Martha Earnhardt was born today in 1930 in Concord, North Carolina. She married Ralph Earnhardt when she was just seventeen-years-old. Martha was present when Ralph started his racing career two years later.
Martha understood that racing was a lucrative way to support the Earnhardt family, but she later wished her children and grandchildren would pursue safer career than racing. While her husband supported the family in the car garage, Martha filled their bellies with her delicious southern cooking.
In modern times, Martha Earnhardt joined the mother of Jeff Gordon to publish the cookbook, Pit Stop to Southern Kitchen. Many of Martha's southern recipes were passed down to her by Dale Earnhardts grandmother, Effie.
Martha Earnhardt can't recall any particular dish that "The Intimidator" preferred.
"My children were raised to eat whatever was put on the table," she said.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. likes her homemade vegetable soup.
"I had some one day, and he was visiting me. He ate some, and he said, 'Mamaw, I need to take some of this home with me,'"
Saint Valentine's Day, also known as Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is observed on February 14 each year.
No date for Valentine’s Day this year? Or do you and your significant other share a passion for NASCAR? Either way, FOX Sports 1 has a memorable night planned that is sure to get everyone’s heart racing.
Spend a sweetheart of an evening with your favorite racers as "NASCAR Night on FOX Sports 1" delivers a three-and-a-half-hour block of primetime NASCAR programming right after the network’s live on-track coverage of the opening day of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice at Daytona International Speedway on Friday, Feb. 14.
On Valentine’s Day evening:
FOX Sports 1 premieres FOX SPORTS 1-on-1: JIMMIE JOHNSON (7:30-8:00 PM ET)
THE DAY: DAYTONA PRIMETIME (8:00-8-9:00 PM ET)
RETURN OF THE 3 (9:00-10:00 PM ET)
An encore presentation of THE DAY: REMEMBERING DALE EARNHARDT (10:00-11:00 PM ET).
"Daytona Speedweeks is the most anticipated two weeks on every NASCAR fan’s calendar each year, and with the return of the No. 3 and various competition and championship format changes, interest is at an all-time high," said FOX Sports 1 & FOX Sports 2 General Manager & COO David Nathanson. "Daytona has produced some of the sport’s most memorable, historic and tragic moments throughout the decades, and on Valentine’s Day, FOX Sports 1 and NASCAR Productions shine a spotlight on what makes NASCAR so beloved by millions of race fans."
If you love NASCAR and need a good credit card, now would be the perfect time to investigate the NASCAR RacePoints program. NASCAR RacePoints is the official loyalty reward program of NASCAR and the fastest way to earn free officially licensed NASCAR merchandise. What makes this the perfect time to join is the NASCAR RacePoints limited time offer of Twitter and Facebook incentives!
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I took advantage of my Bonus Points to earn myself an awesome Chase Authentics Carl Edwards Women’s Twill Uniform Jacket. You have to admit it looks great on me! Delivery of the reward was fast and easy. Now I am ready for my next NASCAR Race.
On the upper end of the RacePoints program are once in a lifetime fan experiences. The really unique “high end” rewards like being an Honorary Pit Crew Member, Waving The Green Flag, and At-Track VIP Experiences are awesome!
After viewing the video above, you know that NASCAR Race Mom will be saving her future NASCAR RacePoints for an “At-Track VIP Experience” of her own! Maybe I could talk with Carl Edwards about his mom. I know that, like myself, she is very active in her son’s racing career. Perhaps Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and I could discuss “Most Popular Driver” strategies? The NASCAR RacePoint dreams are endless! Who would you most like to meet during one of these NASCAR RacePoints VIP experiences?
Born in 1957 in Belgium, it was after a trip at the age of seven that my love for NASCAR caught hold of me! It was the 1964 World 600 in Charlotte. Since NASCAR it's my life! A large collection of objects and papers make up my personal little NASCAR museum.
Passionate about the history and statistics of NASCAR, I have contributed to numerous magazines and websites mainly in French language (Europe and Canada). One of my greatest pride is my full-time collaboration at racing-reference.info from 2003 to 2021.
Today I continue to write for fun and it's with joy that I join nascarracemom.com as contributor. .
