when Kyle Busch and Kyle Larson battled for the lead on the final lap.[66][67][68]. At Talladega, Earnhardt Jr. started in row 2. 5 for the Hendrick organization. On February 6, 2010, Earnhardt qualified second overall for the 52nd Daytona 500 after losing the pole position to teammate Mark Martin. "[99], In April 2012, Earnhardt became a partner of the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity. At Texas, he narrowly was beaten by Kevin Harvick for second place. The following week in the Sprint All-Star Race, Earnhardt battled a tight handling car much of that night before finishing 7th. At Kansas, he finished third after staying out on the last caution. [122] Earnhardt finished fifth in the Darlington race after having sufficiently recovered to be taking part in the event, confirming before the race he was feeling great and had been assured there was no risk for him in taking part. At Auto Club, he finished 6th. [4], Dale Earnhardt Jr. was born and raised in Kannapolis, North Carolina, the son of Brenda Lorraine Jackson[5] and Dale Earnhardt Sr.[6] His maternal grandfather, Robert Gee Sr., was a NASCAR car builder. During the restart, he slipped through the pack and overtook Tony Stewart for the lead in turn 4. The following week at Martinsville, Earnhardt battled inside the Top 5 all day, leading 25 laps, and finished 3rd, giving him his 4th Top 3 finish of the season, and regained the points lead. He followed that up five days later with a win in the first of the Gatorade Duels. 1990  C. Bown Earnhardt; Ryan Newman; and Kasey Kahne also escaped engine difficulties that plagued Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon, and Tony Stewart. After a blown engine at California and falling to 35th in owners' points, he finished 10th at Las Vegas and reached 29th place in points. MOTORSPORTS: 2021 season underway Apr 13, 2021 ... Billy Decker and Tim Sears Jr. filled the top five while Peter Britten held off Matt Sheppard for sixth. [115], In March 2016, Earnhardt announced that he plans to donate his brain for concussion research when he dies.[116]. He is also the grandson of NASCAR driver Ralph Earnhardt, the brother of Kelley Earnhardt-Miller, the half-brother of former driver Kerry Earnhardt and the uncle of driver Jeffrey Earnhardt. Earnhardt had built up a lead in excess of three seconds when the caution came out for Kurt Busch's cut tire on lap 154, erasing his lead. He cares about me as a person and wants to see me succeed beyond driving. At Fontana the next week, he struggled throughout the race in the early stages, even being as low as 34th. After rain caused the race to be ended early, Earnhardt finished 3rd with Kasey Kahne winning the race. Earnhardt was reunited with his cousin, Tony Eury Jr., after the fall Richmond weekend, and results improved immediately. After a 39th qualifying run at Lowe's Motor Speedway, he said "I'm about to the end of my rope". At Kansas, after a 5th-place run in the spring, Earnhardt was looking to repeat this feat to start off the contender with a solid finish to help his chances to extend his run for the championship. "Dale Jr. reacts to Charlottesville, Barcelona: 'What in the hell is going on in this world? [2] He is a two-time Daytona 500 winner (2004 and 2014), and has won the Most Popular Driver Award fifteen consecutive times from 2003 to 2017. [43] His first top ten finish after returning to the track was a seventh-place finish at Texas. [62]. He has 79 starts with one top 10 coming at Daytona International Speedway in 2019. Dale Earnhardt Jr. will run one Xfinity race in 2021. In 1998, he made his first start in the Winston Cup Series, at the exhibition race held at the Twin Ring Motegi in Japan. Returning to Daytona, Earnhardt Jr. won the pole for the Coke Zero 400 after qualifying was rained out and the starting lineup was set by opening practice times. His driver Danica Patrick was caught up in another wreck before Earnhardt flipped. Hendrick said about Earnhardt and his uncles, "I can look at Robert Gee Jr., or Jimmy Gee, or Dale Jr. and all I see is Robert Gee. 2015  C. Buescher The following week at Richmond International Raceway, Earnhardt earned his first pole of the season. At Bristol, he ran as high as third until a loose wheel put him down two laps down. In July, Earnhardt was diagnosed with concussion-like symptoms and would miss the second half of the year as a result. 