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...
bad beating car man worried
Beating and banging, man I was worried that my car was tore up too bad to be competitive.
nervous trying
You get nervous when you see fluids. There wasn't any fluids -- just Busch trying to get out of the way.
boxing cool fame football games gets
Fame is a lot of fun. Fame gets you to boxing matches, football games and cool stuff.
came ran
We came down here and ran great. That's all I wanted to do.
bad fast finish sucks worse
The only thing that sucks worse than a bad finish is a bad finish with a fast racecar.
biggest california expect finished goal good pressure puts race run vegas
When you go into California and don't run well, and come to Vegas and don't run well, it puts a lot of pressure on you. But we finished 11th at California, and that's our goal this week. And if we can do that at these two race tracks, which have been our biggest nemesis, I think we can expect to have a pretty good season.
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.
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.
bond close tony
Working with Tony Jr. is going to be a lot of fun, there's a good, close bond there.
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.
capable certain driver felt full given harder learn realized situations understand year
I've raced harder this year than I've ever raced before. You think you're doing all you can. I've always felt like I've given 100 percent, but you're put in certain situations and you find you're capable of doing more. Hopefully, I still haven't realized my full potential. I feel like I've got a lot to learn and as a driver I can get a lot better and each year I understand there's more to me than I even thought I had.
care good run takes target
The target is to run as good as you can every week. Everything else kind of takes care of itself.
looked
Denny did what he had to do. It looked like he'd been doing it for a while.
behind bit good overrated people remind runs talent
As a driver, I get called overrated all the time. So it is just good to get out there, put on a good race, get a good finish, and have good runs to remind people that there is a little bit of talent there behind the name.