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At the height of his father's success at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Dale Earnhardt Jr. would sit in the Turn 1 condos overlooking the track.The Earnhardts are from Kannapolis, just one town away, and watching Dale Earnhardt at the speedway was a source of pride. Next week marks the 20th anniversary of the late Earnhardt sweeping both the All-Star Race and the Coca-Cola 600, an event his son compared to the years his father dominated NASCAR."In '86 and '87, they were really about as great as you could be, and it was just a lot of fun to watch," Earnhardt said. "I know the 600 was a big race and it's still a big race, but we didn't have Indy and places like that to share the spotlight. This was a big event, and it was similar to Daytona, and everybody was at the 600 and everybody was here."We would sit up in those condos and watch everything. All the practices and every lap, that every car ran all weekend long, and it was just a lot of fun, and certainly a different time and different spo...
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document.write($AllStarArticleAdContent);Five-time became Four-Time Saturday night, as Jimmie Johnson became the only driver in NASCAR history to win the Sprint All-...
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