Becoming Earnhardt Vol. 9 - The Dust Settles On 1979

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🗓️ 20 December 2025

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

The dust has settled on the greatest NASCAR Cup season in history, and it’s time to recap all that we’ve learned about 1979. Dale Earnhardt Jr. invites some of the guests from BECOMING EARNHARDT for a roundtable discussion to recount all that we’ve learned and conclude some of our favorite character’s stories. Dale’s aunts Cathy Watkins and Kaye Snipes as well as Osterlund Racing crew member Doug Richert return as first-hand character witnesses who helped bring the story of 1979 to life. The chat once again sets the dial back to the beginning of 1979 and views Dale Earnhardt through the eyes of his family, as he’s getting ready to embark on the biggest opportunity in his young racing career. It also dissects complicated characters like Jake Elder and the team dynamic at Osterlund Racing. They dive into the significance of the NASCAR Cup Rookie of the Year in 1979 and just how close things got in the race between Dale and Joe Millikan. Finally, some new details are revealed about the severity of Dale’s injury at Pocono and his lengthy hospital stay and time out of the driver’s seat

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0:00.0	The following is a production of Dirtymo Media.
0:05.8	A sensational driver from Canapalas, North Carolina.
0:09.5	Dale Earnhardt, and the Australand Racing Oldsmobile.
0:14.1	Earnhardt continues to show the wave.
0:16.2	You can't say enough about this young driver.
0:18.1	He made the veterans sit up and take notice of his driving style.
0:34.1	All right, so welcome to episode nine of Becoming Earnhardt, presented to you by Chevrolet.
0:41.3	The first eight episodes of Becoming Earnhardt encompass the season.
0:47.5	And this is a roundtable, and I have some guests with me today.
0:56.2	My aunt Kathy is here, and my Aunt Kay, who actually helped make the scrapbook. How you doing?
1:03.4	I'm doing good. And y'all have been featured in the show. You've done some extra work for us to help sort of promote the series. But we'll talk about that. And also with us is crew member
1:09.5	in 1979 Doug Reichert
1:11.6	very good thanks Dale yes sir thanks for being here I'm I'm thankful that y'all are
1:17.6	here and I kind of have a lot of questions but basically when we started out the
1:26.1	series we explained how I get these two scrapbooks,
1:29.6	okay, and you made these, and back when the moment was happening, right, going through the
1:34.8	29th season.
1:35.9	You make the scrapbooks, and they just literally just laid around the house for...
1:40.9	Under my bed.
1:41.8	For 40 years or whatever.
1:43.4	For years, yes. When long for years yes when you
1:46.7	made them do you remember making them do you remember those yes I do I mean I bought
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