Earnhardrt Jr. to retire at season's end

Racer Magazine ^ | 4/25/2017 | By Kelly Crandal

[CommerceComet]

Oh well, now that Gordon is out and Jr is out, I do not have a driver I like anymore.

I pretty much bowed out after Dale Jarrett and Mark Martin retired. Still a casual observer but the intensity is not there anymore.

[CommerceComet]

well,when he said that anybody that flies the confederat flag is a idiot,done it for me he can kiss my coonass.

I didn't remember that quote but it doesn't move the needle for me in any direction.

My son wanted to put a confederate flag on his truck. I told him not to until he had asked a couple of his friends about their views on the confederate flag. He spoke to these two very impressive, young African-American men, both of whom are as a far from BLM-types as you can get. Afterward, my son came to me and told me he wasn't going to do it because he was afraid that it might bother them.

[Roccus]

Didn’t Tim Flock drive with a monkey in the car ?

Ya mean Brainless took a RIDE-ALONG?

[ColdOne]

;)

[tina07]

Totally agree about Kyle Busch having the same determination as Dale Sr. Love Junior but I believe Dad sprinkled his magic, missing Dale Jr. and hitting Kyle :)

[tina07]

He has hardly ridden any coattails, not his fault who his father was and he is/was a pretty good driver in his own right.

[aomagrat]

Cookie cutter cars
Cookie cutter tracks
Cookie cutter drivers
Cookie cutter races
etc

[Eric Pode of Croydon]

I had lost a lot of interest in NASCAR over the last 4-5 years (particularly after Mark Martin retired), but I’ve followed Kyle Larson through his dirt track career (saw him whup the field at Eldora several times) and now I’m totally a fan.

[old gringo]

i fly mine 24/7 my grandfather was a confederate soldier he wasn’t somebody i read about in a book iknew him lived util i was 20 yo.and anybody that don’t like can lump it.

[CommerceComet]

You and your grandfather must each have had long lives. One hundred and sixty-seven years is a long time frame to stretch two lives over, particularly when there is a 20-year overlap. I assume your grandfather must have been born no later than 1850 or he wouldn’t been old enough to be a soldier in the Civil War.

[old gringo]

he was born in 1848 bied in 1959 i was born in 1941.

[CommerceComet]

Excellent. Hopefully, you’ll have a long life like your grandfather. You apparently have good genes.

[old gringo]

thank you

[Ahithophel]

Dale Jr. has won two Daytona 500's. He don't need no stinkin' coattails...

Exactly! And besides Jr. has walked away from every Daytona in which he's ever raced.