This is one of the grails of Dale Earnhardt collecting. This is an elite Dale Earnhardt 1997 crash car, no plate prototype. As widely known elites Have the golden plate on the bottom and that has the DIN number for the diecast, some prototypes have "Proto" on that plate, and some prototypes are missing the plate.
This is one of the ones missing the plate! There are very few Dale Earnhardt 1/24 pieces that would rival this, as this is one of the Crown Jewels!