Dale is a documentary film about the life and career of
NASCAR race car driver
Dale Earnhardt. The film follows his career all the way to his death in the 2001
Daytona 500. Produced as a collaboration between
CMT Films and
NASCAR Images, the film premiered in theaters in selected cities in February 2007. A lot of the cities the film premiered in were cities where the
Nascar Sprint Cup Series was racing that week including
Daytona.
Dale made its television debut on
CMT on September 4, 2007, setting a new ratings record for the network of more than 3.1 million total viewers. The film included interviews from legendary NASCAR drivers including Dale's rival
Darrell Waltrip. It was narrator
Paul Newman's final film performance before his death. The film is now available on
DVD.
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