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Bussin' With The Boys

Best of the Bus: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Is A CFB25 SICKO + The Cost To Get A Car Into The Daytona 500

Bussin' With The Boys

Bussin' with the Boys

Football, Sports

4.99.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2026

⏱️ 169 minutes

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Recorded on Recorded: March 24th, 2025 | On this Best of the Bus, Dale Earnhardt Jr. hoped on The Bus again and took the boys full throttle. From his early days rocking the iconic Budweiser colors to the not-so-glamorous reality of having to poop mid-race, Dale Jr. brings the perfect mix of legend and locker room humor. He breaks down pre-race nerves, the mental grind of NASCAR, and what it really takes to get a car into the Daytona 500.

The conversation dives into carrying the Earnhardt name, the one NASCAR rule he’d change, and the underrated chess match of “free agency” in racing. Dale also opens up about the pressure, preparation, and pride that come with being one of the most recognizable names in motorsports history.

But it wouldn’t be Bussin’ without getting a little off the rails. Dale talks biggest purchase regrets, his obsession with EA Sports College Football 25, and embracing his inner gamer. There’s Bud Light talk, a passionate breakdown of being a diehard Washington Commanders fan, and even some last-minute NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament bets thrown into the mix.

If you’re into NASCAR stories, , gaming talk, and classic Bussin’ banter, this episode was fantastic!

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0:00.0

Fellas.

0:01.0

Yeah.

0:02.0

We're here.

0:03.0

We are here.

0:04.0

We did it.

0:05.0

We just did the reveal of the bus. The bus looks fantastic. A little backstory on that. It was obviously wrapped before. And then we had some guys come in, come in and shout out Wick Customs. They came in and they were kind of give us like, hey, this 50-50. When we start to take this thing off, it could just ruin the entire pain. seeing it for the first time it's pretty pristine yeah i don't know but the eight out there's got a

0:23.0

little wear and tear that's all right but off, it could just ruin the entire pain. So seeing it for the first time, it's pretty pristine.

0:21.5

I don't know, but the eight out there's got a little wear and tear.

0:41.1

That's all right. But I kind of like it. Yeah, a little character. It's nice, man. Yeah, bus looks great. It's good to be back. Thanks for having me back. I'm excited about y'all's a new partnership with Bud Light. I've worked with Anheuser-Busch for years. Still got a relationship with them here, the Dicast car. You're butt-heavy, though, yeah. Yeah, so we call them blue-coachers red coats. Yeah, blue coats and red coats. But the butt-heavy, yeah. But I enjoy plenty of Bud-Lights in my lifetime. Yeah. And so it's's cool you guys got that relationship. So glad that that's kind of what has allowed you to kind of get back to your identity and bring the bus back and all that. Yeah, man. And thanks from coming out too. Like, I was telling, when you were over here, taking a Tuesday, he came in and he had all these gifts. I'm like, yeah, you're like the best guests. Like you're flying in for the boys. You're coming with gifts. Very rarely do guests come and they bring gifts. Yeah. It's giving out stuff. Yeah. But yeah, I was like really running over here, take my little afternoon Tuesday and you were like pulling up and he had like what multiple helmets in your hand, a bunch of stuff. I was like, oh man, he's bringing some cool stuff. I didn't think it was going to be for us yeah i brought the helmets weren't the helmets weren't but

1:31.3

i got these dope coozy you said your dad made these so i so i remade my dad's coozy from 1981 and

1:38.1

back in 81 that was a coozy like the foam boat float in the water kind of thing thick yeah so

1:44.1

i had a company remake those for the foam boat float in the water kind of thing thick yeah so i had a company

1:45.7

remake those for me because i just loved the nostalgia and all things earned heart from back in the

1:50.7

day and um and i brought you some more modern the bud eight coosies that we had made we drunk

1:57.4

it is badass man just some gifts some gifts, some drink, some fun.

2:01.8

Yeah.

2:02.4

I wonder when, because we were talking before this started, Jack McPherson had a nice little tweet about the 2004 Bud Light can. Like, when are we going to bring these back? We need to talk to Bud Light about what does Buzz One of the boys have to do to bring back a vintage can. Yeah. But just in general, like I feel like the 80s and 90s, that vintage type of style needs to make a comeback in some way. We might be the podcast and you might be the individual as well to help us get that done. Yeah. I think it's, I mean, it's recognizable. All the logos, they kind of change and evolve over time. Some people come in and put a new modern take on on the on Bud Light or

2:34.6

something like that but it is kind of cool those cans can become collectors you know

2:38.4

but light always does this annually where they'll where I live they do Panthers

2:43.6

cans Carolina Panthers can so it's all black with the Panthers and all that stuff

2:46.9

and yeah they did that for Washington one year I still got like a case of Washington cans, right?

2:51.9

Yeah.

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