Dale Earnhardt Jr. Wins the 500

6 years ago today Dale Earnhardt won the Daytona 500 for the first and only time in his 20th try. After taking the lead with 19 laps to go, his son Dale Earnhardt Jr. passed Tony Stewart on his own for the lead and kept it to win his first Daytona 500 in his 5th try, a quarter the time it took his father. The big wreck of the race happened as Johnny Sauter lost it and got up into Brian Vickers, who then got into 2 time 500 winner Michael Waltrip which led to Waltrip's NAPA sponsored DEI Chevy going for a wile ride and flipping and on end on the infield. There was a hope that Waltrip would make it 3 out of 4 500's won, but it is no doubt that all of Dale Earnhardt Incorporated's employees will be rejoicing that the son of the founder has won the race the vexed his father for so long. I want to congratulate Dale on his win, and wish him best in the resumed Busch series race tomorrow.