462 - Richie Gilmore (Part 2) - The DEI Days

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🗓️ 15 June 2023

⏱️ 86 minutes

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In the dramatic conclusion of their conversation, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and co-host Mike Davis talk to longtime NASCAR engine builder Richie Gilmore about his time at Dale Earnhardt Inc. Richie recounts the time at Talladega when he was approached by Dale Earnhardt Sr. and Ty Norris about coming to work at DEI, heading up the engine program for Dale Jr.’s imminent Cup debut. Once there though, Richie realized the grass is always greener on the other side, and work environment and disorganization almost sent him packing back to Hendrick Motorsports. It was then that he had an unforgettable meeting with Dale Sr. that would solidify his place at the organization for years to come. Dale Jr. and Richie have a vulnerable exchange about the fallout at DEI and the responsibility they felt for the way things unfolded. Richie talked about the transition from running the engine shop to running the team’s day-to-day operation when he was promoted to Vice President of Competition after Norris’ departure. Richie also gives listeners some insight into the 2020 merging of Richard Childress Racing and HMS’ engine-building efforts and the effect it has had on Chevrolet’s NASCAR efforts. 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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0:47.2	Hey everybody, welcome back to another episode of the Dale Junior Download. It is show three
0:52.0	for the week. Thursday, June 15th, we promised the second half of the Richie Gilmore conversation
0:58.5	Mike and we are we're going to have more of that conversation coming right up. Part one was
1:06.9	really incredible. Richie come into the Bojangles studio and told us all about how he got involved
1:13.0	in racing, which was pretty interesting to me. I never sat down with a guy after all these
1:16.3	years working with him to learn that part of his life. But it was cool to get to a point
1:23.9	to where we could break the interview and there's just so much more that we need to talk about
1:29.0	with Richie, the DEI days and all of that and especially the motor. This engine that helped
1:34.4	me win so many races, so many important races. I want to discuss that with Richie and we're
1:39.9	going to get to do that today.
1:41.3	I think you and I came in wanting not really wanting to dive deep into the management of the
1:47.0	Dale and Harden Corporation years, but the conversation naturally went there and I think that
1:52.2	you and Richie both sets of really profound things and I think that the listeners are really going
1:57.7	to enjoy and appreciate the candor that goes on at this table. So it is a necessary thing to have
2:05.0	a second ally segment. This is part two of the Richie Gilmore interview.
2:18.3	So you're coming over to DEI there because they're going to go cup racing again, right?
2:21.8	Yeah, parks going cup racing in the one car.
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