Becoming Earnhardt Vol. 4 - King Takes The Rook

The Dale Jr. Download

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🗓️ 2 August 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Basking in the glory of his first NASCAR Cup victory, rookie Dale Earnhardt finds himself in the conversation of the top talents in the garage area. Not only has he put the heat on the rest of the rookie class with his triumph, but he’s put stock car racing’s veterans on notice: the kid from Kannapolis is the real deal. But following up his win would be no easy task, as the next event on the Cup schedule would take him to the track deemed Too Tough To Tame, and the Lady in Black had many hard lessons to teach an overconfident freshman. After Darlington and his first trip to the Paperclip, Dale and the rest of the NASCAR contingent take on a grueling month of May, which includes the fastest race weekend to date at Talladega, a brutal 500-lapper at Dover and the longest contest in stock car racing, the World 600. Join us on this episode of Becoming Earnhardt as we unpack races 8 through 13 of the greatest NASCAR season ever, 1979. Our main character has found the spotlight, but it will be tested by not only some of the toughest events on the calendar but a toe-to-toe battle with none other than the King of NASCAR himself. 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	I am so over this situation here. I'm unbumble to find something real. You know
0:06.8	like someone you can count on, someone who actually cares about what you think. I
0:11.0	just want someone who's ready for that long-term kind of love. Whether you're
0:17.2	looking for your next boyfriend, girlfriend, casual date or just someone a truly
0:21.6	gacha, it's waiting for you unbumble. Find them unbumble.
0:30.6	The following is a production of Dirty Mo Media. The name down in heart means
0:39.5	something different now. Before it meant talented but unproven, scrappy but
0:45.8	unrefined. Now, after winning his first cup race, it means favorite for a
0:53.1	rookie of the year and a threat for the overall championship. That's even more
0:57.9	alarming for Richard Petty, Derrwal, Chip Kelly, Arbor, and David Pearson and
1:01.4	the Allison's. The number two oscilling racing team had unlocked a confidence
1:06.0	that only comes from victories and the 1979 season was still young.
1:10.1	Crew member Doug Reichert remembers the immediate change. You know, winning is
1:15.5	momentum. You know, when you finally know that you can do it and you finally do
1:21.2	it, has a lot of confidence in that and from that point on we didn't go to the
1:27.2	race to finish second. Second's just the first loser. So we always tried to win
1:32.8	them all and I think that was Dale's mentality all along. He didn't care what it
1:37.6	took. He was going to win them all.
1:43.6	All right, so now what happens for the team and dad with the momentum from his
1:48.8	Bristol victory carry him into the next six races. This was a hellacious slate of
1:53.0	challenging tracks coming up or would dad be destined for the bottom of the
1:58.6	all-time wins list with the rest of the one-hit wonders. I'm Dale and Hart
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