Ralph Earnhardt was probably one of the most talented drivers never to win a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Title. Although his racing career lasted 23 years, Ralph was a guest at NASCAR’s highest division despite being master of the North Carolina short tracks. He won NASCAR’s Sportsman Division Championship in 1956 and had seven top-ten finishes in eight starts in the 1961 season in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and that resulted in a 17th place in the overall standings.
Ralph was working on a race car in his shop when he suddenly passed away.
| Born | 23 Feb 1928 |
| Died | 26 Sep 1973 (45 years) |
| Nationality |
United States
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The National Motorsports Press Association inducted him into the Hall of Fame in 1989. Ralph Earnhardt also got inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in Talladega in 1997.
