Kerry Earnhardt
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Kerry Dale Earnhardt (born December 8, 1969 in Kannapolis, North Carolina) is the oldest son of the late seven time NASCAR Winston Cup champion Dale Earnhardt. He is the half-brother of NASCAR Nextel Cup star Dale Earnhardt, Jr.. He is the spitting image of his father but has yet to achieve the level of success enjoyed by his father and brother. He drives full-time in the Craftsman Truck Series in the #13 ThorSport Racing Chevrolet.
Kerry Earnhardt was taken from his father by his mother as a child. It was only later that he found out that his father was Dale Earnhardt.
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[edit] Racing career
He scored a pole, 8 top 5s and 40 top 10s as well as 1994 Rookie of the Year Honors at his local track in the NASCAR Dodge Weekly Racing Series.
He has had his greatest success in the ARCA Re/Max Series, winning 4 of 11 races with 7 top 5s and 8 top 10s.
He has raced in the NASCAR Winston West Series, scoring 2 top 5s and 5 top 10s in 8 races.
He has scored 2 top 5s and 8 top 10s in 11 races in the NASCAR Goody's Dash Series.
[edit] NASCAR career
He has competed in the Busch Series, scoring 3 top 5s and 6 top 10s. His 2002 run for FitzBradshaw Racing in the Busch Series has been his only full season in any of NASCAR's Big 3 series (Cup, Busch, and Truck), and he finished 22nd in the points.
In the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series he won the pole for the Florida Dodge Dealers 250 race in 2005, but after 2 races was released due to lack of sponsorship with Billy Ballew's team. For the 2006 season, Earnhardt signed with ThorSport Racing to drive the #13 Chevrolet vacated by Tracy Hines. His best finish as of September 26 is an 11th at Nashville and Las Vegas.
In 2005 part time he raced in seven NEXTEL Cup races, six for Richard Childress Racing in the #33. His highest finish was a 17th place run at Talladega.
[edit] Family life
He and wife René married in 1999, and have a daughter, Kayla.
From their previous marriages, Kerry has two sons, Bobby and Jeffrey, and René has a daughter, Blade.
Jeffrey has been racing in lower-tier divisions at Wythe Raceway in Rural Retreat, Virginia, and was recognized for his 2005 season efforts at the track's banquet after he scored two consecutive wins in May 2005 at the half-mile dirt track, in the "Hornet" division, which features four-cylinder subcompact cars, becoming the fourth generation of Earnhardts to win in Mid-Atlantic short tracks.
Jeffrey Earnhardt is racing at Motor Mile Speedway in Radford, Virginia for 2006.