22 Ford Mustang for Team Penske in 2017.. Ralph Dale Earnhardt Jr. (born October 10, 1974) is an American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver, team owner, author, and an analyst for NASCAR on NBC.He competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. They're the spitting image of him. [69] The track was to be located near Mobile, Alabama and would feature stock car racing, kart racing and a road course. He achieved this milestone, when he led 97 laps. 3 Buick. His only other Top 5s came at the July Daytona race and Loudon in September. For the 13th consecutive year, Earnhardt won the NMPA Most Popular Driver Award. I would love to meet him. In the Gatorade Duel, Earnhardt performed strong, starting on the outside pole in the first duel race. The regular season finale would take place at Richmond for the 26th race. At New Hampshire, Earnhardt Jr. started 19th and finished 5th. Although Kurt Busch won the race, Earnhardt had a dramatic comeback to finish 2nd after spinning out and experiencing shock troubles. The next week at Michigan, Earnhardt started inside the Top 5, but finished 7th, after several cars had different pit strategies. In 2010, he appeared in an episode of Shaq Vs., where he was racing against Shaquille O'Neal. Following New Hampshire was the race at Pocono, where he was running in the middle of the pack when he crashed in turn 2. It’s the original,” Hendrick said. Hamlin's car then slid right back up in front of the No. 8 early in his career. He said that unless he could gain majority ownership, and therefore control, of DEI, that he was not confident in the organization's ability to field the elite level equipment that would yield the elusive title. But as the race went on, his car came to life and he finished 2nd. "[98], In January 2009, Earnhardt expressed enthusiasm following President Barack Obama's inauguration: "I'm as excited as everybody else is about him. [41] Prior to the concussion, Earnhardt had competed in 461 consecutive races, dating back to the 1999 Atlanta event. called "Teen Titans Vroom!" At Martinsville, the week after he was eliminated from Chase Contention, he was strong all race taking home a 4th-place finish at the track. Earnhardt played a part in recreating one Winston Cup milestone in 2000 when he competed with his father and half-brother Kerry in the Pepsi 400 at Michigan International Speedway. Lance McGrew had the "interim" taken off of his title, and he continued working with the No. 8 Budweiser-sponsored Chevrolet for DEI in preparation for a full-time Cup Series ride in 2000, with his best finish being a tenth-place finish at Richmond in the fall race.[13]. [91], Earnhardt is also a streamer for iRacing.com on Twitch.com [92], In a 2004 interview with Mike Wallace (not fellow competitor) on 60 Minutes, Earnhardt revealed himself to be a Republican and a supporter of President George W. Even though 15 straight years of Earnhardt being most popular driver is a NASCAR record, he is second all-time to Bill Elliott, who has 16 most popular driver awards, including 10 straight. (10-22-2020) Mayer will drive during the second half of the season (after he turns 18 on June 26). Two weeks later in Martinsville, Earnhardt struggled throughout the race, and spun out after Danica Patrick was hit by Brian Vickers and sent into Earnhardt and ended up finishing 24th, 2 laps down, losing the points lead to Jimmie Johnson.[44]. Earnhardt Jr. opened the Challenger Round with a 12th-place finish at Chicagoland. 8 team, after a successful season in 2008 with co-drivers Mark Martin and Aric Almirola, would end up being shut down in 2009 after DEI's merger with Ganassi Racing. Bush. He followed this up with a solid 6th-place finish at Pocono. The following week, he finished 9th at Indianapolis. At the season finale, at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Earnhardt would finish 10th. Earnhardt led for eight laps before Busch took over. 2014  C. Elliott He ran inside the Top 10 for most of the race, and took the lead from Greg Biffle with 14 laps to go. Hendrick is one of the people who extended a hand to me over the past six months. [48] The following week at Phoenix, Earnhardt continued his momentum, finishing 2nd to Kevin Harvick. * – Most laps led. Dale Earnhardt Jr. is expected to run one of those races (possibly Martinsville). Prior to this, Earnhardt had suffered a concussion during an August 29 test at Kansas Speedway. 