200 Facts About Dale Earnhardt Jr

Dale Earnhardt Jr currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No 88 Chevrolet Camaro for his team JR Motorsports and part-time in the CARS Late Model Stock Tour, driving the No 3 Chevrolet Camaro for his team JR Motorsports.

Dale Earnhardt Jr is 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.

Dale Earnhardt Jr is a two-time Daytona 500 winner, and has won the Most Popular Driver Award fifteen consecutive times from 2003 to 2017.

Dale Earnhardt Jr remained with HMS until his retirement as a full-time driver in 2017.

Dale Earnhardt Jr retired with 26 wins in the Cup Series, a total that ranks him tied for 31st in NASCAR history as of March 2021.

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Dale Earnhardt Jr has an elder sister, Kelley; an elder half-brother, Kerry, from his father's first marriage; and a younger half-sister, Taylor Earnhardt-Putnam, from his father's third marriage.

Dale Earnhardt Jr's parents divorced shortly after he was born, and he and Kelley lived with Brenda Earnhardt until their house was destroyed in a fire when he was 6 years old.

Dale Earnhardt Jr considered remaining at Oak Ridge for his senior year, but instead decided to attend Mooresville High School, from which he graduated in 1992.

Dale Earnhardt Jr's first race car was a 1979 Monte Carlo that he co-owned with Kerry.

Dale Earnhardt Jr competed on the North and South Carolina short tracks driving a No 3 Buick.

Dale Earnhardt Jr worked at his father's dealership as a mechanic while he went to Mitchell Community College to earn an associate degree in automotive technology.

Dale Earnhardt Jr won consecutive NASCAR Busch Series Championships in 1998 and 1999 barely edging Matt Kenseth.

Dale Earnhardt Jr competed for the Raybestos NASCAR Rookie of the Year Award in 2000.

Dale Earnhardt Jr scored his first win in the DirecTV 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, breaking the record held by his father Dale Earnhardt Jr Sr.

Dale Earnhardt Jr 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.

Dale Earnhardt Jr ended the 2000 season with two wins, three Top 5's, five Top 10's, and two poles.

Dale Earnhardt Jr's father had crashed in turn 4 after Sterling Marlin made contact with his left rear bumper.

Dale Earnhardt Jr was docked 25 points after his car failed post-race inspection.

Dale Earnhardt Jr finished the 2001 season eighth in the points standings with three wins, nine Top 5's, 15 Top 10's, and two poles.

Dale Earnhardt Jr struggled for most of the race, and was at points a half-lap down, only catching back up to the pack through a caution.

The win was controversial because with five laps to go, it appeared that Dale Earnhardt Jr went below the yellow line to gain position, but NASCAR ruled that Matt Kenseth had forced him below the line, making it a clean pass.

Dale Earnhardt Jr took home the NMPA Most Popular Driver award for the first time in his career.

In 2004, Dale Earnhardt Jr won the Daytona 500, six years to the day after his father won his only title in the Great American Race.

Dale Earnhardt Jr came very close to sweeping Speedweeks, as in addition to the Daytona 500, he won his Gatorade Duel and the Busch Series race.

Dale Earnhardt Jr suffered second and third degree burns on his neck, chin, and legs partially due to not wearing a protective balaclava with his helmet.

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Dale Earnhardt Jr was able to qualify for the NASCAR 10-race playoff, and had his 5th NEXTEL Cup win of the season at Talladega.

Dale Earnhardt Jr closed off the 2004 season with 6 wins, sixteen Top 5s, and twenty-one Top 10 finishes.

Dale Earnhardt Jr picked up his 2nd consecutive Most Popular Driver Award.

Dale Earnhardt Jr was eliminated from any possible competition for the NEXTEL Cup championship after suffering an engine failure at the California Speedway.

Dale Earnhardt Jr made the 2006 Chase for the NEXTEL Cup after finishing 17th in the Chevy Rock and Roll 400 at Richmond International Raceway on September 9,2006.

Dale Earnhardt Jr 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.

Dale Earnhardt Jr finished the season 5th in the point standings, 147 points behind leader Jimmie Johnson.

Dale Earnhardt Jr began the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season by finishing 32nd at the Daytona 500 as the result of a late race crash.

Dale Earnhardt Jr collected his third Top 10 of the season and his 8th at Talladega Superspeedway with his 7th-place performance in the 2007 Aaron's 499.

