Dale Jr
Dale Jr
Ralph Dale Earnhardt Jr., known professionally as Dale Earnhardt Jr., Dale Jr., or just Junior, is an American professional stock car racing driver and champion team owner. He is the son of NASCAR Hall of Famer Dale Earnhardt Sr. He is also the grandson of both NASCAR driver Ralph Earnhardt and stock car fabricator Robert Gee, the brother of Kelley Earnhardt-Miller, the half-brother of former driver Kerry Earnhardt, the uncle of driver Jeffrey Earnhardt, the stepson of Teresa Earnhardt, and...
best capable driver great ground opportunity team top
We're making some great ground on these tracks. This is the best opportunity I've had as a driver and the team is really capable from top to bottom.
definitely good mentality relationship tested tony
Working with Tony Jr.'s going to be a lot of run. We've already tested with each other, and we've got a good mentality ... This is a new start. We've always been close, but the working relationship is definitely improved.
couple definitely past
We need to be better, but we definitely made some improvements from how it was here over the past couple of years.
brink figure needs realize somebody ticking
He just needs to realize that he's right on that brink of really ticking off somebody he doesn't want to tick off. I think he'll figure it out.
awesome fans good hope keeps
I think it is awesome - I think it is good for our sport. It is really entertaining for the fans and it is really entertaining for the other drivers. I hope it keeps going.
cars climbing guys remember safety
You've got a lot of young guys in there that haven't been in the sport that long, and they're climbing in these cars with all this safety equipment, and they don't remember when they didn't have headrests and things like that. So to them, there's no way you could ever get hurt.
figured good guys pull run time tracks
I thought we were going to pull through and get one at Atlanta, one of the better tracks for me. But we do run good every time we come here. Some guys have this place figured out; we'll just have to go after them.
bond close tony
Working with Tony Jr. is going to be a lot of fun, there's a good, close bond there.
nose percent talking tweak
We've got to tweak the nose a little. We're talking tenths of a percent - not a whole lot.
continued drive wheels
We bounced off a lot of things and it just continued to drive great. The wheels were still straight, and everything was still going in the right direction.