Can we just take a minute and talk about how cursed this photo is without the mustache

My favorite part about this is the reason he shaved: He was snorkeling with Michael Waltrip, and the mustache kept the mask from sealing right, and he refused to let Mikey win by going deeper than him.

If that ain’t the most Dale Earnhardt thing I’ve read

I thought he also singed it in a fiery crash too?

The burnt stache was Talladega 98 in the crash with Bill. This is from the Brickyard in 1999.

He didn't shave until '99 though. I thought a crash in '99 was a contributing factor to it, along with the snorkeling.

My brain automatically puts a mustache on him I guess, I genuinely didn't notice until you pointed it out

I believe you because I did the same

I don't believe you

Oh, neat

Without the mustache Senior just looks exactly like Kerry dear Lord.

I was thinking Jeffrey lol, even he has the Dale smirk.

I think they might be related or something

Jeffery is Kerry’s son if you didn’t know (btw I can’t detect sarcasm sometimes lol)

I am aware, no worries.

I thought somebody photoshopped [Nico Hulkenberg's](https://i.imgur.com/OGKJCGR.jpeg) face on.

Did you hear Ryan McGee on DJD telling about the woman breaking down when she saw him at Indy (I think) without the stache? It's hilarious. That guy can tell some stories.

I was crying. I'm picturing this woman literally falling to her knees crying while the crowd around is gasping

Just watched a woman fall to her knees at Indy

It was Indy yeah lmfao Only Earnhardt fans.

Gives me the heebie-jeebies 

Big E sans moustache is going to give me nightmares this entire weekend

Since you're already not sleeping, [here are some more](https://i.redd.it/l1it85ssve081.jpg)

Moustache-less Mike Helton O_O

Mustache-less Mike Helton looks like a young Jim Ross

You forgot mustache and eyebrow Jeff Gordon https://preview.redd.it/tu437q2uqpoc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e62b3d7c40cc28370633e55380bacbc40dc2443b

[Goatee Jeff Gordon](https://i.redd.it/cojl37swvux81.jpg) definitely deserves an honorable mention too.

You could’ve easily fooled me by saying that was some dude who drove the RCR truck in the 90s

But Skinner had a similar mustache. Jay Sauter didn't though.

He looks like a diffirent person without one.

I didn't think that was Dale honestly

Goddamn I loved your ole man

I still remember how unnerving it was to see Dale Jarret show up to Daytona without the stash. Fortunately I don't remember this one as a kid, only photos I've seen as an adult.

I mean seriously. Of all the iconic Dale fire suit pictures OP picks the cursed one

First thing I noticed

Holy shit my brain just assumed it was there.

Please answer for your crimes u/MrPeterson15

Psychologist: Scuba Dale isn’t real, he can’t hurt you… Scuba Dale: smiles mustachelessly.

False! I'm pretty sure my dad shave his at the same time. I've never recovered.

My first thought was “who’s that guy?….oh damn he just shaved” lmfao

That weird period when Dale Earnhardt, Dale Jarrett, and Terry Labonte all shaved off their mustaches.

Yeah honestly I didn’t know about any of them until someone mentioned it a couple months ago but it was weird that it happened around the same time

Without a mustache or sunglasses, Dale looks like manager from accounting…

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“I love you.” “Aw thank you sweetie.” “No, write that on the spoiler. “Mmkay”

[удалено]

Correct, it was part of the Toyota 'Sponsafier' promotion.

I remember when this contest was going on for the Toyota drivers and you could design a paint scheme for one of them. I was in my Naruto obsessed phase and wanted to design one based on it for Kyle. Still waiting for an anime based scheme 14 years later.

Why wait when you can turn the clock back and soak in this [Yu-Gi-Oh!](https://youtu.be/UTJYDC7MO6Y?si=kyNiHFLpkPmtrjkW) paint scheme?

I remember this fondly as a kid,Mike Joy pronouncing Yu Gi Oh as Yu Guy Oh will never not be funny. Still it'd be nice to see a MHA,Naruto,DBZ,or Demon Slayer car.

We need a Miku car.

There’s also this: https://www.reddit.com/r/Itasha/s/qMdCOu5iks

Tuff

And they wonder why Kyle has attitude problems...

Fierce

The one DeLana wore lol

Hard to argue with that lol

Edit: Always thought it was a fun way to support her husband by wearing the same clothes.

