World Report: February 27, 2004 Vol.9 Iss.18

He's Driven, Like His Dad

Race-car driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the Daytona 500 on February 15. His late father, Dale, won the race in 1998. The Earnhardts are the third father-and-son pair to have won stock-car racing's biggest event. Although his dad died in 2001, Earnhardt Jr., 29, says the racing legend was with him in spirit: "I'm sure he was having a blast."