2023年9月11日 · He won the rookie-of-the-year award. The following year, still with Yates Racing, Irwin earned two more poles, raced to a competitive third place behind Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt in the Daytona 500 and finished with eight top-10 runs.

Kenneth Dale Irwin Jr. (August 5, 1969 – July 7, 2000) was an American stock car racing driver. He had driven in all three NASCAR national touring series, and had two total victories, both in the Craftsman Truck Series. Before that, he raced in the United States Auto Club against Tony Stewart, who was one of his fiercest rivals.

In the closing laps, Dale got by Mark Martin, Kenny Irwin and others moving from 7th, to 6th, to 5th. The last few laps, Earnhardt battled side-by-side for fifth position with Irwin. But coming to the checkered flag, Irwin got the spot from Earnhardt, so the "Intimidator" had to settle for 6th place.

2000年7月7日 · Kenny made his Busch Series debut in 1999 driving the #11 Rayovac Ford Taurus owned by his teammate Dale Jarrett and NFL quarterback Brett Favre. In 2000, he moved to Team SABCO to drive the #42 BellSouth car.

Summary: Earnhardt has a bad run in Rockingham Oct. 24Dale Earnhardt, who won last week's Winston 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, was relegated to a 40th-place finish in Sunday's Pop Secret 400 after getting involved in an accident on Lap 322.Earnhardt and Kenny Irwin touched bumpers exiting Turn 2, and Earnhardt hit the wall.

2015年7月7日 · At just 30 years old, Irwin was just one in a string of fatal accidents that would include Adam Petty, Tony Roper, and ultimately Dale Earnhardt Sr. spanning the 2000 and 2001 seasons....

The final pass for the lead came when Earnhardt pushed Jeff Gordon past Rusty Wallace and Mike Skinner. From there Gordon held off a furious charge by defending Daytona 500 champ Dale Earnhardt to win the first Winston Cup race of the 1999 season. Earnhardt finished second followed by Kenny Irwin in third and teammate Mike Skinner in fourth.

This article is about Dale Earnhardt Sr. For his son, see Dale Earnhardt Jr. For the racing team he founded, see Dale Earnhardt, Inc.

The 1999 Winston 500 was the 30th race of the 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season, held on Talladega Superspeedway over 188 laps. Dale Earnhardt would collect his second to last Talladega win in this race.

2011年7月7日 · Eleven years ago, NASCAR racer Kenny Irwin died in a crash at New Hampshire. NASCAR Ranting and Raving looks back at the tragic events with a story originially posted June 22, 2010.