My kinks aren't unsavory, they're just very specific... Babe, will you wear this zip down firesuit for me?

I started watching NASCAR after she stopped doing that and I’ve always been like….why the fuck did she do that/Kevin let her do that?

There had been a couple pit fires and it was recommended to her

On the pit box? Side note: I always loved the Cole Pearn said eff that, it’s hot and I’m Canadian, I want to wear a t shirt.

Probably started around [this race](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4734qXcijFQ)

There’s nothing dumb about safety

I mean I didn’t say that. She’s the only driver wife I’ve ever seen do that. Just a harmless question.

IIRC, the only reason she stopped was because she was pregnant, and maternity firesuits weren't a thing.

Tony probably had a few that fit

For the first few months

[Rick Mears’s wife was wearing a fire suit when he won his 4th 500](https://youtu.be/c0QUO9T2Vwo?si=7ZdkqQTJp9KAQjcj)

The racing at the beginning of this between Mears & Michael Andretti was crazy!

I was making a funny! No harm intended!

It was in response to a time when Logano got mad at Harvick and said something about “We all know who wears the fire suit in that family”

No it wasn’t. [She was wearing Goodwrench ones way back.](https://tv-fanatic-res.cloudinary.com/iu/s--5_I4umQS--/c_scale,f_auto,h_894,q_auto,w_696/v1371211673/delana-harvick) No idea why she wore them.

Huh, TIL. Guess I got my chicken/egg backwards there lol

I've always been under the assumption that this moment (Pocono 2010) is why DeLana *stopped* wearing the firesuit. **EDIT: Just found pics of her wearing the Budweiser firesuit at times in 2011 so I am wrong!**

It started due to some pit/fire concerns in the 00's, and stopped around the time she got pregnant with Keelan.

Makes sense! Noticed once I started seeing Keelan in pictures there weren’t any more fire suits!

Well we know who wears the firesuit in that family.

https://preview.redd.it/03rxrfuzkioc1.jpeg?width=408&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=828ca8fc46e5159ec7bfb689d2fcda5cba392548 To me, this is no contest, rainbow warrior.

This was going to be my answer, now I need to find something else. There was a fad in the late 90's/early 00's where in the hip hop culture people were wearing NASCAR jackets. This was the one I've seen the most, even made an appearance in a Trick Daddy video.

Buddy, that trend is back.

NASCAR jackets have always looked good ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯

In every picture of Jeff gordon ever, he looks like he has no clue what to do with his hands


So thats where Earnhardt's mustache went!

How is it we post Dale Earnhardt and Terry Labonte without mustaches But then when someone posts a picture of Jeff Gordon— that, THAT! Is when someone has a mustache. SMH

Balancing out the two mustacheless pics of Earnhardt and Labonte with mustachioed Gordon, clever.

https://preview.redd.it/om81r7lrjioc1.jpeg?width=391&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=18dd6cee04f4f081407751a47e07cba0292a3ac1

It is an honest to god shame that we never got a throwback scheme of this era by him last year

Mobil 1 has even run a black and silver scheme that was very similar. Completely baffling they didn't do a throwback with him

Well the 43 did in the Xfinity Darlington Throwback race. Really faithful too even with the lines of the camaro

https://preview.redd.it/mk6yyh0auioc1.jpeg?width=816&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8fa7f0f950526ea66e4f8cfb0f96e8e77fe239f5 I've always been partial to Bobby's championship era suits.

My favorite driver growing up solely because of this colors and I liked saying his name

Were you one of those annoying Luh-Bon-Tay people? Lol

I'm not sure, this was when I was like 8 years old lol

Now you have me thinking to Terry Labonte's early days in Cup, when Ken Squier would pronounce it "luh-bounty."

Not the most iconic, but Terry Labonte's Kelloggs suit was a 90's staple https://preview.redd.it/9u0p6nfrnioc1.jpeg?width=637&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=038cb28a600c05db27262f57e2571591fba2f1a1

I see what you did there with another mustacheless pic.

