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Back in 2020, NASCAR’s most popular driver, co-owner of JR Motorsports, and longtime sim racer Dale Earnhardt Jr officially joined iRacing as an executive director and part of the company’s management committee.
In the second of a two-part interview, Dale Jr talks about his role at iRacing, his friendships made through sim racing, and working on the iRacing 1987 NASCAR cars.
For those who have missed part 1, you can check it out here.
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Through the end of his full-time stock-car racing career, Dale Earnhardt Jr. amassed 26 career victories, including the 2004 and 2014 Daytona 500s. His 26 victories tie him for 29th on NASCAR’s all-time race winners list.
He also has 13 pole positions and eight non-points wins (five in the Daytona 500 qualifying Duel, two in the Clash, and one All-Star Race victory). Even though he was sidelined for the second half of the 2016 season with a concussion, Earnhardt still managed to find success, scoring a victory in his preseason Daytona 500 qualifying Duel and earning four runner-up finishes through the first 18 races. Overall, Earnhardt has qualified for the NASCAR playoffs eight times (2004, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015).
Earnhardt is the only third-generation NASCAR champion, achieved when he won the 1998 and 1999 NASCAR Xfinity Series titles. He follows his legendary father Dale Earnhardt Sr., a seven-time Cup champion and winner of 76 races, and his grandfather, Ralph Earnhardt, the 1956 NASCAR Sportsman champion.
