Prime Video Docuseries ‘Earnhardt’ to Premiere May 22

On Friday, Prime Video announced that the first two episodes of its four-part docuseries, Earnhardt, will premiere on Thursday, May 22.

The first two episodes will premiere three days before Prime Video's first NASCAR Cup Series race broadcast. Prime Video presents the Coca-Cola 600 from Charlotte Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 25.

The third and fourth episodes will be released one week later, on May 29. The highly-anticipated docuseries examines the life of Dale Earnhardt, one of the revered and celebrated drivers in the history of NASCAR.

Earnhardt will premiere exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. It is produced by Imagine Documentaries, filmmakers Dan Lindsay and TJ Martin, and directed by Joshua Altman.

Dale Earnhardt won seven NASCAR Cup Series championships during his storied career, tied with Richard Petty and Jimmie Johnson for the most among all competitors. He is a 76-time race winner in NASCAR's premier series, and was part of the inaugural class of inductees into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2010.

The docuseries will focus on Earnhardt's upbringing, watching his father Ralph's racing career, as well as his development as a racer. The series will spotlight Earnhardt's legendary racing career, as well as the family dynamics at play during his career. In the last years of his career before his untimely passing in the 2001 Daytona 500, Earnhardt raced alongisde his son, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., in NASCAR.

Earnhardt is produced by Imagine Documentaries, Everyone Else, and NASCAR Studios, in association with Dirty Mo Media. The series is directed by Joshua Altman and executive produced by Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Sara Bernstein, Christopher St. John, and Justin Wilkes of Imagine Documentaries; Dan Lindsay and TJ Martin of Everyone Else; and Tim Clark and John Dahl of NASCAR Studios.

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Episode Guide:

Episode 1 – Ironhead: Dale rockets to stardom on NASCAR's biggest stage with an unprecedented championship in just his second season, but a series of challenges on and off the track threatens his future. His upbringing inside North Carolina's racing culture sheds light on what drives him, while he and upstart team owner Richard Childress aggressively chart their path back to the top.

Episode 2 – The Intimidator: Dale transforms into 'The Intimidator' as the bad boy of racing chases Richard Petty's record of seven Winston Cup championships. As his legend grows, the intensifying demands of Dale's career fuel tensions within the family—and the life and death stakes of racing soon hit close to home.

Episode 3 – One Tough Customer: Dale's fame and fortune reach new heights as he pursues an eighth championship and an ever-elusive Daytona 500 win. But a younger crop of drivers challenge his reign, and family dynamics become more complicated when the Earnhardt kids set out to follow in their father's footsteps on the track.

Episode 4 – Dale: Father and son unite on the track at the 2001 Daytona 500, leading the pack in a fateful race that becomes a turning point for the family and the entire sport of NASCAR.