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3 days ago
- Entertainment
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'Earnhardt': Dale Jr. recounts valuable lesson from his father
Dale Jr. relives the lesson his dad taught him to start taking racing more seriously after his debut wreck in what was known as the Busch Grand National Series.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
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'Earnhardt': Dale Jr.'s drive to race, receiving tough love from father early in career
'I wanted to race cars badly. Just as badly, I think, as my dad.' Episode 3 of the four-part 'Earnhardt' docuseries on Prime Video explores Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s start in racing and the challenges of earning his father's attention in the early portion of his career. Advertisement With racing constantly on his mind growing up, Earnhardt Jr. said he drew race cars often in school. However, his father and stepmother Teresa interpreted it as a different passion for Dale Jr. 'Dad and Teresa came home one day with a giant box of all these supplies, and they said, 'We thought maybe you'd want to go to art school. We were looking at this college down the road,' Earnhardt Jr. said. 'I was like, 'are you freaking out of your mind? I'm not going to art school.' What? Like, I'm not an art student. I'm not into art. I was so spun out. And I was like, 'damn it, you're Dale Earnhardt, and I want to race.' Help me race. What should I do in this moment to be getting closer to racing? Take all this art [expletive] out of here.' RELATED: Watch all four episodes of 'Earnhardt' on Prime Video As Earnhardt Jr. began racing late models locally, his father remained absent from the track with his son. Advertisement Dale Sr.'s friend, Hank Parker, revealed that Earnhardt said he didn't believe his son was cut out for racing. 'I was worried about Dale Jr. and he was green as grass,' Parker said. 'Didn't know a whole lot about racing. Dale Sr. told me one time. He said, 'I don't think that boy will ever be a race driver. He just ain't got it.\"' Earnhardt Jr.: 'If dad was sitting right here, one thing I'd want to ask him, did he ever see me race my late model car? I ran 159 races. I never saw him. He never said, 'Hey, I'm coming to your race this weekend.' He's never around the trailer. Never around the car. I don't know if he saw me.' As Dale Jr. made his way to the Xfinity Series, formerly known as the Busch Grand National Series, he had a rough few outings in his first starts. Advertisement After wrecking out in a race, Dale Jr. recalls an important moment in his relationship with his dad that stuck with him. 'The door flies open on this double-wide trailer I lived in. Boom, boom. I know immediately those are dad's footsteps,' Earnhardt Jr. said. 'He looks over at my buddies that are sitting over there, and he goes, 'get the [expletive] off my property. [They] ran out of the house and jumped in the cars and they drove out the driveway. The shoes are still sitting in the floor. 'He said, 'Come here.' And we walked out. I thought he was gonna whoop my ass. And he goes, 'Man, what are you doing?' I was like, 'I thought my racing career is over.' He's like, 'no, they're gonna fix that car. That's where you should be. You should be wanting to fix your car. Where is that? Where is that inside of you? What's missing in you that you thought to come over here and sit on your ass and feel sorry for yourself?' That was the one father-son talk that we had that sunk in.'
Fox News
05-04-2025
- Automotive
- Fox News
Dale Earnhardt Jr, Lamar Jackson find themselves in court battle over famed number 8
Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Lamar Jackson have found themselves in a peculiar legal battle. Dale Jr., of course, became one of the faces of NASCAR while driving the No. 8 car. Jackson has worn that same number throughout his football career and has won two MVPs with it. Well, back in 2019, Jackson filed trademark registrations for "ERA 8" and "ERA 8 BY LAMAR JACKSON." Dale Jr., however, is now attempting to trademark the number itself, stylized in the fashion it was on his car. He filed the application last December. But Jackson argues that Earnhardt's application conflicts with his own trademarks. In a notice of oposition, Jackson says that he is widely associated with the No. 8 "due to his notoriety and fame, along with his promotion of this number in his trademarks and in media coverage" and that he could be "damaged" by Earnhardt Jr.'s registration. The quarterback also said that the driver's registration "falsely suggests a connection" between the two. "[Jackson] has expended considerable time, effort, and expense in promoting, advertising, and popularizing the number 8 in connection with his personality and fame, as well as with the trademark applications and registrations referenced above, with the result that the relevant purchasing public has come to know, rely upon, and recognize [Jackson's] trademarks as very strong indicators of the source of [Jackson's] products provided in connection with his marks," the filing reads. [Jackson] has established valuable goodwill in his registrations and applications featuring the number 8" Thus, the quarterback has "respectfully [requested" that Earnhardt Jr.'s application be "refused registration." In his NASCAR career, Dale Jr. won two Daytona 500s and back-to-back Xfinity Series, then known as the Busch Series, to close out the 1990s. This is not Jackson's first time defending his trademark. He found himself in a similar battle with Troy Aikman last year, who tried to trademark the word "eight." Follow Fox News Digital's sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
