<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2FPfBU_0wEhBLLq00" style="display:none" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2FPfBU_0wEhBLLq00" width="1200" height="788" ><figure><iframe height="360" src="https://content.jwplatform.com/players/JzcfkOT0-Gqa7hx4c.html" width="100%"></iframe><figcaption>Meet The Jeopardy Contestant Who Americans Have Fallen In Love With (1:18) </figcaption></figure> More than 23 years after his tragic death, Dale Earnhardt Sr. remains a NASCAR legend. Earnhardt was killed in a crash on the final lap of the Daytona 500 on February 18, 2001. At the time of his death, he had won 76 NASCAR Cup Series races over 27 years, winning the Cup Series championship seven times, which is tied for the most all-time with Richard Petty and Jimmie Johnson. Regarded as one of the greatest drivers in NASCAR history, Earnhardt was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame's inaugural class in 2010. On Saturday, the <a href="https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/nascar-auto-racing/article294229064.html" rel="nofollow"> News &amp; Observer reported </a> that&nbsp;Teresa Earnhardt, Earnhardt's widow, is planning to turn 399 acres she owns in Mooresville, N.C. into&nbsp;an industrial park. The project, which will be named&nbsp;Mooresville Technology Park, will be located right off of N.C. 3, the highway named after Earnhardt. "Teresa Earnhardt is scheduled to request the rezoning at the Oct. 22 Mooresville Planning Board meeting, according to the meeting agenda," writes Joe Marusak of the News &amp; Observer . <figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2BNmL7_0wEhBLLq00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2BNmL7_0wEhBLLq00" width="1200" height="800" ><figcaption>DAYTONA BEACH, FL - FEB 4, 2001 - Dale Earnhardt checks out the view from the newly completed Earnhardt Grandstand during winter testing, two weeks before the Daytona 500, at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL, in this file photo from February 2001. (Photo by Brian Cleary/Getty Images) <a href="https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/481676800" rel="nofollow"> Brian Cleary&amp;solGetty Images </a></figcaption></figure> The property is listed as being owned by&nbsp;Earnhardt Farms LLC, with Teresa as the sole managing member of the LLC. A native of Kannapolis, N.C., Dale Earnhardt Sr. operated his race team for years less than three miles from the site of this planned industrial park. Following his death, Earnhardt's son Dale Jr. carried on his legacy on the track, winning 26 NASCAR Cup Series races in 19 years as a full-time driver from 1999-2017. Dale Jr. won the Daytona 500 twice in his career and was named one of NASCAR's 75 Greatest Drivers in 2023. <a href="https://thespun.com/nascar/dale-earnhardt-jr-reacts-to-michael-jordans-lawsuit-vs-nascar" rel="nofollow"> Related: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Reacts To Michael Jordan's Lawsuit vs. NASCAR </a></div></body>

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More than 23 years after his tragic death, Dale Earnhardt Sr. remains a NASCAR legend. Earnhardt was killed in a crash on the final lap of the Daytona 500 on February 18, 2001. At the time of his death, he had won 76 NASCAR Cup Series races over 27 years, winning the Cup Series championship seven ...