A 1996 Chevrolet Monte Carlo stock car that was raced by Dale Earnhardt in select NASCAR races attracted a significant $425,000 in a recent online auction hosted by Barrett-Jackson.
The car, which was offered from the personal collection of NASCAR team owner Richard Childress, was raced by Earnhardt at a number of short and intermediate tracks between 1996 and 1999, including Bristol Motor Speedway, Dover International Speedway, Rockingham Speedway and Darlington Raceway. The fan-favorite driver also took a win with the car at Rockingham Speedway in 1996. It is powered by an RCR 358 cubic inch V8 engine, which is paired with a four-speed manual transmission.
All proceeds from the sale of this ex-Earnhardt Chevrolet Monte Carlo will benefit non-profit organizations Feeding America and Samaritans Purse. The lucky new owner will also receive VIP treatment from Richard Childress himself,” when picking up the car from the Richard Childress Racing headquarters in Welcome, NC, Barrett Jackson says. This visit will include an exclusive, VIP tour of RCR’s workshop and museum, lunch with Mr. Childress at Childress Vineyards and a personalized case of Childress Vineyards wine.
This is the first time that Childress has parted with an original Earnhardt car from his personal collection, though other select Earnhardt cars have been sold by RCR itself to private collectors. Earnhardt raced for RCR from 1984 until his death in 2001 and also raced for the team briefly in 1981 prior to a two-year stint at Bud Moore Engineering.
Check out the original online auction listing at this link for some more photos of this legendary Earnhardt driven Chevrolet.
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I wonder if this will eventually go way down in value after nobody remembers who Dale Earnhardt was.
Lol all the downvotes. I have nothing against Dale Earnhardt, but honestly imagine this was a car owned by a race car driver that died in like, idk, 1971.
Is anyone going to even know who he was? At that point it’s just an old race car, which probably has some value, but not millions or anything.
Sorry I love cars, and don’t care about racing.
Have you seen what the Superbird that Richard Petty drove in 1971 is worth today?
You may not like racing but that is no excuse to not comprehend realized prices on old race cars tied to winning drivers are still holding a premium.
Now if it was Lenny Ponds car from 74 yes it may be a $10K car if restored but cars with history they hold a premium no matter the series.
I was just pointing out that he died quite a while ago and it might not continue to go up in value.
Totally looking at this from an investing perspective because I don’t give a crap about race cars.
I would argue the Superbird though is at least a kind of crazy looking car. Way more interesting than those Monte Carlos were.
You sir are an IDIOT..
That is NASCAR’s problem now is every one remembers Dale and how NASCAR was more real racing than the mess they have today with stages and chases.
This car is from an an era when racing mattered.
Cleetus mcfarland needed to buy this, and put it on display at the freedom factory. (He bought Abandoned Desoto Speedway and calls it the freedom factory) Use it as the pace car maybe for the next freedom 500?
Disappointing (and distracting) that the left door decal is not level. I hope they straighten it for the new owner.
Dale Earnhardt was Michael Jordan and Elvis Pressley combined to American auto racing fans and non fans. Everyone, even people that never watched him race knows his name. Racing may become a thing of the past but he won’t be forgotten.