In 1990, Dale Earnhardt reclaimed the Winston Cup title by winning 9 races. It was his fourth championship, moving him into second place all-time behind Richard Petty who owned seven championships. Despite his title run, Earnhardt’s season was incomplete as he lost the Daytona 500 on the final lap due to a cut tire.
He clinched the championship for a fifth time in 1991 by 195 points over Ricky Rudd after posting four wins.
The 1992 season marked one of the few substandard years in Earnhardt’s celebrated career. While Ford Thunderbird drivers Bill Elliott, Davey Allison, and Alan Kulwicki dominated the top of the championship standings, Earnhardt would stumble to a 12th place spot in the final Winston Cup championship standings with only one victory. It was the first time since 1982 when he finished outside of the top ten in the Winston Cup standings.
