Dale Earnhardt Jr. on His Legendary Dad, Famous Racing Family & New Documentary
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The Earnhardt name is synonymous with stock car racing.
From Ralph Earnhardt racing in the early dirt-track days of NASCAR, to his son Dale winning seven Cup Series championships and becoming the sport’s biggest star, and to Dale Jr. following in his father’s tire tracks all the way up to the NASCAR Hall of Fame, the Earnhardts have left a legacy of excellence that has not come without terrible sacrifice.
Prime Video‘s four-part documentary series Earnhardt looks at the family on and off the track, and how an emotionally distant and success-driven Dale had difficulty connecting to his daughter Kelley and son Dale Jr.
Ultimately, as Dale Jr.’s NASCAR career was on the rise and his relationship with his father grew closer, tragedy struck the family and the sports world as Dale was killed in a crash on the final lap of the 2001 Daytona 500.
Dale Jr. and sister Kelley Earnhardt Miller talked about the documentary and the stories shared about their father:
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