Dale Earnhardt lost and regained the lead twice on the final lap to win the DieHard 500 in a photo finish-on a Sunday when the late Davey Allison was honored and driver Stanley Smith was sent to ...

Dale Earnhardt edged Ernie Irvan by inches, officially 0.005 seconds, at the 1993 DieHard 500 at Talladega Superspeedway. This marked the first year of fully electronic timing.

A month after he was fired from his high-profile ride in Yates’ No. 28 Ford Thunderbird, Irvan piloted the car to the pole position for Sunday’s DieHard 500 at Talladega Superspeedway.