Saturday night’s Monster Energy All-Star Race will mark Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s final appearance in the $1 million-to-win race at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

The all-star race is big for all the NASCAR teams because most of them are based near Charlotte and an awful lot of bragging rights go to the driver and team who win in their own backyard.

Earnhardt won this race as a rookie and would like nothing better than to cap off his final year with a second all-star victory.

Here’s a complete history of Earnhardt’s all-star appearances since his rookie season of 2000:

Earnhardt surprised the NASCAR community — and delighted his huge fan base — when he won the all-star race as a rookie, driving the No. 8 Dale Earnhardt Inc. Chevrolet. It was a huge win for both the driver and his father, the team owner. The winner’s purse that night was $516,400.

Starting 15^th in the field, Earnhardt and his DEI Chevy made it up to seventh place. The race was won by Jeff Gordon, who scored his third and final all-star victory.

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For the second time in three years, the all-star was won by a rookie, as Ryan Newman put Roger Penske’s Ford in Victory Lane. But Earnhardt gave Newman a good run for his money, finishing second, 0.158 seconds behind in his DEI Chevy.

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Eliminated after the second segment, Earnhardt finished 17^th in the 24-car field. To date, that remains his worst all-star finish. The race was won by second-year driver Jimmie Johnson.

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The first all-star race with Nextel branding saw Earnhardt and the No. 8 DEI Chevrolet finish fifth behind winner Matt Kenseth, Ryan Newman, Tony Stewart and Earnhardt’s teammate, Michael Waltrip.

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Mark Martin scored a dominating victory in the No. 6 Roush Fenway Racing Ford over Elliott Sadler and Brian Vickers. It was a so-so night for Earnhardt, who finished 10^th in his DEI Chevrolet.

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Another OK but not stellar all-star race for Earnhardt, who finished ninth in his DEI Chevrolet as his future teammate, Jimmie Johnson scored his second of four all-star victories.

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The 2007 race marked Earnhardt’s final all-star appearance in the No. 8 DEI Chevrolet. He finished ninth for the second consecutive year, which definitely was not where he wanted to be. Kevin Harvick won.

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In his first all-star race behind the wheel of the No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet, Earnhardt came home eighth. Not great, perhaps, but his best finish in this event since 2004. Kasey Kahne, another future Earnhardt teammate, took the win.

In a year where Tony Stewart scored the first victory ever for Stewart-Haas Racing, Earnhardt finished 10^th, his sixth consecutive top-10 all-star finish.

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Not a great finish for Earnhardt, who wound up 12^th as Kurt Busch gave Roger Penske his second all-star victory.

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After finishing sixth in the preliminary Sprint Showdown, Earnhardt and the No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet wound up 14^th in the main event, his second-worst all-star finish ever. Carl Edwards was the race winner that year.

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In something of a bounce-back year for Earnhardt, he drove the No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet to victory in the Sprint Showdown and a solid fifth-place finish in the main event. Teammate Jimmie Johnson won his third all-star race that season.

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Two in a row and a record four all-star victories overall for Jimmie Johnson, as Earnhardt finished seventh.

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Jamie McMurray was the surprise all-star winner this time around, but Earnhardt had a good night, finishing fourth in the No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet.

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Earnhardt earned his fourth consecutive all-star top 10 in an event where Denny Hamlin gave Joe Gibbs Racing its first and so far only all-star victory.

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An excellent outing for Earnhardt, as he wound up third, his best all-star finish since 2004, but not enough to stop Joey Logano from winning in the Team Penske Ford.

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