His third victory of the season came at Phoenix the week before the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Not feeling right, the driver visited his doctor and was diagnosed with a concussion-like symptoms, stemming from wrecks at Michigan and Daytona. The retired Jeff Gordon stepped in to fill races in the No.
The couple announced in that they are expecting a second child. He had finished fourth at Richmond in his lone Xfinity Series start. Dale Earnhardt Jr. His common-sense charisma and flair for originality have helped propel him to become one of the most popular figures in sports. Through the end of his full-time career, Earnhardt amassed 26 career victories, including the and Daytona s. He also has 13 pole positions and eight non-points wins five in the Daytona qualifying Duel, two in the Clash and one All-Star Race victory.
Even though he was sidelined for the second half of the season with a concussion, Earnhardt still managed to find success, scoring a victory in his preseason Daytona qualifying Duel and earning four runner-up finishes through the first 18 races. He follows his legendary father Dale Earnhardt Sr. In October , Earnhardt Sr.
Until , Earnhardt Jr. JR Motorsports employs more than people and fields four full-time entries in the Xfinity Series, in addition to two late model stock cars competing regionally in the Southeast. Furthermore, Dale played a part in recreating one Winston Cup milestone in when he competed with his father and half-brother Kerry in the Pepsi at Michigan International Speedway. On 13 th June , he announced about him signing a five-year contract with Hendricks Motorsport.
His career has grown to a large point, making him achieve greater results. He has made his fortune through his career, endorsements, merchandising, and other business ventures.
He also came out clear to explain to his fans about his retirement. He said the rumors that the army had forced him to retire were not true, and he went on and explained that he was not told to stop racing; rather, he made that decision for his personal well-being. On the Dale Instagram account, he has around 1. He is ranked among the richest drivers of all time. The following week in Atlanta he was very strong, finishing second. The following week, at Las Vegas, Earnhardt had a car that was solid all day and ended with an 8th-place finish.
At the spring race in Phoenix, he led for a good portion of the race but stayed out on old tires during overtime. Because of this, he slid his tires on the start, finishing 5th. At Fontana the next week, he struggled throughout the race in the early stages, even being as low as 34th. But in overtime, he made a charge, finishing 11th. At Martinsville, he spun on lap 5, spending laps one lap down. But in the end, he finished 14th and on the lead lap. In Texas, he was strong late in the race, finishing 2nd to Kyle Busch, who won back to back races.
At Bristol, he stalled his car on the start, going 2 laps down. But as the race went on, his car came to life and he finished 2nd. In July, Earnhardt was diagnosed with concussion-like symptoms and would miss the second half of the year as a result. On September 2, Earnhardt announced he would sit out the remainder of the season with Gordon and Bowman continuing their replacement roles in the On December 8, , Earnhardt was medically cleared to return to competition in Despite missing the second half of the season, Earnhardt Jr.
In March , Earnhardt announced that he plans to donate his brain for concussion research when he dies. At Auto Club Speedway, Earnhardt started 15th. However, on lap 44, his car lost a right front tire and hit the outside wall in turn 2, bringing out a caution, making him one of several victims of tire failures that plagued the race.
After being repaired and falling to the back of the lead lap, Earnhardt made several charges through the field to salvage a 12th-place finish, keeping him at 2nd place in the points.
The following week at Martinsville, Earnhardt 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. At Texas, he crashed on Lap 13 and caught on fire. He finished last and fell 5 positions in points and dropped to 31 points behind new points leader Jeff Gordon. The following week at Darlington, Earnhardt raced among the Top 5 all night, and was leading on a green-white-checkered finish, before finishing 2nd to Kevin Harvick.
The questions referring to the replacement of Steve Letarte were finally answered on July 30, for it was announced that Greg Ives, Chase Elliott's Nationwide Series crew chief at JR Motorsports, would return to Hendrick Motorsports, and take over Earnhardt's pit box for On February 19, he won Budweiser Duel No.
In the Daytona , he led for over 30 laps but on one of the last restarts, he made a move that mired him in the middle without help, and fell back to 16th with 15 laps to go, but managed to make his way back to third place by the last lap.
This was his fifth Top 3 finish in the Daytona in six years, after his runner-up finishes in , and , and his win in Until its rebranding in , the band Dale Earnhardt Jr. Earnhardt is a noted fan of Ellicott City, Maryland rock band The Dangerous Summer and produced the music video for the band's song "Ghosts". On June 17, , Earnhardt announced his engagement to his longtime girlfriend Amy Reimann. Earnhardt then battled a struggling car at New Hampshire, where he finished 14th.
