triumphs & delivering their deepest loss.' Earnhardt was directed by Joshua Altman and produced by Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Sara Bernstein, Christopher St. John, Justin Wilkes of Imagine Documentaries; Dan Lindsay and TJ Martin of Everyone Else; Tim Clark and John Dahl of NASCAR Studios. Amazon will debut Earnhardt on Prime Video starting on May 22nd, 2025.
Yahoo
10-02-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Dale Earnhardt's Iconic Black No. 3 Chevy Was Almost Light Blue
Dale Earnhardt Sr. drove a few famous cars in his career, but none is more associated with the Intimidator than the all-black Goodwrench car that he drove from 1988 through the entire remainder of his career. The iconic scheme birthed his other famous nickname, the Man in Black — but as it turns out, General Motors initially wanted the car to be blue. According to Earnhardt's long-time boss Richard Childress, the team had to fight to race the car in its now-signature colors. Childress told the story on a recent episode of "The Dale Jr. Download," Earnhart's son's podcast. According to the championship-winning team owner, GM preferred the bright blue and white colors from its Goodwrench-branded brake boxes. The team mocked up half a car in that livery, but covered the other half of the car in black and silver duct tape. When presenting the car half-wrapped in the two different proposals, Childress stressed that the black car with white (or silver, in the case of the initial mock-ups) decals would contrast better with the black asphalt of a race track. GM went with the black paint scheme, and the rest is history. Dale Earnhardt ran the same basic design for the rest of his career, winning four of his seven championships in the colors that would go on to be associated with his name for decades. The black Goodwrench livery was retired when Earnhardt died in 2001, and Kevin Harvick continued in a re-number No. 29 entry with a white Goodwrench paint scheme through the rest of the 2001 season. You Might Also Like You Need a Torque Wrench in Your Toolbox Tested: Best Car Interior Cleaners The Man Who Signs Every Car