On May 14,2007, he was docked 100 driver championship points, car owner Teresa Dale Earnhardt Jr was docked 100 owner points, and his crew chief, Tony Eury Jr.

On May 27,2007, Dale Earnhardt Jr rode a camouflage No 8 car in the Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day to raise money for the families of military troops.

Dale Earnhardt Jr finished eighth, after leading with seven laps to go, but he had to pit for fuel and Casey Mears finished with the win.

Dale Earnhardt Jr expressed that his decision was based entirely on his desires to achieve his career goal of a Sprint Cup Championship, and his apparent belief that he would not be able to attain that objective while driving for DEI.

Dale Earnhardt Jr 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.

Dale Earnhardt Jr said negotiations broke down when Teresa Dale Earnhardt Jr asked for part of the licensing revenue, along with wanting the number back after he retired.

Dale Earnhardt Jr started the 2008 season by winning the Budweiser Shootout, a non-points paying exhibition.

Dale Earnhardt Jr led for a total of 47 out of 70 laps, a Budweiser Shootout record.

Dale Earnhardt Jr followed that up five days later with a win in the first of the Gatorade Duels.

Dale Earnhardt Jr was docked 50 points because his rear spoiler did not meet the specified height in the Nationwide Series.

At Michigan, Dale Earnhardt Jr broke his 76-race winless streak, managing to stretch his fuel mileage enough to allow him to win under a caution on the last lap of a green-white-checkered finish.

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Dale Earnhardt Jr then went back to Talladega Superspeedway for the AMP Energy 500 where he was en route to a possible win before being caught up in "The Big One" late in the race.

Dale Earnhardt Jr headed to Martinsville Speedway where he finished 2nd to teammate Jimmie Johnson.

Dale Earnhardt Jr ended the season in the garage area at Homestead Miami Speedway in The Ford 400 after losing his brakes with just a few laps to go in the race.

Dale Earnhardt Jr finished the season 12th in points, 557 points behind champion Jimmie Johnson.

Dale Earnhardt Jr was then directly involved in a controversial crash on lap 124, when, while fighting to return to the lead lap, he came in contact with Brian Vickers while fighting to be the first driver one lap down, causing a 10-car pileup which included Denny Hamlin, Scott Speed, Jimmie Johnson, Kyle and Kurt Busch, Robby Gordon, Jamie McMurray, and Carl Edwards.

Dale Earnhardt Jr later apologized for his actions but maintained that he never intended to wreck Vickers.

Dale Earnhardt Jr had a string of poor finishes including 20th at Texas, and 31st at Phoenix after being spun out by Casey Mears.

Dale Earnhardt Jr 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.

Dale Earnhardt Jr was again spun out late in the race at Darlington and ended the race in 27th place.

Dale Earnhardt Jr then finished 10th in the All-Star race at Lowe's Motor Speedway.

Dale Earnhardt Jr finished 12th at Dover for the Autism Speaks 400 with McGrew as his crew chief after contending for the lead.

Dale Earnhardt Jr improved thereafter following the change, finishing fifteenth at Chicagoland Speedway, though he had one DNF at Daytona International Speedway after being taken out of the race early in a large pileup.

At the Carfax 400 at Michigan, Dale Earnhardt Jr charged to the front near the end of the race and finished 3rd; he earned his second Top 5 finish this season in the same race.

Dale Earnhardt Jr finished 9th in the Sharpie 500 a week later at Bristol, but his bad luck continued at the Auto Club Speedway when he was involved in a multi-car incident.

At the fall Talladega race, Dale Earnhardt Jr had a solid run, including leading several laps, before finishing in 11th place.

Dale Earnhardt Jr ended 2009 winless scoring two top-fives, five top-tens, an average finish of 23.

Dale Earnhardt Jr finished 11th in the 2010 Budweiser Shootout after struggling with an ill-handling car for most of the race.

On February 13,2010, while running in the front of the pack at the Daytona Nationwide Series race, Dale Earnhardt Jr was caught up in a multi-car wreck, causing his car to flip upside down on the backstretch.

Dale Earnhardt Jr finished the year with eight top 10s and 1 pole as consistency plagued the team.

On July 2,2010, Dale Earnhardt Jr raced the No 3 blue and yellow Wrangler Chevrolet and drove it to victory lane in the Nationwide Series Subway Jalepeno 250 at Daytona.

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Dale Earnhardt Jr finished the 2010 Season on November 21,2010, ranking 21st.

