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Barber Steve Ellsworth at his shop in Kannapolis, North Carolina, where he trimmed the hair and yes, the mustache, of NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt for nearly 17 years. Plus images of Earnhardt's hometown of Kannapolis, North Carolina.

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  • Barber Steve Ellsworth at his shop in Kannapolis, North Carolina, where he trimmed the hair and yes, the mustache, of NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt for nearly 17 years.

  • Barber Steve Ellsworth at his shop in Kannapolis, North Carolina, where he trimmed the hair and yes, the mustache, of NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt for nearly 17 years.

  • Barber Steve Ellsworth at his shop in Kannapolis, North Carolina, where he trimmed the hair and yes, the mustache, of NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt for nearly 17 years.

  • Barber Steve Ellsworth at his shop in Kannapolis, North Carolina, where he trimmed the hair and yes, the mustache, of NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt for nearly 17 years.

  • Barber Steve Ellsworth at his shop in Kannapolis, North Carolina, where he trimmed the hair and yes, the mustache, of NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt for nearly 17 years.

  • Barber Steve Ellsworth at his shop in Kannapolis, North Carolina, where he trimmed the hair and yes, the mustache, of NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt for nearly 17 years.

  • Fans of Earnhardt show their love for the NASCAR legend on brick pathways winding through a plaza dedicated to him in his hometown of Kannapolis, N.C.

  • A nine-foot, 900-pound bronze statue of Dale Earnhardt stands in the plaza of his hometown in Kannapolis, N.C. The statue faces south, so the sun always shines on his face.

  • All six of Dale Earnhardt's Winston Cup Championship trophies are on display at Dale Earnhardt Inc. near Mooresville, N.C.


  • Dale Earnhardt Inc., or "the garage mahal" as some fans call it, was built in 1999 along a stretch of highway once known as NC-136. After Earnhardt's death the state highway was officially renumbered to be NC-3 in honor of the Intimidator and his #3 car.

  • As a teenager, Dale Earnhardt would cruise around the West Avenue loop in downtown Kannapolis, N.C., which the locals called Idiot Circle. Dale's mom, Martha, said that her son probably logged more miles on Idiot Circle than he did on the race tracks - both are only comprised of left-hand turns.

  • Dale Earnhardt Blvd. runs past a section of Kannapolis known as Car Town, where Dale Earnhardt was raised among streets named Chevrolet, Cadillac, Chrysler and V8.

  • The garage and shop of Dale Earnhardt's childhood home in Kannapolis, N.C., where his father, Ralph, worked on his own race cars. "When I was a kid," Dale once said, "I would do anything I could to help, to be around racing." On school nights when he couldn't tag along to watch his dad race, Dale would race to the garage the next morning. He said he could tell just by looking at the car how well his dad had done the night before. "If there were a lot of tire marks on the doors, he'd probably won 'cause guys had beat and banged on him trying to get around."


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