Earnhardt Wrangler
Earnhardt Wrangler
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 Dale Earnhardt Jr Signed 2010 Wrangler 124 Daytona Raced Win 3 Car US $799.95 |
 Dale Earnhardt Jr 2010 Signed 124 Wrangler Daytona Raced Win 3 Global COA  US $399.95
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 1986 93 Ertl 15 Wrangler promo Earnhardt light blue US $420.00
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 2010 Dale Earnhardt Jr 3 Wrangler Autographed Race Version Win Elite 1 24th US $299.99
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 NASCAR DALE EARNHARDT 15 124 SCALEWRANGLERVINTAGE AND RARE DIECAST CAR US $250.00
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 Dale Earnhardt 1981 Pontiac Wrangler 1 24 BWB ORIGINAL US $239.95
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 2010 Dale Earnhardt Jr 3 Wrangler Autographed liquid color 1 24 US $229.99
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 Dale Earnhardt wheaties olympic bass pro peter max wrangler 1 24 actionWinston US $200.00
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 DALE EARNHARDT JR 31 WRANGLER ACTION DIECAST NASCAR US $200.00
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 action 1 24 15 WRANGLER DALE EARNHARDT 1983 T BIRD BWB US $199.95
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 DALE EARNHARDT 1981 WRANGLER PONTIAC 3 ORIGINAL 1 24 SCALE US $195.00
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 DALE EARNHARDT 1981 WRANGLER PONTIAC 2 ORIGINAL 1 24 SCALE US $195.00
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 DALE EARNHARDT 3 1999 GOODWRENCH WRANGLER CHROME US $179.95
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 Dale Earnhardt Jr 31 Wrangler 1997 Monte Carlo BW Bank US $169.95
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 DALE EARNHARDT 3 WRANGLER 1995 RACING CHAMPIONS BANK 124 LIMITED ED 1 OF 5016 US $164.95
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 1998 Revell Collection 124 31 D Earnhardt Jr Wrangler 1997 Monte Carlo 5004 US $150.00
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 MIB Dale Earnhardt 3 Wrangler 124 Nascar Diecast Bank US $149.99
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 Dale Earnhardt ERTL Wrangler Race Set US $149.99
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 ORIGINAL Dale Earnhardt 1984 Wrangler BLUE GOOSE 1 24 Action CWC US $169.99
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 Rare Find NIB 2010 Earnhardt Jr 3 COT Action GM Dealers 1 24 Clean Wrangler US $149.00
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 1996 DALE EARNHARDT 15 WRANGLER 1982 FORD THUNDERBIRD ACTION 1 24 BW CAR BANK US $139.99
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 1994 Dale Earnhardt 3 Wrangler 1 96 Hauler RCCA US $139.00
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 1985 DALE EARNHARDT SR 3 WRANGLER KNOTCHBACK US $135.00
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 1981 DALE EARNHARDT SR 3 WRANGLER PONTIAC US $135.00
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 Dale Earnhardt 3 1984 Wrangler 1 24 Monte Carlo BWB US $160.00
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 Dale Earnhardt 1996 Wrangler T Bird Thunderbird Action 124 LE Diecast BANK US $135.00
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When Earnhardt left "15"and Ricky Rudd left "3", who organized the swap?
I know Wrangler stayed with the 15 when Rudd took over but also moved to the 3 with Ironhead. I'm just wondering, did Ricky and Dale work this out on their own, or Bud Moore and Childress? It just seems like something that wouldn't happen today, like Tony Stewart swapping rides with Dale Jr, etc. Anybody know the background?
http://wapedia.mobi/en/Dale_Earnhardt
This still does, and does not make sense to me, without knowing the amount of money that changed hands, and when, and to, or from whom.. Or what the written contracts said, or even if there where any..
It was pretty much all Childress.. He approached Earnhardt with the scheme in 1981, when Dale was winless, and suffering from lack of organization with a new team owner.. The meetings were held in a motel room, and apparently Kirk Shelmerdine was already involved..
Dale had been having trouble finishing races.. In a sport where nobody even thought about racing until the last fifty laps, Earnhardt had to lead every single lap, no matter the cost.. The cost became not finishing races, but he did lead many laps.. Richard Childress, and Kirk Shelmerdine had a plan.. They would develop a car that Dale could drive like Dale drives.. One that would be fast, and stay together for a whole race.. The car would be able to survive Dale Earnhardt.. It would take time, and Dale would drive for Bud Moore in the meantime (after starting with Childress), and Rudd would go to Childress.. Dale continued to not finish races for Bud Moore (that's when Dale earned a healthy respect for anyone who could finish in a Ford, and marveled at Davey Allison's driving skill later on)In the meantime Wrangler, who was Earnhardt's had gone to Childress with Dale, and when the switch was made, they where in contract with Childress already, so to stay with Dale, they sponsored the 15 Bud Moore car too.. Richard Childress had driven the 3 car, so when Dale went back to Childress he drove the blue, and yellow Wrangler #3 car, until it 1986.. In 1987 he became the black Goodwrench #3, and the rest is history as they say..
In 1987 at Pocono, Teresa Earnhardt was selling T-shirts at their trailer, and the most popular one was a white T-shirt with a blue, and yellow scrape (Wrangler colors) across the front, and black circles (tire marks) running through it.. The writing on the shirt said "guess who I ran into at the track today".. If I knew then what I know now, I would have bought as many as I could carry (and had Dale, and Teresa both sign them).. lol