On December 2,2010, it was announced that Dale Earnhardt Jr won the NMPA Most Popular Driver award for the 8th consecutive time.

Dale Earnhardt Jr began the season by drawing the pole position at the 2011 Budweiser Shootout, where he finished 19th in the race.

Dale Earnhardt Jr finished 24th in the Daytona 500 after being wrecked with 4 laps to go.

Dale Earnhardt Jr came within half a lap of snapping his then-104 race winless streak at the Coca-Cola 600 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway, when he ran out of fuel during a green-white-checkered finish, finishing 7th.

Dale Earnhardt Jr followed this up with a solid 6th-place finish at Pocono.

On September 1,2011, Dale Earnhardt Jr announced he had signed a 5-year contract extension with Hendrick Motorsports to drive the No 88 until 2017.

On September 19,2011, Dale Earnhardt Jr made his first Chase for the Sprint Cup appearance since 2008 at Chicagoland.

On December 1,2011, it was announced that Dale Earnhardt Jr won the Most Popular Driver award for the 9th consecutive time.

Dale Earnhardt Jr started 8th in the Budweiser Shootout, led for several laps, and finished 20th after being caught up in a six-car crash on lap 55 that involved Matt Kenseth, Joey Logano and Kevin Harvick.

Dale Earnhardt Jr led a few laps in the early part of the race before finishing second to Tony Stewart after his Nationwide Series teammate Danica Patrick smashed hard into the inside wall in a last lap crash on the back straightaway.

At Phoenix, Dale Earnhardt Jr's car struggled most of the race and came out with a 14th-place finish.

At Las Vegas, Dale Earnhardt Jr led 70 laps early but finished 10th based on bad pit strategy.

At Bristol, Dale Earnhardt Jr finished 15th following a late race contact with teammate Jeff Gordon, and a speeding penalty.

The following week, Dale Earnhardt Jr struggled for most of the race at Darlington, and had to settle with a 17th-place finish.

At the All-Star Race, Dale Earnhardt Jr won the Sprint Showdown, leading all 40 laps to race his way into the big event.

At the newly repaved Pocono Raceway, Dale Earnhardt Jr led 36 laps during the race, but made a late race fuel pit stop from 3rd place with just over 20 laps to go, finishing 8th and standing 2nd in points.

At the 2012 Quicken Loans 400 at Michigan, Dale Earnhardt Jr dominated the race, leading 95 laps, and won, snapping a 143-race winless streak, almost four years to the day after his last win on June 15,2008.

Dale Earnhardt Jr would suffer a 23rd-place finish at Sonoma after being wrecked in a green-white-checkered finish, but was still able to cross the finish line intact and on the lead lap, continuing his streak of being the only driver to finish all races on the lead lap.

Dale Earnhardt Jr backed up with a couple of Top 5 finishes, finishing 4th at both Loudon and Indianapolis, where he gained the points lead for the first time since 2004, after points leader Matt Kenseth was taken out in a late race crash.

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Back at Pocono, Dale Earnhardt Jr was running in the 2nd position, but a break in the transmission sent the 88 to the garage, but he came back out 18 laps down and finished 32nd, due to rain that came and ended the race and a late race wreck involving Jimmie Johnson, Matt Kenseth, and Denny Hamlin.

At Watkins Glen, Dale Earnhardt Jr had a steady Top 10 going in the final laps but a late race spin resulted in a 28th-place finish, this would drop the 88 team from 1st to 4th in the points.

Dale Earnhardt Jr led for a number of laps mid-race and finished on the lead lap in 4th place.

At Bristol Motor Speedway, Dale Earnhardt Jr started 16th after a qualifying rainout; he led 13 laps in the race before pit road penalties resulted in a 12th-place finish.

At Atlanta Motor Speedway, Dale Earnhardt Jr went a lap down early but recovered to earn a 7th-place finish.

Dale Earnhardt Jr would go on to lead 69 laps, but a late race pit stop resulted in the 88 team getting a 14th-place finish, and being seeded 7th in the standings.

That weekend, Dale Earnhardt Jr finished 20th at Talladega when he took a hard lick in a crash after making contact with Bobby Labonte.

The 2012 Bank of America 500 marked the first race since the 1979 Southern 500 that an Earnhardt had not competed in the Sprint Cup Series as Dale Earnhardt had competed in every race from that one up until his death in the 2001 Daytona 500.

On October 23,2012, Dale Earnhardt Jr was cleared for the Tums Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville after missing two races.

