<P> His helmet from the 1998 season is at the National Museum of American History in the Smithsonian museum in Washington D.C. </P> <P> Weedeater, a sludge metal band from North Carolina, paid tribute to Earnhardt on their 2003 album Sixteen Tons, with the song "No. 3". The song is played with audio clips from television broadcasts about Earnhardt mixed in the background . </P> <P> On February 28, 2016, after winning the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, during his victory lap, driver Jimmie Johnson held his hand out of his window, with three fingers extended in tribute to Earnhardt . This was following Johnson's 76th Cup Series win, which tied the career mark of Earnhardt's . This is also the track where Earnhardt claimed his sixth Winston Cup Series title . </P> <Ul> <Li> He was awarded the Order of the Long Leaf Pine by North Carolina Governor Jim Hunt in 1994 . </Li> <Li> He was inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame in 1994 . </Li> <Li> Earnhardt was named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers in 1998 . </Li> <Li> Earnhardt was posthumously named "NASCAR's Most Popular Driver" in 2001 . This was the only time he received the award . </Li> <Li> He was posthumously inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2002, a year after his death . </Li> <Li> He was posthumously inducted in the Oceanside Rotary Club Stock Car Racing Hall of Fame at Daytona Beach in 2004 . </Li> <Li> He was posthumously inducted in the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2006 . </Li> <Li> Earnhardt was named first on ESPN's list of "NASCAR's 20 Greatest Drivers" in 2007 in front of Richard Petty . </Li> <Li> He was posthumously inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in 2006 . </Li> <Li> He was posthumously inducted in the Inaugural Class of the NASCAR Hall of Fame on May 23, 2010 . </Li> </Ul>

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