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High-Five’s All Around

The Daytona 500 is a race that Dale Earnhardt had struggled to win his entire life. Sure, the man in black came close to the winning the race so many times, but it took the seven time champion 20 years to nab the most prestigious crown in all of auto racing. When he finally won the Daytona 500 in 1998 however, The Intimidator celebrated in one of the most historic fashions imaginable.

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Mere minutes after beating Bobby Labonte to the line to capture his first ever 500 victory, Earnhardt drove to pit road and high-fived every crew member that came out to congratulate  him on the monumental feat. He followed that up with a couple burnouts in the infield grass, which drew a huge round of cheers from the fans in the stands.