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Kenny Wallace reveals how he repaid Dale Earnhardt’s 1988 favor at Talladega 2000

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Kenny Wallace told Kevin Harvick on the Happy Hour podcast how Dale Earnhardt gave him his NASCAR break in November 1988 and how he returned that favor 12 years later by pushing Earnhardt to his 76th and final Cup Series victory at Talladega. The 1988 Break That Changed Everything NASCAR wanted to evaluate Wallace before approving him for Rusty Wallace’s new 1989 Xfinity team. Earnhardt told his team, “I know NASCAR needs to approve you to go to…
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Media Referee broke the news in on Wednesday, December 10, 2025.
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