Earnhardt estate willed to Teresa.

Teresa Earnhardt, wife of the late Dale Earnhardt, has inherited the six-times NASCAR Winston Cup Champion's estate that includes his fast-rising DEI race team that will be hunting a first NWC title in 2002 with either Dale Earnhardt Jr, Michael Waltrip or Steve Park after their most successful on-track season to date in 2001.

Although the late Dale Earnhardt assets remain private, his estate has been willed to his wife Teresa. Included in the will were his full NASCAR race team business (Dale Earnhardt Incorporated), his Chevrolet dealership, a $300,000 home next to his state of the art racing facility and numerous collector cars and boats.

World-renowned publication Forbes magazine named Earnhardt one of the worlds highest paid athletes in 1999 earning $24 million and his total winnings are surpassed only by those of Jeff Gordon. Meanwhile on December 5th, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and his stepmother Teresa carried the Olympic torch through Charlotte as part of the countrywide ceremony.

'Little E' was vocal about NASCAR moving to smaller safer tracks in the future, "NASCAR sanctions the tracks so they might as well enforce similar rules," he quipped regarding something that is unlikely to happen with the continued although slowing growth of the sport and the need for bigger tracks to house more spectators.