Dale Earnhardt Jr’s Wife Reveals Their Daughter Would “Tremble & Shake” Amidst Consequences of Scary Plane Crash
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Dale Earnhardt Jr’s Wife Reveals Their Daughter Would “Tremble & Shake” Amidst Consequences of Scary Plane Crash
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CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA – JANUARY 21: NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee Dale Earnhardt Jr., his wife Amy Earnhardt, and their daughters Isla (L) and Nicole, pose on the red carpet prior to the 2021 NASCAR Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at NASCAR Hall of Fame on January 21, 2022 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
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CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA – JANUARY 21: NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee Dale Earnhardt Jr., his wife Amy Earnhardt, and their daughters Isla (L) and Nicole, pose on the red carpet prior to the 2021 NASCAR Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at NASCAR Hall of Fame on January 21, 2022 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
In 2019, former NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr, his wife Amy Earnhardt, and their daughter Isla were involved in a plane crash in Tennessee. Fortunately for the Earnhardts, all members escaped without any serious injuries.
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However, the lasting effect of the crash has remained in their lives, especially in the mind of their young daughter.
This is something Amy Earnhardt recently revealed in an interview with People magazine. She described how it took her a year before she could get on a plane again.
As for her daughter, she described Isla Earnhardt has had some “residual effects,” that she still gets scared whenever they’re in a plane and it takes off.
“For a while, she would tremble and shake,” Amy Earnhardt said. “It was before she was talking, so we really couldn’t talk through it with her. That was hard.”
Dale Earnhardt Jr. had recently ruled out a comeback, “done taking risks,” he said
Before the 2022 season got underway, Dale Earnhardt Jr took part in the Daytona testing for the Next Gen car. After putting in a few laps with the Hendrick Motorsports car, he was asked whether he is still open to stepping back in the car competitively.
And as it turns out, he isn’t open, not even for a slight consideration. This is so because of two very clear reasons.
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DAYTONA BEACH, FL – FEBRUARY 13: (EDITOR’S NOTE: Image was processed using digital filters.) Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the #88 Nationwide Chevrolet, looks on in the garage area during practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 13, 2016 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
“I’m old,” he said.
Dale Jr added, “Take a guy like (Hendrick driver) William Byron, he’s young, he’s a risk-taker … I’m done taking risks. I got two little girls that I love being around, and I’ve put my wife through a lot.”
“I just don’t know, at 47, that I’d be willing to take the risks out on the racetrack.”
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