What year did Dale Earnhardt Sr. start driving the number 3 car?

Answer 1

Dale Sr. drove the blue and yellow Wrangler #3 car for the last 11 races of the 1981 season, (switching from the #2 Wrangler car) and also from 1984 to 1987. In 1982 and 1983 he drove the #15 Wrangler car.

Answer 2

Dale Sr. first drove the #3 car in 1981. He began that season driving the #2 car, but over the final eleven races he used the #3. Dale did not drive the #3 car again until the beginning of the 1984 season. From that time on, it was his only number.

Answer 3

Dale Sr. drove the #15 Wrangler car during the 1982 and 1983 seasons.

Answer 4

Dale Sr's last win in the #3 Wrangler car was on September 13, 1987 at the Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway. It was named the Wrangler Jeans Indigo 400.

Answer 5

No, Dale Sr. never drove a #43 Wrangler car. He drove the #2, #3 and #15 Wrangler cars during his career.

Answer 6

Wrangler started to sponsor Dale Sr. in the last race of the 1980 season. Wrangler stood as a sponsor for Dale through the 1987 season.