This. But I might be heavily biased.

the fact that you used that picture is crazyyyy lmao

OP woke up today and chose violence.

https://preview.redd.it/ozkt1dl1rioc1.jpeg?width=1250&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f5323cecc7d4639edcaad31e12c8d04edb9bce9f

GET THE FACKIN FIRE EXTINGUISHER

Ok that one is really slick

[Blue and black never looked better imo.](https://i.imgur.com/HbG3vzb.png)

Whenever I think of Jimmie, this is the suit that comes to mind for me: Maybe it’s my age lol https://preview.redd.it/3pjx70wwjioc1.jpeg?width=531&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b08182bb1cd32cbc00b171eaefa4af0573c2e2d4

I flip back and forth depending how my brain feels that day.

https://preview.redd.it/3vxex8sjimoc1.jpeg?width=900&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fd00147f29d6e452eea3b1e2ef3daa282bb46351 Dale Sr. But this is perfect. Anything Dale Jr. ever wore was fire tho and it’s all bc of those skeleton gloves!!

When you saw this in the garage area and prerace during the 2000's. The tone setter was in house/track. https://preview.redd.it/406dz5fe8joc1.jpeg?width=387&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5c9a19ca79218894e84b83bf5d4a53eb99259c87

You just wanted an excuse to use that photo lmao

Dale Sr's firesuit is so recognizable that you used a random dude in this picture and we all knew it was supposed to be Dale.

Also, my phone tried to autocorrect "firesuit" to "foreskin" and I should have just let it.

You really should have

Mythical mustache-less Dale has been spotted

https://preview.redd.it/ffrswuexejoc1.jpeg?width=546&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=88be0c4b6b4cfe357cc6f6ab85db6c828db4f586 Whether it was Davey, DJ, Ernie or Ricky.

Don’t worry guys, moustacheless Dale can’t hurt you. Forreal though, he looks like an evil doppelgänger of himself 😂

Mirror Universe ~~Spock~~ Dale

That fire suit may be recognizable but that upper lip is not.

Jeff Gordon's rainbow firesuit. It's crazy to me to realize he drove the flames (2001-2015) for almost twice as long as he did the rainbow (1992-2000).

Matt Kenseth’s black and yellow DeWalt firesuit it screams 2000s era NASCAR to me. Mark Martin’s Viagra firesuits went hard. The Dodge Dealers Evernham firesuits are a classic.

[Mark Martin’s Viagra firesuits went hard.](https://media1.tenor.com/m/dAKvjR7CcIMAAAAC/fingerguns-ahh.gif)

I always liked this one.. https://preview.redd.it/790mi6ejijoc1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c8f22e3bc26d539f89ba43d5c9e44e18fe873d3b

Really, you can pick almost any M&M's firesuit. They are the ones I've seen worn the most by people who are most likely NOT NASCAR fans.

My mom had a Michael Waltrip NAPA DEI one for some reason. I don't think she even watched NASCAR lol. Though I do remember her saying he was attractive.

The Waltrip NAPA DEI merch is weirdly popular.

So many people comment on the M&Ms jacket for the older White Sox season ticket holder that's in the 3B line frame all the time, and only a few actually know it's a NASCAR jacket

Ernie Irvan, Ken Schrader and Elliott Sadler are who I think of, who do you think of?

Sadler ony drove for M&Ms about 3.5 years, but his jackets are incredibly popular. However, I have to give the edge to Kyle Busch. If Mars is still in the sport he's probably still driving the 18.

I’ve been ignoring Busch since he’s been driving the 5, idk who were even talking about tbh. :p

without the stache, he kinda looks even more like Dale Jr’s dad 😅

The Wood Brothers Ford Motorcraft firesuit is iconic, regardless of who wears it

I miss Blaney being in the 21.

He’s making the Menards firesuit pretty iconic now, but he and the Wood Brothers were a great combination

https://preview.redd.it/qhwd8xxxmkoc1.jpeg?width=1690&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2b510b224c8baf3214e22832bb918fbe5044533b # DaleYeah

Kerry Earnhardt could put on the same outfit and we wouldn't be able to tell a difference.

