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Dale Earnhardt Jr. had some interesting things to say about the reported scheduled changes for NASCAR in 2025. On the Dale Jr. Download podcast, Earnhardt reacted to Atlanta, Homestead and Watkins Glen being out of the playoffs while Darlington, Loudon and Gateway being in the playoffs next year. “I’m disappointed about Homestead leaving the playoffs,” Earnhardt said. “We ran Homestead years ago early in the season and it was weird. After having the season finale there for so so long, it just doesn’t feel right to put it anythere else in the season. Kind of was fun to have it in the playoffs a...
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Brad Keselowski understood that driving for Dale Earnhardt Jr. was huge for his NASCAR career. On Kevin Harvick’s Happy Hour podcast, Kevin Harvick asked Keselowski about how he joined Earnhardt’s JR Motorsports while competing in the Xfinity Series full-time. “I feel like I was really lucky,” Keselowski said. “I was competing in the [Xfinity Series] with a really backmarker team. At that time, this was circa ”06/’07, you go to a race and there would be 25-30 Cup drivers in it. …At that point, just making the show was a pretty good deal if you were not a Cup-affiliated team or driver. I starte...
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With the announcement from his friend Martin Truex Jr. regarding his retirement at the end of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series campaign, Dale Earnhardt Jr. decided to take a walk down memory lane. The pair go way back, Truex Jr. has been linked to Earnhardt Jr. since his early days in NASCAR. During the latest episode of the Dale Jr. Download, the NASCAR Hall of Famer reminisced about when he first met Truex Jr. at a test in Richmond. “I sent Martin a text, I was like, ‘Hey man, I’m about to watch this press conference man,’ and I was really happy for him. Told him I would see him at the deer camp, ...
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. wants Martin Truex Jr. to enjoy his final races as a full-time NASCAR Cup Series driver. On the Dale Jr. Download podcast, Earnhardt shared his advice to Truex who announced his retirement last week. “If you announce your retirement and you’re a champion like he is and a Hall of Famer like he is, people are going to want to celebrate you,” Earnhardt said. “As you go to these races for the rest of the year, people are going to want to take a moment to acknowledge you. “Genuinely, the reaction or that from us and especially probably from Martin is no I’d rather not. Don’t make...
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. came to a big realization when he heard that Martin Truex Jr. was retiring from NASCAR. On the latestDale Jr. Downloadpodcast episode, Earnhardt explained why he was sad to see Truex announce his retirement. “You kind of come into this situation where you got guys that you race with most of your career and their careers are now coming to an end,” Earnhardt said. “It’s just a reminder of getting old. It’s a reminder of you’re further along in this life than you realize or than maybe you want to be. …The 30s are gone and the 40s are gone. Truex is only 43, which I said it on t...
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As Martin Truex Jr. announced he’ll be retiring from full-time competition at the end of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series campaign, some fascinating stories are coming to light about his lengthy career. Dale Earnhardt Jr. has known Truex Jr. longer and better than most in NASCAR, and he dropped a wonderful nugget during the latest episode of his Dale Jr. Download show. Evidently, when Earnhardt Jr. was at Hendrick Motorsports, he was “begging” Rick Hendrick to bring Truex Jr. to their stable. “You know, I think that the No. 19 car is a championship car, a top-five car. Martin is a really, really goo...
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. believes there’s a simple, underlying reason for why Chase Briscoe will be named Martin Truex Jr.’s successor at Joe Gibbs Racing. Instead of taking their time and evaluating a stacked field of drivers for their coveted No. 19 at Joe Gibbs Racing, it looks like things are heating up between the organization and Briscoe. During the latest episode of the Dale Jr. Download, Earnhardt Jr. explained why it has as much to do with Briscoe’s off-track prowess as his on-track ability. “I think it’s going to workout, but I think there’s a level of risk as well, for Joe Gibbs Racing. I...
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. has some interesting things to say about a ranking from Beer Advocate. On theDale Jr. Download podcast, the two-time Daytona 500 winner reacted to his favorite beer, the Budweiser Select 55, being ranked the worst in the world by on Beer Advocate’s worst beers ranking. “That’s amazing,” Earnhardt said. “I’ve worked for Budweiser for almost 10 years. When you have that kind of relationship with Budweiser, they put me on this deal where I still get beer. The beer truck comes by every so often, once a month or whatever, and drops off a few cases. When I became a dad and I got a...
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A ton of attention has been paid to the Xfinity Series over the last week and change, due to the rivalry between Shane van Gisbergen and Austin Hill, which added another chapter at Sonoma Raceway. Dale Earnhardt Jr. was very entertained by van Gisbergen and Hill’s clash in California, where the former owed the latter a receipt from COTA. During the latest episode of The Dale Jr. Download, the NASCAR Hall of Famer spoke on the rivalry as a whole. “I don’t get that hyped up for the road course races in our series, but the end was entertaining, and SVG wins, I guess, two in a row now,” Earnhardt ...
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. may not be racing stock cars as often as he once was, but he still gets his fill of action behind the wheel in the late model world. How much longer does Earnhardt Jr. envision himself able to race in the late model medium? During an interview with Bob Pockrass of FOX Sports, the NASCAR Hall of Famer pulled back the curtain, and put a timeline on the endeavor moving forward. “I want to run my late model for a really long time. I imagine when I get to around 60, I’ll be probably considering that that’s probably too old to be out there battling with some of these younger guys,...
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