Called to The Hauler - DJD Classics w/ Mike Helton

The Dale Jr. Download

Dirty Mo Media & SiriusXM

Sports

5 • 8.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2025

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Perhaps no one in the world of NASCAR to never don a helmet carries more presence than Mike Helton. From his humble beginnings at Atlanta Motor Speedway to becoming the sport's first President from outside the France family, hear from Helton himself on his meteoric rise to the top of NASCAR during its heyday. Helton shares new stories about Dale Sr., including how they developed such a great friendship. Dale Jr. and Helton recount their memories from the tragic day Dale Sr. lost his life, and how the sport has changed since.

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0:00.0	Following is a production of Dirty Home Media.
0:04.3	All right.
0:07.0	All right.
0:20.0	All right, so Mike Helton's here.
0:22.4	Been looking forward to you coming on the show.
0:25.7	You said that you've watched and listened to a few episodes, so you kind of know what this is all about.
0:30.9	Does anything make you nervous?
0:33.5	No, I kind of worry about saying.
0:35.2	You do worry about things?
0:36.8	Well, I want to tell you something, man.
0:38.4	I called a buddy of yours yesterday, and he said this about you.
0:42.0	He takes over the room when he enters, demands respect without asking for it.
0:46.1	That's Clint Boyer.
0:47.2	And that's the way a lot of people feel about you.
0:49.7	I hope that in this interview we'll be able to capture why that is.
0:55.1	I know that fans know who you are, but hopefully they'll learn something new.
1:02.8	You can be an incredible friend, but you can also, the funny thing I think is, is that
1:09.7	when you need to chew somebody's ass,
1:12.5	you can get that done too.
1:14.2	And there's been a time, there was one time, maybe there were multiple times, but I know
1:18.3	one time when you had to get, get after me pretty hard.
1:23.5	We were at Bristol Motor Speedway.
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