Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Danica Patrick Pretty Intense Podcast

Jennifer Cawley

Danica Patrick, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Pretty Intense

4.6 • 995 Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2020

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Today on the show we talk to Dale Earnhardt Jr. Dale and I go way back, but I feel like our talk today brought me to a new level of really knowing Dale Earnhardt Jr. Dale opened up about his relationship with his father Dale Earnhardt. The way Dale Jr talks about his Dad is so honest and so sharing. We can all learn a lot from the way he looks back on his relationship, with acceptance, and understanding. The upbringing Dale Jr had was not easy, from growing up very poor, losing his home to a fire, being handed to his Dad, because his Mom could not cope. When he went to live with his Dad, is when he knew he wanted to be a driver. Dale Jr’s father was not easy to impress, no matter how Dale Jr. tried. The quest to impress Dale Sr. may have been what pushed Dale Jr. to become the legend that he is. Dale Jr. shares with us some of the greatest family stories that are compelling, sad, funny, and really shaped the man Dale Earnhardt Jr. is today.

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0:00.0	When he died, I'm going on and on here, but.
0:04.0	It's good, that's what it's for.
0:05.0	Yeah, when he died, I was going through so many emotions for like the next five years.
0:11.0	Like it was all kinds of up and down but eventually it just
0:17.6	netted out to I just want to I want people to say you know Dale Jr. just added to the legacy
0:25.4	whether it was added a lot or added a little it didn't matter but I just wanted to
0:29.2	be able to add to it he he's the reason why anybody knows that last name. And I just wanted to make sure
0:35.2	that I didn't squander that or ruin that or stain that legacy. You know, I wanted to be able to improve on a little bit.
0:45.0	I believe that each and every one of us has the power within ourselves to create the life that we really want, and I want to help give you the tools to make that
0:56.1	happen. I'm Danica Patrick and I'm pretty intense. Today on the show is Dale
1:02.1	Earnhardt Jr.
1:03.4	Obviously Dale and I have known each other for a really long time.
1:06.4	We drove NASCAR together, but actually the first time we met was back in 2006 for
1:11.7	Jay-Z's Show Me what you got music video and JayZ was making a comeback
1:16.1	and he asked for Dale and I to come and be part of his music video. So that was the first time we met and but today was you know and of course we raced together and I drove for his nationwide team but today was so much more about life. You know he shared so much about his dad and his mom and growing up racing and that sort of relationship with him and his dad and I just felt like today I really got to know Dale Jr.
1:45.0	Well, thank you for doing this. I really appreciate it.
1:48.0	I didn't think that I would be in this
1:50.0	I didn't think that I would be in this position of interviewing drivers.
1:52.0	Yeah, it's weird. You've do in a podcast for a long time
1:55.2	though. Yeah we started a we started podcasting a long time ago probably eight
2:01.5	years ago. Oh it was cool. ago and Yeah, we got into it. I've never listened to a podcast and I was like you know what do we want to get in the podcast and I was like you know what do we want to get in the podcasting for and someone in my company Mike Davis had a vision
2:14.0	that this was going to be a popular platform and it's worked out. Mike's a smart guy. He is. He's
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