Dale Earnhardt Jr started strong in the race, but a late race spin with Carl Edwards placed for a 21st-place finish.

Dale Earnhardt Jr's first top ten finish after returning to the track was a seventh-place finish at Texas.

On November 29,2012, it was announced that Dale Earnhardt Jr won the NMPA Most Popular Driver Award for the 10th consecutive year.

Dale Earnhardt Jr started the 2013 season with an 8th-place finish in the rechristened Sprint Unlimited.

Dale Earnhardt Jr finished fourth at the DRIVE4COPD 300 after submarining under Alex Bowman's car in a violent last lap wreck.

At Fontana, Dale Earnhardt Jr started mid-pack and after a couple of mistakes including a lengthy pit stop caused by missed lug nuts on a right rear tire, he came home in 2nd-place finish, assuming the points lead as a result of Brad Keselowski going off pace and falling back.

Two weeks later in Martinsville, Dale Earnhardt Jr struggled throughout the race, and spun out after Danica Patrick was hit by Brian Vickers and sent into Dale Earnhardt Jr and ended up finishing 24th, 2 laps down, losing the points lead to Jimmie Johnson.

At Texas, Dale Earnhardt Jr ran near the front until lap 187, when his battery alternator quit and he ended up finishing 29th.

Dale Earnhardt Jr would go a lap down, take the wave-around, and finish 16th.

Dale Earnhardt Jr made his way back up through the field to the Top 5, but slipped back to 17th at the end.

Dale Earnhardt Jr was one of only a few cars who were able to avoid being put a lap down by Kyle Busch.

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The following week for the Coca-Cola 600, Dale Earnhardt Jr lost an engine and finished 39th, giving him his first DNF since 2011.

At the Quicken Loans 400, Dale Earnhardt Jr led 23 laps but suffered an engine failure, and finished 37th in what was the lowest point of the season for the Hendrick Motorsports teams as a whole.

At Kentucky, Dale Earnhardt Jr won the pole and set a new track qualifying speed record with lap time of 29.

However, while Dale Earnhardt Jr was leading after the restart from a competition caution, Denny Hamlin cut a tire and the carcass came up the track and was struck by Dale Earnhardt Jr's splitter and by Jimmie Johnson's car, causing significant damage.

Dale Earnhardt Jr had to make several charges through the field to salvage a 12th-place finish.

Dale Earnhardt Jr then battled a struggling car at New Hampshire, where he finished 14th.

The next week, Dale Earnhardt Jr blew a right front tire while running in the Top 10.

At Richmond, the last race of the regular season, Dale Earnhardt Jr only needed to finish 32nd or better to make the Chase.

Dale Earnhardt Jr bounced back at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, leading 17 laps and finishing 6th.

At Dover, Dale Earnhardt Jr won his second pole of the season, setting a new qualifying speed record of 161.

The following week at Talladega, Dale Earnhardt Jr led 38 laps and was about to receive a push from Austin Dillon to overtake Jamie McMurray on the last lap when Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

The next week at Phoenix, Dale Earnhardt Jr started by being forced to pit with a loose wheel early, putting him a lap down.

Hamlin won while Dale Earnhardt Jr finished 3rd, giving him his first Top 5 at Homestead.

Dale Earnhardt Jr finished off the season 5th in the points, with two pole positions, ten Top 5s, and a career-high 22 Top 10 finishes.

On December 5,2013, Dale Earnhardt Jr won the Most Popular Driver Award for the 11th consecutive year, breaking Bill Elliott's record, who scored 10 straight awards from 1991 to 2000.

Dale Earnhardt Jr's car hung around mid-pack for most of the first quarter of the race.

Dale Earnhardt Jr 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.

The following week at Phoenix, Dale Earnhardt Jr continued his momentum, finishing 2nd to Kevin Harvick.

At Las Vegas, Dale Earnhardt Jr 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.

The following week at Martinsville, Dale Earnhardt Jr 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.

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Dale Earnhardt Jr finished last and fell 5 positions in points and dropped to 31 points behind new points leader Jeff Gordon.

The following week at Darlington, Dale Earnhardt Jr raced among the Top 5 all night, and was leading on a green-white-checkered finish, before finishing 2nd to Kevin Harvick.

At Richmond, after the Easter off week, Dale Earnhardt Jr was strong in the race, racing among the Top 3 late, and led 7 laps, but a green-white-checkered, and bad brakes forced Dale Earnhardt Jr to a 7th-place finish.