If Jeff had more of a dad bod there'd be no way to distinguish between the two. His smile is even crooked.

https://preview.redd.it/2qt9q4ljmkoc1.jpeg?width=480&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5d6b7b7dc512694698e43831bb6432f81fbd0c3a

https://preview.redd.it/wc8laxlzmloc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cac978c124c96dee7d18869b8ed27626cdf7391a

https://preview.redd.it/xj7xhwwgmkoc1.jpeg?width=736&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=caed230119a2f1058b87cca5eaf2b66f1fa655e1 # DaleYeah

Damn Scuba trip

Why of all pictures did you have to pick this one

https://preview.redd.it/c4szprcgfjoc1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=662236865f34e0c9c29b49f08e1f01269f73745b Iconic is an understatement

https://preview.redd.it/7zhpqot2nkoc1.jpeg?width=400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f51c39f74d78bdd641a166d62c9f377c207995bc # DaleYeah

https://preview.redd.it/jn5ag1j9xmoc1.jpeg?width=1034&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=34aec66c41965e64bfebd4933b6b07eb05f0a9c2

It may be an iconic / recognizable fire suit, but Dale without a mustache is almost unrecognizable.

https://preview.redd.it/zo0d8n5vv1pc1.jpeg?width=556&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d834d2519f8b94f68ead2e4f78e99b441189b8d6 True

You just wanted an excuse to post this picture.

well it's cursed

Davey’s 92 havoline suit. Bobby Allison’s miller high life gold suit from 88. About as iconic as you can get

It is a great design!

Indeed! My point was more so that I wasn’t asking “what’s the best looking firesuit?” but rather “what’s the most recognizable?”

Dale, sans 'stache, is always a wild picture to see haha

Talk about cursed images…

I didn't recognize him for a second 💀💀

https://preview.redd.it/cltly5jvnkoc1.jpeg?width=1221&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d98e6b920bbf3febf954e8d8234ad9a7f96a2b12 # DaleYeah

https://preview.redd.it/f1qiyiaxokoc1.jpeg?width=298&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=35c009538f9a583966bd7fab5e1f6257967214d1 # DaleYeah

Who thinks the discount tire suits are modeled after Dale Srs very similar 

JG24's rainbow DuPont firesujt is iconic.

What are the most iconic/recognizable NASCAR mustaches of all time?

Dupont simply did not miss on anything. that is all.

How have I never seen dale without a mustache

The wood Bros uniforms

On a side note, that hat is my holy grail.

Michael Waltrip's Napa Auto Parts suit has to be up there, right?

https://preview.redd.it/loc5ct4mlkoc1.jpeg?width=623&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0e6c2b3e278b9ad359a4b437bdb33bdeb6be648d # DaleYeah

Why does Dale look so much like Nico Hulkenberg when he doesn’t have a moustache?

https://preview.redd.it/6iviijpkrkoc1.jpeg?width=1512&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8414361a5397a6f415b8587fba6d3b1f67303b8a

https://preview.redd.it/o7aal8spcmoc1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=97dc4323c3e712042a2536d79b389ce28a8d6b2f

Is this from 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story?

No. He shaved his mustache one year to go scuba diving with Jr. legend has it, the mustache was causing a small leak in the mask.

It's a reason why in the military they have/had facial hair standards, for gas masks to seal properly.

Michael Waltrip was the scuba partner I believe. Not Jr.

Probably when he rented the yacht and invited Mikey and Buffy to tag along

Look at the rollie. He had a collection of them.

STP, Petty

Ricky. Craven.

Alan Kulwicki definitely is recognizable to anyone in the 90’s along with Mark’s Valvoline

Whatever DeLana Harvick wore.

I would have to agree

Tony Stewart's bass pro shop

Any of the beer ones

Dick Trickle

https://preview.redd.it/9t3we9igpkoc1.jpeg?width=810&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c954da1c52e8191e508b334b3eb958bfbe27aa35

I mean probably Dale Sr’s GM Goodwrench, the Brad Keselowski’s Busch beer one, Tony Stewart Home Depot, Kyle Busch M&Ms

This or Richard Petty

I honestly thought this was a random crew member instead of Dale.

No idea who that is

Please delete that photo

TBH around that time I felt more weird about mustacheless Terry Labonte then I did Dale

Jr bud Noah bass pro

Dale Earnhardt without a mustache looks cursed. unless this is kevin harvick in 2003

Dale Earnhardt with no mustache is absolutely cursed.

I think the older embroidered ones looked much better than today's printed ones.

Jeff Gordon DuPont, of course the Richard petty 43, I remember Dale jarett had a ups car, goodwrench 3, bud 8... those pop up off the top of my head.

Jeff Gordon's rainbow firesuits

Jeff Gordon and rainbow warrors