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No driver has ever won more races at the Daytona International Speedway than Dale Earnhardt. .He amassed a total of 34 victories across three series.

Earnhardt won his first Twin 125 qualifying race in 1983 and would again in 1986.
It was the only the beginning of his domination at the 2.5 mile track.

The Intimidator started a streak in 1990 no driver may ever replicate again.
Every year in the ’90s, he won his Twin 125 qualifying race. And to go along with them, Earnhardt won five straight NASCAR Busch (now Nationwide) Series races at Daytona from 1990 to 1994.

The Man in Black finally won the Great American Race in his 20th try in 1998.
Out of his 12 wins in the Twin 125’s, 11 of them were in the No. 3 car.
Earnhardt finished third in the 2001 Gatorade Twin 125, before his tragic crash in the Daytona 500.

The year after he passed, his son, Dale Earnhardt Jr., won the Busch Series opener at Daytona in the No. 3 car. Lightning would strike twice as Junior won in the No. 3 again in the Nationwide Series race at Daytona in July 2010.

The No. 3 is making its return to the Sprint Cup Series in 2014, with Richard Childress’s grandson, Austin Dillon, behind the wheel. Dillon won the pole for the 2014 Daytona 500. The last time the No. 3 was on the pole at Daytona was with Earnhardt for the 1996 Daytona 500.

Dale Earnhardt’s Twin 125 victories (starting position in parentheses)

1983 First UNO Twin 125 Qualifier (ninth)
1986 Second 7-Eleven Twin 125 (second)
1990 SecondTwin 125 Qualifier (first)
1991 Gatorade Twin 125 Qualifer #2 (third)
1992 Gatorade Twin 125 Qualifier #1 (fourth)
1993 Gatorade Twin 125 Qualifier #2 (fourth)
1994 Gatorade Twin 125 #2 (first)
1995 Gatorade Twin 125 #2 (first)
1996 Gatorade Twin 125 #1 (first)
1997 Gatorade 125 #2 (fifth)
1998 Gatorade 125 #2 (second)
1999 Gatorade 125 #2 (fifth)