The following week at Talladega, Dale Earnhardt Jr raced among the pack until the middle of the race, when he took the lead.

Dale Earnhardt Jr led for 26 laps, but the last 30 laps saw the car take a conservative pace, and was never able to regain any track position, and finished 26th.

At Kansas, for the first night race at the track, Dale Earnhardt Jr ran solidly in the Top 5, even leading a few laps, before finishing 5th.

Sprint All-Star Race, Dale Earnhardt Jr started 6th, but battled a tight car all night, and was never a real contender.

The following week at Dover, Dale Earnhardt Jr raced inside the Top 10 all day, and was running in the Top 5 late, but a mistake on pit road left them with a 9th-place finish.

At Pocono, Dale Earnhardt Jr started eighth and stayed inside the Top 10 most of the afternoon.

The next week at Michigan, Dale Earnhardt Jr started inside the Top 5, but finished 7th, after several cars had different pit strategies.

The next week at Sonoma, saw Dale Earnhardt Jr have his statistical best road course finish, staying in the top ten for most of the race, and finished 3rd.

Dale Earnhardt Jr was able to bounce back the following week at New Hampshire with a 10th-place finish.

Dale Earnhardt Jr ran inside the Top 10 for most of the race, and took the lead from Greg Biffle with 14 laps to go.

Dale Earnhardt Jr 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.

Dale Earnhardt Jr raced to a 12th-place finish, after what was a long, difficult night for the team.

Dale Earnhardt Jr started the Challenger Round of the Chase with an 11th-place finish in Chicago.

The following week at New Hampshire, Dale Earnhardt Jr finished a solid 9th-place finish, giving him a comfortable advantage to make the Contender Round after Dover.

At Kansas, after a 5th-place run in the spring, Dale Earnhardt Jr 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 Earnhardt Jr led early but around lap 133, his shifter broke due to a vibration.

Dale Earnhardt Jr had to make multiple pit stops to fix the problem and never recovered, ending up 20th.

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Dale Earnhardt Jr fell to last in the Chase standings, 26 points behind 8th.

Dale Earnhardt Jr continued to hold the lead to win the race ahead of Jeff Gordon.

Dale Earnhardt Jr got the free pass and managed to crack the Top 5 at one point but fell back late to finish 14th.

Dale Earnhardt Jr 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.

Dale Earnhardt Jr stayed near the front of the pack for most of the day, taking the lead with 27 laps to go and sailing away to his sixth win at the track and his first since October 2004, tying him with teammate Jeff Gordon for most wins among active drivers at Talladega.

Dale Earnhardt Jr led three laps at Dover but a penalty for speeding on pit road cost him, although he was able to finish 14th two laps down.

Dale Earnhardt Jr finished second in the rain-shortened Michigan race after he could not pass Kurt Busch on the last restart before the race was called for rain on lap 138.

Dale Earnhardt Jr had another solid Top 10 run at Sonoma, finishing 7th.

Dale Earnhardt Jr's car did not take severe damage and despite running mid-pack for most of the second half of the race and running 17th with four laps to go, he ended up finishing in fourth place after many other drivers including the leaders at four laps to go ran out of fuel.

At Watkins Glen, Dale Earnhardt Jr was able to start 7th and finished 11th after running in the top 10 all day, but running out of fuel on the last lap.

Dale Earnhardt Jr returned to Bristol looking for his first win at that track since 2004.

Dale Earnhardt Jr would run outside the top 10 most of the day, but the crew would make right adjustments and they would finish 8th.

Dale Earnhardt Jr made the chase for the 8th time in his career and was seeded 6th for the first Chase race.

Dale Earnhardt Jr almost did not make it into the next round, with his chances being saved thanks to a caution for Brett Moffitt's crash on lap 357 keeping him from having to make a green flag pit stop to replace a loose wheel.

At Charlotte, Earnhardt Jr was battling for a position inside the top 10 when he made contact Carl Edwards and hit the wall ending up 29th.

At Kansas, Earnhardt Jr had to pit for a loose wheel under green and ended up finishing 21st, 2 laps down.

Dale Earnhardt Jr led 61 laps, but he slid his tires coming onto pit road and ended up having to take 2 tires instead of fuel only while others were taking fuel only.

Dale Earnhardt Jr ended up on the front row, heading into the only GWC.

Dale Earnhardt Jr 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.

Dale Earnhardt Jr then went on to win the first Can-Am Duel race for the second year in a row.

