Harley J. Earl Trophy

The Harley J. Earl Trophy is a trophy which is the winner of the most important and famous races in the NASCAR Sprint Cup, Daytona 500 presented. It is named after the influential automotive developers Harley Earl, the second Commissioner of NASCAR racing, which is considered as the father of the Corvette. Earl was also the developer of the Firebird I, adorns the trophy.

The permanent trophy is located in the Daytona 500 Experience, a museum at the Daytona International Speedway. It measures about 1.22 m in height and in width 1.52 m. Up to and including 1997, the winner of the Daytona 500 received the so-called Harley Earl Award, an approximately 90 cm high silver and decorated with figures trophy. The winner of the race since 1998, receives a scaled replica of the Harley J. Earl Trophy, which is created by John Liba, a sculptor from Omaha, Nebraska. For each new trophy he needed in a Zwölfstundentag about six weeks for the creation of the Firebird I- model before it is silver plated. In the first of this new trophy, which was presented to Dale Earnhardt after his victory in 1998, the base was still made up of marble. Since 1999, the base of acrylic to make it lighter.

For the 50th edition of the Daytona 500 in 2008, the Firebird I went gold instead of silver.

• NASCAR
• Sporting Award ( United States)