FORMER NASCAR DRIVER DALE EARNHARDT JR HAS BEEN REALLY OPEN ABOUT HIS BEAUTIFUL RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS LATE FATHER DALE EARNHARDT. IN MANY WAYS, DALE JR. HAS NURTURED AND EXTENDED HIS FATHER’S LEGACY BY REVEALING ANOTHER SIDE OF HIM, A SIDE OTHER THAN THE SEVEN-TIME CUP CHAMPION INTIMIDATOR, A SIDE PERHAPS BETTER EXPERIENCED BY HIM THAN ANYONE ELSE, THE SIDE OF DALE EARNHARDT AS A FATHER.
An upset dale jr. Faced the wrath of his father because he wasn’t in the garage fixing the car with the mechanics. Instead, he was sitting inside a room, sulking, having vodka and cigarettes.
Dale Sr. went from, "you’re f*****g up…you gotta get you a** in gear,’ to, like, explaining to me.”
“it was the first time he really let me understand like, ‘this is for you, man,’”