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The following week, at Las Vegas, Dale Earnhardt Jr had a car that was solid all day and ended with an 8th-place finish.

Dale Earnhardt Jr was replaced by Alex Bowman for the New Hampshire 301 and Jeff Gordon at the Brickyard 400 and Pennsylvania 400.

On December 8,2016, Dale Earnhardt Jr was medically cleared to return to competition in 2017.

Dale Earnhardt Jr started the 2017 Daytona 500 qualifying second but was wrecked while leading mid-race, and finished 37th.

Dale Earnhardt Jr ended up with only one Top 5, eight Top 10's, two poles, and seven DNF's.

Dale Earnhardt Jr won the 2003,2004,2008,2015, and 2016 Budweiser Duels, the 2000 Sprint All Star Race, the 2003 and 2008 Budweiser Shootout and the 2012 Sprint Showdown.

Dale Earnhardt Jr finished 2nd in the 1999 IROC race from Michigan International Speedway, barely losing to his father.

Dale Earnhardt Jr is a co-owner of JR Motorsports with his older sister Kelley Dale Earnhardt Jr Miller, a NASCAR Xfinity and Truck Series team.

In 2016, Dale Earnhardt Jr was a guest analyst in NASCAR Cup and Xfinity race broadcasts on Fox and NBC.

Dale Earnhardt Jr joined the NASCAR on NBC broadcasting team as a color commentator for the 2018 season.

Dale Earnhardt Jr made his debut on NBCSN's NASCAR America on March 12,2018, joining Leigh Diffey, Jeff Burton, and his former crew chief Steve Letarte.

Dale Earnhardt Jr owns Hammerhead Entertainment, a media production company that created and produced the TV show Back in the Day, which aired on SPEED.

Dale Earnhardt Jr was partners with a group of investors who were building Alabama Motorsports Park, a Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Dale Earnhardt Jr is the co-owner of FilterTime, alongside former NASCAR driver Blake Koch.

Dale Earnhardt Jr was featured in the video Playboy: Celebrity Photographers where he photographed The Dahm Triplets.

Dale Earnhardt Jr appeared in the 2006 film Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.

Dale Earnhardt Jr hosted Back in the Day, a show that recapped races from the 1960s and 1970s with trivia and information.

Dale Earnhardt Jr has appeared in an episode of the TV show Yes, Dear.

In 2013 Dale Earnhardt Jr made an appearance on the show Fast N' Loud where he requested Richard Rawlings from Gas Monkey Garage to build him a custom-built car for a road trip vacation.

Dale Earnhardt Jr is a noted fan of Ellicott City, Maryland rock band The Dangerous Summer and produced the music video for the band's song "Ghosts".

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Dale Earnhardt Jr has made appearances in several music videos, including:.

Dale Earnhardt Jr has been featured on the cover of NASCAR-themed video games twice; he appeared on the cover of EA Sports' NASCAR Thunder 2003, and was voted to be on the cover of NASCAR The Game: Inside Line in 2012.

Dale Earnhardt Jr is a longtime opponent of the modern display of the Confederate flag at NASCAR events.

Dale Earnhardt Jr addressed delegates to the 2012 Democratic National Convention at Charlotte Motor Speedway on behalf of the coalition.

In 2014, Dale Earnhardt Jr recorded an advertisement for America's Power, encouraging voter turnout for the US elections that year.

In May 2012, Dale Earnhardt Jr singled out Republican Representative Jack Kingston of Georgia while speaking against an amendment to a defense bill that would prohibit the military from funding sponsorships in professional sports.

Dale Earnhardt Jr is a passionate Washington Commanders fan and has been known to have their scores relayed to him during races.

Dale Earnhardt Jr owns a yard of wrecked race cars on a property in North Carolina.

On June 17,2015, Dale Earnhardt Jr announced his engagement to his longtime girlfriend Amy Reimann.

In March 2016, Dale Earnhardt Jr announced that he plans to donate his brain for concussion research when he dies.

In October 2017, Dale Earnhardt Jr revealed that he and Amy were expecting their first child.

In March 2020, Dale Earnhardt Jr revealed that he and Amy were expecting their second child.

Dale Earnhardt Jr had served as an accounting specialist for JR Motorsports since 2004.

Dale Earnhardt Jr announced on Twitter about a week after the accident that he still intended to participate in the Xfinity Series one-off entry at Darlington the week afterwards, even though his lower back had gotten sizeable bruises and swelling.

Dale Earnhardt Jr 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.