1989  R. Moroso Unilever will return as a sponsor for seven Xfinity races across the JR Motorsports teams. In 2018, he ran the fall Xfinity race at Richmond in the No. At Martinsville, he led 79 laps and was leading with ten laps to go when a caution came out for a wreck between Kyle Larson and Marcos Ambrose. However, two weeks later at Richmond, Earnhardt finished 27th. His late grandfather, Ralph Earnhardt, used that number, while Earnhardt picked it when he entered the Cup Series in 1999. At Atlanta Motor Speedway, Earnhardt went a lap down early but recovered to earn a 7th-place finish. Returning to Michigan for the Pure Michigan 400, Earnhardt had to start in 42nd place after a crash in practice forced him to move to a backup car. 00 Haas Automation Chevrolet in 10 races. On Father's Day in 2006, he drove a vintage Budweiser car at Michigan International Speedway to honor both his grandfather (Ralph Earnhardt) and his father, who at one point in both their careers used the No. This was his third career win in the duels, however he was unable to follow it up with victory in the Daytona 500, finishing 9th. [30] On September 19, 2007, the official announcement was made that Earnhardt would be driving the No. In 2020, Earnhardt hosted Lost Speedways, a television documentary series that saw him travel to and explore abandoned racetracks across the country. NASCAR: Dominating a Cup Series race finally pays off Martin Truex Jr. dominated Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race at Darlington Raceway, and unlike many drivers so far in 2021, he actually won. He finished the year with eight top 10s and 1 pole as consistency plagued the team. [citation needed]. He came close to winning at Talladega, and was leading on the last lap when Brian Vickers made contact with Earnhardt's future teammate Jimmie Johnson, sending Johnson into Earnhardt and spinning both of them out. He finished 8th in the final standings with what was the best season for Earnhardt since 2004 with 4 wins, 12 Top 5s, 20 Top 10s, and an average finish of 12.2. He has also appeared in an episode of the TV show Yes, Dear. He competed for the Raybestos NASCAR Rookie of the Year Award in 2000. He hosted Back in the Day, a show that recapped races from the 1960s and 1970s with trivia and information. Earnhardt retired with 26 wins in the Cup Series, a total that ranks him tied for 31st in NASCAR history (with Fred Lorenzen) as of March 2021. In the three races following California, he finished no better than 30th. The following week at Daytona, a last lap crash resulted in a 15th-place finish for Earnhardt but still kept his streak of being the only driver to finish every single lap in every race. On the morning of October 11, 2012, Hendrick Motorsports announced that Earnhardt would have to sit out the Bank of America 500 at Charlotte and the Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas due to a concussion from a 25-car crash on the last lap at Talladega on October 7, 2012. In the first race of the chase at Chicagoland Speedway, Earnhardt finished 8th despite having to start at the rear of the field due to an engine change. [90] However, Davis continued to make an occasional appearance on the podcast. Also in 1999, he drove in five Winston Cup races in the No. Since 2018, edited versions of The Dale Jr. Download have aired on NBCSN featuring interviews with current and former NASCAR personalities. His father had crashed in turn 4 after Sterling Marlin made contact with his left rear bumper. 1999  D. Earnhardt Jr. He struggled for most of the race, and was at points a half-lap down, only catching back up to the pack through a caution. He gained confidence in his team with a very strong performance at Talladega, leading for 20 laps, and finishing second to his protege Brad Keselowski after Keselowski sent Edwards flying into the catch fence. 8 GM Goodwrench Chevrolet built and driven by his father at that track in the Busch Grand National Series. After the final off week, he found some consistency with finishes of 6th at Indianapolis and 5th at Pocono, while battling loose wheels and vibrations in a span of two weeks. Obituary of Gary Wayne Washia, Jr. On Thursday, April 22, 2021 Gary Wayne Washia Jr, 46, passed away at Lake Regional Health System. "[109] He currently owns a Learjet 60 private jet with the tail number N8JR.[110]. Speaks Out For Immigration", "Why the 'America is created by immigrants' message is so important to Dale Earnhardt Jr". Because of this, he slid his tires on the start, finishing 5th. In the aftermath, many disgruntled fans sent death threats to Marlin and his family, blaming him for the crash; Earnhardt Jr. and Waltrip both requested that fans stopped blaming anybody for Earnhardt Sr.'s death and both the local police and NASCAR investigations into the crash cleared Marlin of any involvement. He ended up with only one Top 5, eight Top 10's, two poles, and seven DNF's. Earnhardt Jr. blamed his stepmother for not allowing the No. The following week at Darlington, Earnhardt raced inside the Top 10 much of the night before settling for a 9th-place finish. His first Top 5 came at Martinsville Speedway in the Goody's Cool Orange 500. In the postponed Daytona 500, he finished in 2nd place behind Matt Kenseth, after passing Greg Biffle on the last lap. The following two weeks, Earnhardt would post of finishes of 6th at Charlotte and 4th at Dover heading into the summer months. [123], (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. In his final restrictor plate race at Talladega, Earnhardt would start on the pole and he would miss three big wrecks in the closing laps to finish seventh. Thank you @TeamHendrick look forward to great things on and off the track! Because of this crash, he would go on to finish 36th. ... 