After the final off week, he found some consistency with finishes of 6th at Indianapolis and 5th at Pocono, while battling loose wheels and vibrations in a span of two weeks. At the end of the , Earnhardt Jr. Due to National Guard dropping their motorsports sponsorships, Earnhardt Jr.
At Indianapolis, Earnhardt Jr. He was able to salvage a 22nd-place finish. Kasey Kahne also drove part-time in the Truck Series, with the two drivers winning at Gateway Motorsports Park and Charlotte, respectively. Berry was also able to win a second track championship at Hickory Motor Speedway.
Earnhardt started the season with an 8th-place finish in the rechristened Sprint Unlimited. He qualified 11th for the Budweiser Duel, but he blew an engine in practice, he was forced to drop to the rear of the field. On December 5, , Earnhardt won the Most Popular Driver Award for the 11th consecutive year, breaking Bill Elliott's record, who scored 10 straight awards from to In August , he entered the automobile dealer business, opening Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Chevrolet and Dale Earnhardt Jr. Download, a weekly podcast which recaps his race weekend. It was hosted by Taylor Zarzour and Mike Davis up until the end of the season. However, Davis continued to make an occasional appearance on the podcast.
Since , edited versions of The Dale Jr. Earnhardt is a passionate Washington Redskins fan and has been known to have Redskins scores relayed to him during races. I can't concentrate on what I'm doing if I don't know what the Redskins are doing.
My fans tell me if I lose, it ruins their week. But if the Redskins lose, it ruins my week. Italics — Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. Returning to Michigan for the Pure Michigan , Earnhardt had to start in 42nd place after a crash in practice forced him to move to a backup car.
He led for a number of laps mid-race and finished on the lead lap in 4th place. At Bristol Motor Speedway, Earnhardt 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, Earnhardt went a lap down early but recovered to earn a 7th-place finish. The following week at Richmond International Raceway, Earnhardt earned his first pole of the season. He 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.
In the first race of the chase at Chicagoland Speedway, Earnhardt finished 8th despite having to start at the rear of the field due to an engine change. Finishes of 13th and 11th at Loudon and Dover left the 88 team 7th in the standings.
On the morning of October 11, Hendrick Motorsports announced that Earnhardt would have to sit out the Bank of America at Charlotte and the Hollywood Casino at Kansas due to a concussion from a car crash on the last lap at Talladega on October 7. That weekend, Earnhardt finished 20th at Talladega when he took a hard lick in a crash after making contact with Bobby Labonte.
Prior to this, Earnhardt had suffered a concussion during an August 29 test at Kansas Speedway. Regan Smith was announced to replace him at those two races. Prior to the concussion, Earnhardt had competed in consecutive races, dating back to the Atlanta event. The Bank of America marked the first race since the Southern 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 Daytona He started strong in the race, but a late race spin with Carl Edwards placed for a 21st-place finish.
His first top ten finish after returning to the track was a seventh-place finish at Texas. At Phoenix, Earnhardt fought an ill-handling car, and finished 21st. At the season finale, at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Earnhardt would finish 10th. This was his first top 10 finish at the 1. He closed the season 12th in the final standings. This tied Bill Elliott's streak of 10 consecutive wins in the award. At New Hampshire, he ran up front for most of the day, but an emergency fuel stop with two laps to go led him to finish 25th, two laps down, and at the bottom of the Chase cutline.
At Dover, despite falling back at a few points, Earnhardt Jr. He 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 keeping him from having to make a green flag pit stop to replace a loose wheel.
On the last restart, Earnhardt Jr. He addressed delegates to the Democratic National Convention at Charlotte Motor Speedway on behalf of the coalition. In , Earnhardt recorded an advertisement for America's Power, encouraging voter turnout for the U.
In May , Earnhardt 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. Earnhardt also owns a yard of wrecked race cars on a property in North Carolina.
Some of the most notable cars include Juan Pablo Montoya's Daytona car that collided with a jet dryer, David Gilliland's 5-hour Energy car that was destroyed in a violent impact with the tri-oval wall, and Earnhardt's own Duck Commander car that was wrecked from incidental contact with wet infield grass on lap 12 that cut a tire.
