Lindsey Jacobellis

2006 Olympic team biography!

References: www.ussnowboarding.org, www.lindseyjacobellis.com, www.usolympicteam.com. Earnhardt has also appeared in advertisements for Budweiser, NAPA, Domino's Pizza and Enterprise Rent-A-Car. Olympic Team. Probably not coincidentally, Wrangler was the initial sponsor of his father's #3 Chevrolet from 1980 until 1987. Today she is on a deferment from the University of Vermont until she can fulfill her dreams of competing in the Olympic Winter Games as a member of the U.S. He was also featured in several commercials for Wrangler jeans, one of which used the aforementioned song as its background music. Determined to project a positive image for snowboarding athletes, she is well-spoken and amazingly mature for her age, choosing to swap years of high school memories to travel the world for her sport. has appeared in print advertisements for Drakkar Noir Cologne, one of the sponsors of his race car, and in the video for Sheryl Crow's song "Steve McQueen", which pays tribute to the late film star famous for his car chase scenes.

She began racing SBX at the suggestion of a friend who said her speed and agility made her a natural to be successful in the discipline. Dale Jr.
She entered the sport in the halfpipe at age 10 in 1996 at the urging of her brother. He has expressed interest in pursuing an acting career. For fun, the siblings spend each summer creating trails for their all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) and wakeboarding on the local lake. Dale Jr.'s name has helped his media presence. Between seasons in 2004, Lindsey modeled for Seventeen and cross-trained with her brother, Ben. For the 3rd straight year, Earnhardt took home the NMPA Most Popular Driver Award.

While her noticeable natural wavy hair was cut back in 2002 to make a wig for “Locks of Love,” an organization helping chemotherapy patients who are losing hair, Lindsey is as radiant as ever, with a vibrant personality and a style off the slopes that helps her stand out in the crowd. Earnhardt statistically had his worst season in 2005, with only 1 win and a 19th place points effort. She carries herself with confidence and is one of the toughest women in the sport today, with her demanding schedule riding both the halfpipe and snowboard cross. Earnhardt was reunited with cousin Tony Eury, Jr after the fall Richmond weekend, and results improved immediately. Olympic Team hopeful successfully competing in two snowboarding disciplines. Earnhardt was eliminated from any possible competition for the NEXTEL Cup championship after suffering an engine failure at the California Speedway. with a thousand-watt smile and is the only U.S. score his lone win of 2005 at Chicagoland in July.

She’s a rising young star in the U.S. Rondeau served as Earnhardt's crew chief until the Coca Cola 600 weekend when he was replaced with DEI chief engineer Steve Hmiel, who helped Jr.
Lindsey Jacobellis stands out with her long, curly, golden locks of hair, her easy-going personality and all those tricks she performs on her snowboard. Peter Rondeau, a Chance 2 employee who also helped Earnhardt win the Busch Series race at Bristol in August, became the crew chief for Earnhardt in 2005. During the 2003-2004 season, she competed in both disciplines, winning every snowboard cross competition she entered and capturing back-to-back World Cup wins in both disciplines. became the crew chief for the DEI #15 driven by Michael Waltrip for the 2005 season. The 2005 World Champion in SBX, Lindsey is also an Olympic medal favorite in the halfpipe. would be promoted to the team manager position for the DEI corporation, while Tony Eury, Jr.

She has a chance to compete in Torino in halfpipe and her specialty, snowboard cross (SBX), which will be a first-time Olympic event in 2006. At the close of the 2004 season it was revealed that Tony Eury, Sr. Olympic Team. Earnhardt also won his fair share of races as a driver/owner, winning 6 Busch races in only 8 starts from 2002 to 2004.
Lindsey is one of the bright, new medal prospects for the 2006 U.S. He would repeat the feat in 2005 with 6 wins and another championship.
• 2005 Snowboard World Champion (snowboard cross)
• 2005 Overall Grand Prix Champion (halfpipe)
• 2004 Niigata Joetsu-Kokusai, Japan World Cup Champion (halfpipe)
• 2004 Mountain Creek Grand Prix (halfpipe), second
• Three-time Winter X Games Champion (snowboard cross) (2003-2005)
• 2003 Junior Worlds Champion (halfpipe)
• 2002 Junior Worlds Champion (snowboard cross). Truex went on a charge late in the 2004 Busch Series season, and clinched the series championship at Darlington, with a strong finish, making Earnhardt the winner of both a driver's championship (1998 and 1999) and an owner's championship (2004) in the NASCAR Busch series.

