His name is Dale Earnhardt Jr., and unless you don't know anything about Nascar, you know who he is.
Dale Earnhardt Jr., obviously is the son of 7 time Cup champion Dale Earnhardt. Dale, besides winning 7 championships, also won 76 races in his career, before his death at Daytona International Speedway in 2001.
Dale Jr.'s career has had a lot of ups and downs. Junior won 2 consecutive Busch series championships in 1998 and 1999. He began racing full time for his father's team, Dale Earnhardt Inc. in 2000. As of now, Dale Earnhardt Jr. has won 18 races and no championships in the Cup series.
Dale Jr. is the most popular driver in the sport, and has been since the year after his father's death. Thus, Dale Jr. gets a lot of hatred from fans of other drivers. A recent post on a message board devoted mostly to Kevin Harvick fans stated: "I hope Junior hits the wall and dies."
I think that's a bit harsh, considering that Kevin basically only has his job because Dale Jr.'s father did die. I certainly don't think that Kevin endorses or condones that position in the least. But it's disturbing to me that a Harvick fan has that amount of hatred for the son of the man who made Kevin Harvick's career possible.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. is often called "over rated," Meaning that even though he has 18 Cup wins in his career, that he somehow came by them by either cheating or because Nascar officials gave him the win, just because of his last name.
Most of his detractors eventually turn out to be fans of drivers with far less victories than Dale Jr. has accumulated. Many of the detractors are fans of drivers whom have exhibited less than gentlemanly driving skills, such as Kyle Busch. On a personal note, the only "true" fans of Kyle Busch are fans who have exhibited a total hatred for Dale Earnhardt Jr. Most of them are also under the age of 18. All are encouraged to debate me, but make sure your Mommy is standing by to change your diapers.
For those of you who are Harvick fans, shame on you. You disrespect the very man who made your guy famous by dumping on his son. If not for Earnhardt, Harvick would probably still be running late models in California somewhere. To be honest with you, he's had some lucky wins, and he's shown he's good in the Nationwide Series, but he has yet to prove his true worth in the Cup series, in my most humble opinion. He lucked up and won the Daytona 500. He was really lucky there. He did Dale proud and won at Atlanta in 2001. But is he really that good a race driver?
Want to fight about it? Comment here and we will. Otherwise, shut up!
Sincerely,
Spenser
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