Did you know that Dale Earnhardt once drove a pink car???

Question

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYZFxLvkK8o

Answer 1

Yes.A late model stock number K-2.

Answer 2

Yep...

Answer 3

His first dirt-track car was a 1956 hot-pink Ford Sedan, which he got from his neighbors, David and Ray Oliver. His father had built the engine, and some other friends, Frank and Wayne Dayvault and their cousin Gregg, tuned it. They intended to paint the car avocado green, but a paint mishap resulted in the car being pink. They could not afford to repaint it, and he raced the pink car on dirt tracks around Charlotte, North Carolina.  

Go Jr.>>>>

Answer 4

thanks for the link I did not know that.

Answer 5

yeah, I kew that. It was his first car, The K-2 car.

Answer 6

he sure did and i have a replica and pic of it.....NICE!!!!!!!!!

Answer 7

Yup & from what I have heard Ralph told him when asked why pink? If you can be tough in this car you can be tough in anything

As far as I am conserned He was Right Dale was one Tough DUDE still miss ya DALE

Answer 8

Yep, the K-2 car and he hated it. Funny commercial also.

http://jims_diecast.tripod.com/Pink.jpg

Answer 9

I never knew that. Thanks for sharing.

Answer 10

Yeah, and I saw a picture in a book once.  It was definitely pink, not just a light red.

Answer 11

And...

Answer 12

I never knew he stopped.

Answer 13

Yeah I knew it, looks like Gloria answered quite well...

Answer 14

The car wasn't supposed to be pink. They mixed several cans of paint together and that's how it came out. In the earIy days they had to make due with what they had.

I wouldn't have been happy either.