Height: 5’5”
Date of Birth: 8/19/1985
Hometown: Stratton Mountain, Vt.
Resides: Belmont, Vt.
Event: Halfpipe, Snowboard Cross. Earnhardt as an owner was more proficient. . He also picked up his 2nd consecutive Most Popular Driver Award. That incident, combined with two consecutive DNF's in the playoffs, eventually dropped him out of the running, and he finished fifth in the 2004 Nextel Cup chase despite a career-high 6 wins at Daytona, Atlanta, Richmond, Bristol, Talladega and Phoenix. However, he was penalized 25 points for use of an obscenity during the television broadcast, in violation of a NASCAR rule prohibiting participants from using obscene language.

He was able to qualify for the NASCAR ten-race playoff, and his fifth Nextel Cup win of the season (a career high) was also his fifth win at Talladega. In the fall, Junior became the first driver to sweep a weekend at Bristol by winning both the Busch race and Cup race in the same weekend. and his stepmother Teresa Earnhardt) and his DEI team mate (John Andretti) in the middle of the races. (driver for Chance 2 Motorsports, co-owned by Dale Earnhardt, Jr.

The burns prevented him from finishing two races where he was replaced by Martin Truex, Jr. He suffered second and third degree burns on his neck, chin, and legs. The car burst into flames with Earnhardt still inside. crashed the Corvette he was testing for an American LeMans Series race at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California.

won the Daytona 500, 6 years to the day after his father won his only title in the "Great American Race." In July, during on off-weekend from NASCAR, Dale Jr. In 2004, Dale Earnhardt Jr. He would also take home the NMPA Most Popular Driver award for the first time in his career. He put that talk to rest as he scored the victory at Phoenix in October, recording a career-best 3rd place effort in the standings.

He scored a record-breaking 4th consectuive win at Talladega, but people were beginning to say that Earnhardt could only win on the plate tracks, as his last win on a non plate track had come at Dover in 2001. become a true title contender. 2003 Saw Earnhardt Jr. Still, Junior rallied to score two more wins at Talladega, a pair of Bud Pole Awards and an 11th-place finish in the standings.

finished no better than 30th. In the three races following Fontana, Earnhardt Jr. He struggled after enduring a concussion at Fontana in April -- an injury he did not admit to until mid-September. In 2002, Junior had a roller-coaster season.

This season of emotion produced nine top-fives and 15 top-10 finishes, as well as two Bud Poles. The Talladega victory earned Junior a Winston No Bull 5 $1 million bonus. Eanrhardt rebounded and scored victories at Dover and Talladega, as well as an emotional win in the return to Daytona, finishing eighth in points for the year. Junior raced at Rockingham the following weekend, but crashed on the first lap and finished in 43rd-place.

As Junior finished second, his father died on impact with the wall. The major event of the season occurred in the final corner of the final lap of the 2001 Daytona 500--Junior's father crashed. came into the season assuming he would face a sophomore slump, but the year proved to be one of the most tumultuous and memorable seasons the young driver has experienced. In 2001 Earnhardt Jr.

Lee, Richard and Maurice Petty had previously accomplished the feat. That occasion was only the second time that a father had raced against two sons. Junior did have a part in recreating one Winston Cup milestone in 2000 when he competed with his father and brother Kerry in the Pepsi 400 at Michigan International Speedway. Earnhardt put up a valiant effort, scoring wins at Texas and Richmond, as well as becoming the first rookie to win the All-Star exhibition race, but it was Kenseth who ultimately scored a 42-point victory in the rookie race.

Matt Kenseth outran Junior in the Daytona 500, and never let up in his run to the Rookie title. was tapped to compete for the Raybestos Rookie of the Year Award in 2000. Earnhardt Jr. With his father's guidance and his own experience on the short tracks throughout the Carolinas, he was ready to take a bold step forward.

won consecutive NASCAR Busch Series Championships in 1998 & 1999. Earnhardt Jr. There, he developed an in-depth knowledge of chassis setup and car preparation, while racing against Kerry and their sister Kelley. Within two seasons, the young Earnhardt had honed his driving abilities to the point of joining the Late Model Stock Car division.

His first race car was a 1978 Monte Carlo that he co-owned with older brother Kerry. began his professional driving career at the age of 17, competing in the Street Stock division at Concord (N.C.) Motorsport Park. Earnhardt Jr. He currently drives the #8 Budweiser Chevrolet Monte Carlo.

Ralph Dale Earnhardt Jr. (born October 10, 1974 in Kannapolis, North Carolina)or "Little E" as he is sometimes called, is the son of NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt.