NASCAR Through The Decades — The 1990s

Jeff Gordon (24) leads Dale Earnhardt at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1998. (SPEED SPORT Archives photo)


  • Ben White

    Starting with local newspapers and including a lengthy stint with NASCAR Scene, Ben White has covered stock car racing for nearly 50 years.

As teams, drivers and fans entered Daytona Int’l Speedway to start the 1990 NASCAR Cup Series season, Dale Earnhardt had another chance to record an elusive Daytona 500 victory.

However, Earnhardt struck a piece of metal from a broken bell housing while leading with less than half a lap remaining. It cut the right-rear tire on his No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevy, handing the victory to Derrike Cope of Spanaway, Wash.

 

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