Dale Earnhardt's Early Days: Inside Rod Osterlund's Former Race Shop with Doug Richert! (Crew Chief)

Before Dale Earnhardt was "The Intimidator" known for driving the black 3 car, he was just Ralph's boy from Kannapolis looking to make a career in NASCAR racing. His first of 7 cup series championships was achieved out of THIS building right here. His former crew chief and good friend Doug Richert has not been back here in 40 years until today! Back in the late 70's this was the home of Rod Osterlund Racing, who they hired a young Dale to drive full time in 1979. He won rookie of the year in 79 and became champion in 1980 attracting the iconic Wrangler sponsorship for 1981. Shortly after the 81 season began JD Stacy bought the team and Earnhardt left for RCR, taking Wrangler with him. The shop later became Blue Max racing and was also used by Hendrick Motorsports in some capacity back in the day before falling into disrepair and being converted into retail space by Art. Check out CHANNELLOCK! https://channellock.com/locking-plier... dium=CC&utm_campaign=new_product&utm_content=_23_Q3_stapleton42 Channel T-Shirts Hats and Decals! https://stapletonautoworks.com Follow me on Twitter!   / stapleton42_   We are on Instagram too! Mitchell: @stapleton42_ Logan: @Logann42_ Become a Stapleton42 channel member to gain special perks. Sign up Here!    / @stapleton42   MY GEAR SETUP 🎥 GoPro 8: https://amzn.to/3YGTgKh GoPro 360: https://amzn.to/3P2Srs9 DJI Mics: https://amzn.to/3siJ5zw Macbook Pro: https://amzn.to/3qwqmjF Drone: https://amzn.to/3QM8oo2 https://1stphorm.com/stapleton42 Facebook Page:   / stapleton42   📩 Business Inquiries: [email protected] Note: The products in the Amazon links are the ones I actually use to make these videos! Any purchase using those links gives me a small commision on the sale and we appreciate your use of them very much!