When the green flag falls to start Saturday night’s Monster Energy All-Star Race, it will be Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s last appearance in the $1 million-to-win extravaganza at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
During his career, the third-generation racer has posted one victory, six top fives and 14 top 10s in the all-star event, where Earnhardt has posted an average finish of 7.824.
Certainly, there have been many memorable all-star races in Earnhardt’s career, but none was bigger than his very first one.
In May of 2000, Dale Earnhardt was furious with Charlotte Motor Speedway President H.A. “Humpy” Wheeler, who picked Earnhardt’s son, Dale Jr.