Dale Earnhardt Jr. (person)
- This article is about the real-life racecar driver. For the character, see Dale Earnhardt Jr..
Ralph Dale Earnhardt Jr. (born October 10, 1974) is a former NASCAR driver who performed the voice of Junior in Cars. He is the son of NASCAR Hall of Fame member Dale Earnhardt, as well as 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 the older half-brother of Taylor Nicole Earnhardt-Putnam.
Earnhardt's success at Daytona International Speedway throughout his career has earned him the nickname "Pied Piper" of Daytona.[1] He is a two-time Daytona 500 winner, having won the races exactly 10 years apart (2004 and 2014), and has won the Most Popular Driver Award fifteen times (consecutively from 2003–2017).[2]
He drives the number 88 Chevrolet Camaro for his own team, JR Motorsports, in select events in the Xfinity Series. He had previously driven the No. 8 Chevrolet for Dale Earnhardt, Inc. (DEI), his father's team. After his retirement from the Cup Series full time, he became one of the lead announcers for NASCAR on NBC.
Portrayals
- Cars - Himself