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Dale Earnhardt Jr’s Sister Expresses Her Unhappiness Over Shambolic Scenes at Daytona International Speedway

Published 08/28/2022, 2:20 PM EDT

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It’s almost Kelley Earnhardt’s birthday! Of course, she wants to celebrate with her family, but her brother, Dale Earnhardt Jr. can’t make it. And Kelley is clearly unhappy.

Rains all over California have ruined Junior’s plans of going to his sister for her big day. And the JR Motorsports co-owner expresses her anger on Twitter!

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Even NASCAR Spotter, Brett Griffin, joked about his old age with Kelley.

However, Xfinity Series driver, Kyle Weatherman, was surprised to find out that Dale Jr.‘s sister and he have the same birthday!

Although Dale Jr. didn’t reply yet, we would like to see him celebrating his sister’s 5oth birthday with her!

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The duo sure have a solid relationship and, although they are Co-owner in their Xfinity series venture, they don’t agree upon one crucial element of NASCAR.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Kelley Earnhardt Miller don’t agree with each other

Dale Jr. and Kelley might be siblings, but their opinions on the playoffs system are completely different!

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Kelley is a fan of the playoff system!

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She said, “…I love the playoff format and I love the opportunity that it gives you to keep progressing because I’ve seen in this sport — I’ve seen years where the points leader is so far out that they would win two or three races to go, right,”

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“…but when it gets down to Phoenix, I just really hate that it all comes down to one race. So I kind of have this love-hate relationship with the way the system works.” 

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Dale Jr. had very contrasting thoughts, though.

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“I think as far as the points, how we add them up, the elimination, all the factors, the size of of the field, let’s just stay this way for a little bit,” he said. “Build some equity. Build some brand identity in it. Some continuity so fans are now understanding what to expect and what drivers need to do, and we can carry this on for a while.”

Even though they have different ideas. They sure make a great team at JR Motorsports.

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Hetul Katyal

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Hetul Katyal is an F1 and NASCAR Writer at Essentially Sports. Currently pursuing his degree in Journalism from Delhi College of Arts and Commerce. Hetul is a fan of Chase Elliott and Kyle Busch and hopes to see one of them drive to the Victory Lane.
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Ranvijay Singh