Yahoo
04-04-2025
- Automotive
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Best Old-School Liveries from NASCAR's Throwback Weekend at Darlington
Ever since 2015, NASCAR has celebrated a "throwback weekend" annually at Darlington Raceway. Just as a baseball team might have a throwback night where the team's players don an classic jersey, NASCAR teams celebrate by wrapping their cars in designs from the past. But some are better than others, and in our minds, these seven are the best retro paint schemes set to run during the 2025 Darlington throwback weekend on April addition to being NASCAR's oldest continuously-operated team, the Wood Brothers once worked with Lotus and Ford at the 1965 Indianapolis 500. F1 legend Jim Clark won that race, the first-ever win for a mid-engined car in the event. Clark's race car is now the inspiration for what might just be the best NASCAR throwback ever.2024 champion Joey Logano is wearing colors last used by Cale Yarborough in 1976. That car wasn't actually sponsored by Shell Pennzoil, but older number fonts and wordmarks help sell the '70s who is fresh off winning three straight races, is running two different throwback liveries that pay tribute to a dirt racing mentor of his named Rick Ferkel. He will run the yellow scheme in the main Cup Series race and the white one in the Xfinity Series support the second straight year, Kyle Larson is driving a heavily stylized Hendrick Cars livery that pays tribute to a Terry Labonte scheme. This one is a reference to Labonte's 2003 Southern 500 winner at Darlington, a car sponsored by Kellogg's brand Frosted throwback pays tribute to Jeff Gordon's last race in the 24 Hendrick Motorsports car that he made iconic. Gordon notably raced more in relief of Dale Earnhardt Jr. during the 2016 season, but this livery from the 2015 season was his last as a full-time as the team has chosen to do with the 24 and the 5, Hendrick Motorsports has opted to run a livery from the 48's past at Darlington. This one is a tribute to Jimmie Johnson's 2012 Southern 500 winner, although Ally logos replace the Lowe's branding seen on the original Tony Stewart once ran a 3 Doors Down car in a NASCAR race. Dale Jr. was involved with that program more than 20 years ago, and now Dale Jr. is the team owner on this Xfinity Series entry paying tribute to it.
Yahoo
31-03-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
The 7 Best Old-School Liveries from NASCAR's Throwback Weekend
Ever since 2015, NASCAR has celebrated a "throwback weekend" annually at Darlington Raceway. Just as a baseball team might have a throwback night where the team's players don an classic jersey, NASCAR teams celebrate by wrapping their cars in designs from the past. But some are better than others, and in our minds, these seven are the best retro paint schemes set to run during the 2025 Darlington throwback weekend on April addition to being NASCAR's oldest continuously-operated team, the Wood Brothers once worked with Lotus and Ford at the 1965 Indianapolis 500. F1 legend Jim Clark won that race, the first-ever win for a mid-engined car in the event. Clark's race car is now the inspiration for what might just be the best NASCAR throwback ever.2024 champion Joey Logano is wearing colors last used by Cale Yarborough in 1976. That car wasn't actually sponsored by Shell Pennzoil, but older number fonts and wordmarks help sell the '70s who is fresh off winning three straight races, is running two different throwback liveries that pay tribute to a dirt racing mentor of his named Rick Ferkel. He will run the yellow scheme in the main Cup Series race and the white one in the Xfinity Series support the second straight year, Kyle Larson is driving a heavily stylized Hendrick Cars livery that pays tribute to a Terry Labonte scheme. This one is a reference to Labonte's 2003 Southern 500 winner at Darlington, a car sponsored by Kellogg's brand Frosted throwback pays tribute to Jeff Gordon's last race in the 24 Hendrick Motorsports car that he made iconic. Gordon notably raced more in relief of Dale Earnhardt Jr. during the 2016 season, but this livery from the 2015 season was his last as a full-time as the team has chosen to do with the 24 and the 5, Hendrick Motorsports has opted to run a livery from the 48's past at Darlington. This one is a tribute to Jimmie Johnson's 2012 Southern 500 winner, although Ally logos replace the Lowe's branding seen on the original Tony Stewart once ran a 3 Doors Down car in a NASCAR race. Dale Jr. was involved with that program more than 20 years ago, and now Dale Jr. is the team owner on this Xfinity Series entry paying tribute to it. You Might Also Like You Need a Torque Wrench in Your Toolbox Tested: Best Car Interior Cleaners The Man Who Signs Every Car
