Hometown: Owensboro, Kentucky
Currently Lives: Sherrill's Ford, North Carolina
Birth Date: April 30, 1963
Height: 6'5"
Weight: 220
Marital Status: Wife, Buffy
Children: Caitlin Marie (born January 12, 1990) and Margaret Carol (born September 29, 1997)
Car: No. 15 NAPA Chevy Monte Carlo
Car Owner: DEI (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)
Crew Chief: Richard Labbe

Facts
~Won the 1996 The Winston, NASCAR's all-star race, after starting last. Earlier the same day, he won the Winston Open and become the first driver to win both races.
~Winner of Winston Open in 1991, 1992 and 1996.
~Two career poles, both in 1991, at Dover, Delaware and Brooklyn, Michigan.
~1983 NASCAR Dash Series national champion.
~Won The 2001 Daytona 500, his first win after 463 starts. Unfortunately the win was overshadowed by the death of Dale Earnhardt.
~He lived with Richard and Lynda Petty when he first moved to North Carolina.
~He ran the Boston Marathon and Tampa Marathon in 2000.