Former NASCAR driver, Dale Earnhardt Jr. recently opened up on his feelings on retirement and said that he felt good about having a retired life at first but later on, he began to miss racing as time went on.
What did Dale Earnhardt Jr. have to say about his feelings about retirement?
Earnhardt Jr. was racing full-time up until 2017 and now he competes in NASCAR Xfinity Series. He started his career in the No.8 Budweiser Chevrolet for his father's team in the late 1990s. He then shifted to Hendrick Motorsports and drove the No.88 car.
In a video posted by Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s Dirty Mo Media on October 16th, the former NASCAR driver elaborated on his experience after leaving full-time racing.
"I had a weird deal where I was fricking awesome with being retired my first year. I was so glad to be out of the grind, but each year it's gotten worse," Earnhardt Jr. said.
The 50-year-old driver managed to win 26 races in the Cup Series over 19 years. It included winning the Daytona 500 twice in 2004 and 2014. He also managed to win the Xfinity Series championship twice in 1998 and 1999.
Post his retirement, Earnhardt Jr. worked as a commentator on NBC in 2018. He will now move to Amazon and TNT for NASCAR's next TV contract in 2025.
'The team at one point yesterday was still as confused': Dale Earnhardt Jr. on Hendrick Motorsports choice to not appeal Alex Bowman's disqualification
The former NASCAR driver recently shared his views on Hendrick Motorsports for not appealing Alex Bowman's disqualification. The No.48 car was disqualified from the Charlotte Roval race last Sunday after being underweight.
Earnhardt Jr. was taken aback by the team's decision to not appeal as Bowman is out of the eight playoff spots. On his podcast, Dale Jr. Download, Earnhardt Jr. mentioned that engineers are experienced and take less time to find problems.
"The team at one point yesterday was still as confused as the rest of us. That was a bit surprising because the teams are good enough, all the guys and the technical crew chief, engineers, if the car is light, they can probably look at the car and spend 20 minutes in the garage and go, ‘Yup, there it is. There’s the problem.’ And still hours later, they were like dumbfounded or just still unsure as to how this could happen," Earnhardt Jr. said.
