“That Part of Me Is Not Working Right”: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Gets Candid on the Lasting Effects of Losing His Father

Dale Jr. Gets Real About Grief and Life Since The Intimidator

Dale Earnhardt Jr. has opened up about the lingering emotional toll left by the death of his father, Dale Earnhardt Sr., reflecting on how it has affected his ability to grieve even small, personal losses. From his numb return to racing just a week after the 2001 Daytona 500 to coping with the recent passing […]

“That Part of Me Is Not Working Right”: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Gets Candid on the Lasting Effects of Losing His Father

When you suffer the loss of a parent early in your life, it can impact how you feel or empathize when you go through other losses later in life. That’s the case with Dale Earnhardt Jr. Dale Jr. was only 26 when his father, the legendary Dale Earnhardt Sr., was tragically killed in a last-lap crash at the 2001 Daytona 500. Junior, who turns 51 on October 10, has already lived longer than his father, who died at the age of 49. And that loss has st…