NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt of Kannapolis, N.C., holds the series championship trophy in victory lane at the North Carolina Motor Speedway, near Rockingham, N.C., Oct. 24, 1994. Earnhardt, one of the greatest stars in auto racing history, died Sunday, Feb. 18, 2001, from injuries in a last-lap crash at the Daytona 500. He was 49. (AP Photo/Alan Marler, file)