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ALL-STAR: Specials on SPEED™ Feature Earnhardt Jr., Waltrip & Kahne
Three Eras of All-Star racing through the eyes of race winners...
SPEED Staff  |  Posted April 28, 2009   Charlotte, NC
Dale Earnhardt Jr. celebrates after driving his #8 Budweiser Chevrolet car to victory at Lowe's Motor Speedway on May 20, 2000. (Photo: Craig Jones/Getty Images)

As part of its weeklong, prime time programming lineup leading up to the 25th running of the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race, SPEED™ will air a series of four consecutive My All-Star specials on May 12 beginning at 9 p.m. ET focusing on the race-winning experience of All-Star drivers from three different decades.

The first 30-minute program will focus on inaugural All-Star winner Darrell Waltrip (1985 winner; 9 p.m. ET), followed by specials featuring Michael Waltrip (1996 winner; 9:30 p.m. ET), Dale Earnhardt Jr. (2000 winner; 10 p.m. ET) and Kasey Kahne (2008 winner; 10:30 p.m. ET).

“These specials are meant to capture more than just the All-Star racing experience,” said SPEED™ SVP of Programming Steve Craddock. “In addition to current interviews with the All-Stars, the shows also will present archival sights and sounds from each driver’s era … viewers will see where the driver was at that stage of his life and what was going on in the world of NASCAR.”

ALL STAR GALLERY WITH LEGACY PICS

In 2000, Earnhardt, Jr. rose from the shadows with a late charge from mid-pack to win the race in his rookie season aboard the No. 8 owned by his famous father.

“That win here in the All-Star race was, and still is, the favorite moment of my career-being in victory lane with my dad," Earnhardt Jr. said about the night in 2000 when, as a rookie, he drove the No. 8 Budweiser Chevrolet to victory in what is now the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race. "The wins that I had before, he (Dale Earnhardt) would come in and shake everybody's hand and take off. That was the only victory lane that he stood in the entire time … he was there for the whole half-hour, 45 minutes we were there, even as the car was taken off for inspection he continued to stay.”

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