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AVONDALE, AZ – JANUARY 31: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. addresses the media during NASCAR testing at Phoenix International Raceway on January 31, 2017 in Avondale, Arizona. (Photo by Jennifer Stewart/Getty Images)
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AVONDALE, AZ – JANUARY 31: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. addresses the media during NASCAR testing at Phoenix International Raceway on January 31, 2017 in Avondale, Arizona. (Photo by Jennifer Stewart/Getty Images)
It’s no secret that Dale Earnhardt Jr doesn’t mind a drink or two. In fact, he has been quite honest about his drinking habits and his partying when he was still an active NASCAR driver.
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But there was one time when perhaps he took the drinking too far. There was an instance when he got so drunk that he took his then-girlfriend, Amy Reimann, to go-kart racing at 2 in the morning, and cornered her that almost had her fall into a creek.
“We got on these [go-karts] at 2 o’clock in the morning, and, I mean, it’s dark. We’re racing, there’s no lights at this track,” he said. And since there were no lights, he “ran into her” in a corner, which was also because Reimann didn’t lift off the gas pedal either.
“When I hit her, she just mashed the throttle wide open and just held it and almost went into the creek,” Earnhardt Jr. continued. “It scared the hell out of me. I jumped up, she’s laughing. I thought I done ruined this relationship right here.
“She’s going to be so mad that she doesn’t want to see me again.”
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In an interview, he revealed how having Amy Earnhardt as the owner of the company was a gesture of thankfulness from his side, considering how dedicated she was to their family while he was still an active racecar driver.
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BROOKLYN, MI – AUGUST 13: Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the #88 Axalta Chevrolet, stands on the grid with his wife, Amy Reimann, prior to the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Pure Michigan 400 at Michigan International Speedway on August 13, 2017 in Brooklyn, Michigan. (Photo by Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images)
“She gave up a lot of her professional pursuits. Over the last several years, we’ve had a lot of conversations about how she needs a purpose in her life in the professional stance,” he said.
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“I was thinking for a long time that I want her to have something that’s her own, that she’s part of and she feels invested in.”
“This checks a lot of those boxes.”
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