100 Horizon Park Drive… [34] Earnhardt finished 12th at Dover for the Autism Speaks 400 with McGrew as his crew chief after contending for the lead. I know what’s expected of me and what I expect of myself, on and off the track. I just wanted to go and enjoy the movie. “My goal is to win races, be a great teammate, continue my personal efforts to grow and hold myself to that high standard personally and professionally. He then went on to win the first Can-Am Duel race for the second year in a row. During the regular Daytona Winter test in January, it was announced that crew chief Steve Letarte would step down from the pit box after the season to become a full-time member of the upcoming NASCAR on NBC broadcast team, alongside Jeff Burton and Rick Allen. The following week at Bristol, while running 5th, leader Denny Hamlin was wrecked by Kevin Harvick while racing for the lead, which then sent Hamlin's car into the inside wall. [103], In January 2017, Earnhardt revealed that his family immigrated from Germany in the 1770s to escape religious persecution, saying "America is created by immigrants. Later, on lap 206, he would be the subject of controversy when he rear-ended Danica Patrick and spun her out, in part because of his faulty brakes. ** – All laps led. Earnhardt started the 2016 season with a crash in the Sprint Unlimited on lap 23 when Brian Vickers cut down a tire and hit him, damaging the side of his car. Earnhardt started the 2008 season by winning the Budweiser Shootout, a non-points paying exhibition. It was Earnhardt's first career win at Martinsville. He qualified 26th and after the first caution came out he would pit. But if the Redskins lose, it ruins my week." At Pocono, Earnhardt ran in the top ten all day. At Watkins Glen, Earnhardt finished 11th, and due to Jeff Gordon struggling, assumed the points lead, for the first time since Martinsville in April. After 17 races in the 2006 season, Earnhardt sat 3rd in the championship standings with 1 win, coming at Richmond in May 2006. As Earnhardt Jr. and his teammate Michael Waltrip raced to the finish line, he finished second to Waltrip. With the finish, he clinched a Chase berth, with him being enough inside the Top 30 and having two victories. On April 25, 2017, Earnhardt announced that 2017 would be his final year driving full-time. After being at the No. [56], After his retirement, Earnhardt began sporadically racing in the Xfinity Series with JR Motorsports. 88 and slammed into the left-side door of the car, and the contact was bad enough to send Earnhardt behind the wall, and suffer a 39th-place finish. When he became a delinquent at the age of 12, he was sent to Oak Ridge Military Academy;[7] three weeks later, Kelley quit high school to join him. On Lap 50 at the spring Talladega race, he got loose in the draft and just like Daytona he hit the wall, damaging his car. On February 19, he won the first Budweiser Duel in what was his fourth triumph in the Budweiser Duels. He led 54 of the last 70 laps and he held off Denny Hamlin and Brad Keselowski to win his second Daytona 500, just 10 years after his first one. There, he developed an in-depth knowledge of chassis setup and car preparation, while racing against his siblings. Earnhardt started the 2017 Daytona 500 qualifying second but was wrecked while leading mid-race, and finished 37th. The Los Angeles Chargers entered the 2021 NFL Draft on April 29 with nine selections over the three-day event. The result was good enough to move Earnhardt up to 11th in Chase for the Sprint Cup standings with eight races left in the season. At Las Vegas, Earnhardt gambled on fuel in the remaining 40 laps, but he ran out of gas while leading on the last lap, finishing 2nd to eventual race winner Brad Keselowski. On July 2, 2010, Earnhardt raced the No. [45] After the low of Michigan, Earnhardt had a 12th-place finish at Sonoma. Earnhardt was able to bounce back the following week at New Hampshire with a 10th-place finish. He finished 24th in the Daytona 500 after being wrecked with 4 laps to go. Hammerhead also produced "Shifting Gears", a show on ESPN2 that chronicled his 2008 team switch. 3 paint scheme. 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