416 - Jeffrey Earnhardt - Paving My Own Way

The Dale Jr. Download

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5 • 8.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2023

⏱️ 64 minutes

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On this episode of the Dale Jr. Download, it’s an Earnhardt family reunion as Dale Earnhardt Jr. is joined in the Bojangles Studio by his sister Kelley Earnhardt Miller and their nephew Jeffrey Earnhardt. Jeffrey made headlines in the stock car racing world last April when he piloted the Richard Childress No. 3 that his grandfather Dale made famous to a second-place finish in the Xfinity race at Talladega. The interview discusses his time spent in the NASCAR ranks over the last 16 years and the path that has led him to be in a full-time ride in the Xfinity Series, driving the No. 44 Chevy entry for Alpha Prime Racing. While he is an Earnhardt, Jeffrey has made it a point to earn his opportunities in racing based on hard work and merit, not his namesake. As a result, he’s followed a winding, sometimes turbulent road through the motorsports world. He provides great insight to listeners on the differences between top-dollar teams and smaller operations in NASCAR, and what he’s learned from his time spent with both. The Earnhardt family dynamic is also a topic of discussion, as well as Jeffrey’s memories of Dale Sr. and his relationship with his father Kerry. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the perfect example of mine and Jeffery's relationship.
0:04.8	It was Nashville last year and Nashville was the Nashville race weekend.
0:08.9	I guess the race was Sunday. It had rained and delayed the finish of the race.
0:14.0	My wife was in town with me and I'd plan to stay in town after the race and go home in the morning.
0:19.8	I'm calling Amy and I'm like, man, I'm gonna get there when I get there,
0:24.1	rain delay, rain delay. So I ended up getting the Broadway like one or 12 o'clock, midnight.
0:28.9	We drank some beers and had a great time. We come out of the bar at about 1 1 30 and I run into
0:34.0	Jeffrey. And Jeffery's happy to see me and I'm happy to see you. But we're meeting at the end of the
0:41.0	night. Damn it. For once, I wish we could meet early in the night because I would have loved to
0:48.2	have spent those even those two hours in Nashville with you. Hey everybody,
1:00.9	it's Dale Junior back again for another episode of the Dale Junior download on this Wednesday,
1:05.2	February 22nd, 2023. I'm sitting here at the table. I'm not with Mike Davis today.
1:12.6	Mike is under the weather this week and I'm trying to get well so he can get back
1:17.2	into the studio. But Kelly Earnhardt, my sister's gonna join me in the Bojangles studio. Kelly,
1:22.4	we're gonna have guest Jeffrey Earnhardt on and I thought you were a great person to come in here.
1:26.2	Help me have this interview. Jeffrey's been on the show before but hey, you know the family
1:29.9	pretty well. You know Jeffrey and maybe we can we can dig up some new information. All right,
1:35.2	I'm ready. I, yeah, yesterday I finally had to ask you were you asking me to be on here? Yeah.
1:40.5	That's right. He was talking about his guest. It might be in sick and I'm like, hey, are you asking me
1:45.2	to be the co-host because I'm ready. Well, I'm looking forward to it. You know, Jeffrey,
1:52.6	you know, he's got a lot going on in his life and we're always kind of curious as to where
1:55.9	where he's at and what his plans are. And so we'll get talked to him today. That'll be a lot of fun.
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