He began the season by drawing the pole position at the Budweiser Shootout, where he finished 19th in the race. On February 13, he earned his first pole position at Daytona International Speedway, as well as his first at a track that uses restrictor plates. Due to a practice crash, he had to start at the back of the field for both the duel race and the He finished 24th in the Daytona after being wrecked with 4 laps to go. Over the next seven races, Earnhardt would achieve five Top 10 finishes, including a 2nd-place finish at Martinsville after losing the lead to Kevin Harvick with 4 laps to go, and a 4th-place finish at Talladega in a photo finish with Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon, Mark Martin, Clint Bowyer, and Kevin Harvick.
Earnhardt came within half a lap of snapping his then race winless streak at the Coca-Cola at the Charlotte Motor Speedway, when he ran out of fuel during a green-white-checkered finish, finishing 7th. The following week at Kansas, Earnhardt finished 2nd to Brad Keselowski.
He followed this up with a solid 6th-place finish at Pocono. Over the course of the next three races, Earnhardt would slide to 7th in the Championship points, finishing 21st at Michigan, 41st at Infineon, and 19th at Daytona.
On September 1, , Earnhardt announced he had signed a 5-year contract extension with Hendrick Motorsports to drive the No. At the season finale at Homestead, he finished 11th and finished 7th in the final points standings. On December 1, , it was announced that Earnhardt won the Most Popular Driver award for the 9th consecutive time. The following week in the Sprint All-Star Race, Earnhardt battled a tight handling car much of that night before finishing 7th. The following week for the Coca-Cola , Earnhardt lost an engine and finished 39th, giving him his first DNF since The next two weeks saw a rebound, with finishes of 10th at Dover and 3rd at Pocono.
At the Quicken Loans , Earnhardt 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 Kasey Kahne and Jeff Gordon both had DNFs due to crashes, and Jimmie Johnson cut a tire with 5 laps to go. After the low of Michigan, Earnhardt had a 12th-place finish at Sonoma. At Watkins Glen, Earnhardt finished 11th, and due to Jeff Gordon struggling, assumed the points lead, for the first time since Martinsville in April.
The following week at Michigan, he made contact with Kyle Larson on pit road, but through hard work from his pit crew, was able to lead four laps and salvage a 5th-place finish.
At Watkins Glen, Earnhardt 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. At the Carfax at Michigan, Earnhardt charged to the front near the end of the race and finished 3rd; he also earned his second Top 5 finish this season in the same race. Earnhardt finished 9th in the Sharpie a week later at Bristol, but his bad luck continued at the Auto Club Speedway when he was involved in a multi-car incident.
After a 39th qualifying run at Lowe's Motor Speedway, he said "I'm about to the end of my rope". At the fall Talladega race, Earnhardt had a solid run, including leading several laps, before finishing in 11th place. Lance McGrew had the "interim" taken off of his title, and he continued working with the No. Earnhardt ended winless, and finished a career low 25th in the standings.
On Saturday, February 6, , Earnhardt qualified second overall for the 52nd Daytona after losing the pole position to teammate Mark Martin. He started 1st in the Gatorade Duel No. He finished 11th in the Budweiser Shootout after struggling with an ill-handling car for most of the race.
On February 13, , while running in the front of the pack at the Daytona Nationwide Series race, Earnhardt was caught up in a multi-car wreck, causing his car to flip upside down on the backstretch. He walked away from the wreck uninjured. His driver Danica Patrick was caught up in another wreck before Earnhardt flipped. The next day during the Daytona Jr. It was his best run all year.
He finished the year with eight top 10s and 1 pole as consistency plagued the team. On July 2, , Earnhardt raced the No. He finished the Season on November 21, , ranking 21st. In the Sprint Cup Series, Earnhardt hit a slight resurgence, and in the first five races of the season recorded three Top 5s and five Top 10 finishes.
It began with a second-place finish to teammate Jimmie Johnson at the Daytona , Earnhardt's third runner up finish in the since The following week at Phoenix, he led for 47 laps, but was shuffled back in traffic during a cycle caution flag pit stops, which allowed Carl Edwards to assume the lead while Junior finished in fifth place. This was followed by two more Top 10 finishes: 7th at Las Vegas and 6th at Bristol. At Fontana, Earnhardt 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, Earnhardt struggled throughout the race, and spun out after Danica Patrick was hit by Brian Vickers and sent into Earnhardt and ended up finishing 24th, 2 laps down, losing the points lead to Jimmie Johnson.
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