Joe Rogan Experience #1196 – Dale Earnhardt Jr.


Dale Earnhardt Jr. is a semi-retired American professional stock car racing driver, team owner, and is currently an analyst for NASCAR on NBC. His new book “Racing to the Finish: My Story” is available now.


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  1. just FYI: Didn't get or see any live notifications for this. Been on and off the site multiple times for the past 2 hours.

  2. Great interview with Dale jr. Hope to see Stone Cold Steve on the podcast sometime soon as well. Would make for interesting conversation

  3. 0:00 = Bow hunting. Being a race car driver, Dale’s Dad.
    7:40 = Being in a car that flips. Dale talks about flipping in his truck when he was younger.
    16:15 = Regular street driving when you’re a race car driver. Dale’s cars, general car talk.
    22:15 = Being a Dad. Hunting and Dale’s farm. Hunting as a way to disconnect/relax.
    30:00 = Modern sports cars. Car and gun safety. Dale talks about getting speeding tickets.
    36:00 = Working on cars, building a car. Dale’s own car shop.
    40:40 = Dale’s book and getting concussions from racing, how concussions impacted him. Science of concussions and treatment methods.
    54:40 = CBD oil as medicine. Dale talks about having anxiety issues. CBD for seizures.
    59:30 = More concussion treatment talk.
    1:08:00 = How concussions led to Dale’s retirement from racing, concerns about his long term health.
    1:14:30 = Head injuries, concussions in sports. Dale’s book as a helping source of information.
    1:19:50 = Retirement, doing races for fun still. Constant evolution of racing, how hard returning would be.
    1:25:20 = Nutrition/hydration in racing, how hot the cars get. Dale reflects on his career & passion for racing.
    1:34:15 = Dale talks about his relationship with his Dad, when he first started racing and how it changed his relationship with him, how they almost never talked about racing.
    1:46:40 = Dale talks about dealing with his Dad’s death and racing afterwards, how his death was devastating and had a huge impact on the entire sport of racing. Expectations of filling his Dad's shoes and adding to his legacy. Podcast wrap up.

  4. A few more podcasts and all the world will be at 3 degrees of separation from Rogan.

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