zzdcar
Home
/
Reviews
/
Beyond Cars
/
Dale Earnhardt's Mansion of a Yacht Could Be Yours for $4.2 Million
Dale Earnhardt's Mansion of a Yacht Could Be Yours for $4.2 Million-February 2024
2024-02-19 EST 22:14:04

While the word “” isn’t exactly synonymous with the image of “old-school, rough, tough, good-ol’-boy” drivers that’s often painted, even the most famous of those, the late , had a few. One of those yachts, a custom-built boat called “Sunday Money,” is up for sale.

But it’ll take a bit more than just Sunday money to buy this one. At $4.2 million, it’ll probably take all of the Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday money you can collect, and then some. is also $200,000 higher than what the 9,802-square-foot North Carolina mansion that acted as Ricky Bobby’s home in Talladega Nights .

Perhaps you could petition the sweet Lord Baby Jesus for more days in the week.

Sunday Money is one of several yachts Earnhardt had, according to a backstory on the listing from the , which mentioned two others that he used for fishing—a 1989 yacht Earnhardt bought used that’s currently , and one that goes by Earnhardt’s “Intimidator” nickname and is still owned by Earnhardt’s , Teresa Earnhardt. But Earnhardt never really got to enjoy the multi-million-dollar Sunday Money, according to the Observer, since his fatal 2001 Daytona 500 wreck came before it was completed.

The yacht was “close to completion” when Earnhardt died, a former Hatteras Yachts captain told the Observer, and it’s full of Earnhardt’s custom touches despite going through two subsequent owners.

It’s hard to tell what those touches might be in photos, since the yacht just looks like a huge, floating mansion, but yacht broker Mike Fine broke it all down for the Observer:

A subsequent owner, whom The Trident did not name, kept features specifically to recognize Earnhardt’s role in the history of the yacht. Those include its original Makore fiddleback woodwork “and Earnhardt’s custom compass rose design found in the flooring and several window etches,” according to the publication.

Fine said all of the Earnhardts’ “subtle nuances on the boat have not been touched,” from the peninsula shape of the galley to the interior African walnut and marble countertops.

The original silver remains, including plates with a cursive “D” for Earnhardt’s first name, Fine said, and a custom Snap-on tool box in the engine room.

There’s also a giant, black No. 3 flag mounted on the front and an American flag on the back, in case there was any doubt about whose yacht this originally was.

Given the choice between this $4.2-million water mansion or the $4-million, 10,000-square-foot actual mansion from Talladega Nights and their moderate ties to NASCAR, it seems only obvious which is the better deal—the one with more space and no potential to meet one of many disastrous fates at sea.

But, of course, if you have this kind of cash, there’s probably no need to choose just one anyway.

Comments
Welcome to zzdcar comments! Please keep conversations courteous and on-topic. To fosterproductive and respectful conversations, you may see comments from our Community Managers.
Sign up to post
Sort by
Show More Comments
Beyond Cars
Boeing 737 Max Jets in the United States Have Been Grounded
Boeing 737 Max Jets in the United States Have Been Grounded
Air travel authorities all over the world have been carefully scrutinizing the Boeing 737 Maxairliner since Sunday, when such an aircraft operated by Ethiopian Airlines . Today it was announced that the United States’s fleet of these planes will be temporarily grounded along with those of other nations. This decision...
Feb 15, 2026
China Says It's Not the Reason Countries Are Buying the F-35 (It Totally Is)
China Says It's Not the Reason Countries Are Buying the F-35 (It Totally Is)
Countries across the Asia-Pacific are not—repeat not—buying the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter because of China. That’s from China’s hawkish —an arm of the newspaper —which assured readers this week that, while they may read stories that Australia, Japan, South Korea, and now Singapore are all purchasing America’s newest stealth fighter,...
Feb 15, 2026
Brand-New Boeing 737s Grounded Amid Safety Fears: What We Know So Far (Updated)
Brand-New Boeing 737s Grounded Amid Safety Fears: What We Know So Far (Updated)
On Sunday, an Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed after taking off from Addis Ababa, . The plane was a 737 MAX 8, the same model that also crashed shortly after takeoff in Indonesia in October. Boeing debuted the 737 MAX 8 less than two years ago, making it brand-new by plane...
Feb 15, 2026
Toyota Is Planning to Get Into the Space-Car Business
Toyota Is Planning to Get Into the Space-Car Business
Toyota and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced an agreement Tuesday to which, as far as agreements go, seems pretty soft. Hell, I’ll “consider the possibility of collaborating on international space exploration” right now, for free, with pretty much anyone. Still, Toyota does seem to have been doing more...
Feb 15, 2026
Harley-Davidson's LiveWire Performance Numbers Are Better Than Expected
Harley-Davidson's LiveWire Performance Numbers Are Better Than Expected
When Harley unveiled the production-ready LiveWire electric bike at CES in early January, we were all focused on the Wisconsin brand’s pricing strategy. With an MSRP of $29,799, and a whole lot of estimates, question marks, and TBAs when it came to the bike’s ultimate performance, we were forced to...
Feb 15, 2026
The Jeep Grand Cherokee You Never Knew: Inside Russia’s Wild '90s and the SUV That Ruled Its Roads
The Jeep Grand Cherokee You Never Knew: Inside Russia’s Wild '90s and the SUV That Ruled Its Roads
On a cold afternoon in late January, I pulled into an industrial side-street of Saint Petersburg. There, I met with a man who I’ll refer to as “Oleg.” Oleg drives a 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee ZJ—an “Orvis Edition” with a 5.2-liter V8. As we stood chatting by the hood of...
Feb 15, 2026
Copyright 2023-2026 - www.zzdcar.com All Rights Reserved