Ed Negre, the NASCAR owner/driver credited with giving a young Dale Earnhardt his first Cup ride, died Wednesday. Negre, 86, made 338 starts in NASCAR's premier series between 1955 and 1979. A resident of Longview, Washington, Negre earned three of his four career top-five finishes while racing out west. It would be more than a decade before he earned his final top-five, finishing fifth in the Nashville 420 at the old Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway. More...