A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Feb. 18, 2001, auto racing star Dale ...

Dale Earnhardt Jr. has been through it all at Daytona International Speedway. The 50-year-old was twice a winner in the Daytona 500, a race his father also won, but was also killed in a crash.

The Daytona 500 has provided Dale Earnhardt, Jr tragedy and triumph. It was the final lap of the 2001 Daytona 500 when Earnhardt’s father, the legendary Dale Earnhardt, was killed in a crash in ...

Cease production of the penny, let collector’s gobble up what’s left of the 1 cent coin, and there will still be one ...

The Daytona 500 was always Dale Earnhardt Sr.'s favorite race of the year. It was and still is NASCAR's Super Bowl, but with a twist: The NFL's biggest game of the year ends the season ...

NASCAR is getting set to begin its season with the Daytona 500 on Sunday, and Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s racing team will be competing in the Great American Race. Daytona is the same place where his ...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Dale Earnhardt Jr. blinked back tears as the moment hit him at Daytona International Speedway — a track bursting with triumph and tragedy for his family — that he ...

Former driver Dale Earnhardt Jr., watches as a crew works on Justin Allgaier's car during a practice for the NASCAR Daytona 500 auto race Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, at Daytona International ...