Dale Earnhardt Jr. recaps his race from Bristol Motor Speedway as he looks to take some time away from national series competition.
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00:00Fireworks outside the stadium and inside and I'm guessing Dale Jr. Was a part of a lot
00:08of the fireworks.
00:09Marty?
00:10Yeah, the record book will show a seventh place finish for Dale Earnhardt Jr. Tonight.
00:14Just being a friend, I kept up for you two radios, two helmets, two wiring harnesses
00:19and one pair of glasses.
00:20The most important thing is that you have fun in the midst of all that chaos.
00:24Yes.
00:25Yes, I did.
00:26Because it was heading the wrong direction there quickly, but I'm having some problems
00:31with my helmets and stuff and the wiring earplugs and all that stuff all year with my late model
00:35stuff.
00:36And there may be something in this harness.
00:38They said this was the winning harness from last year.
00:40Could have got some champagne or something in it from Mark Watkins Glen, but what's you
00:46do your best, right?
00:47And we try not to lose any laps to try to figure out how to get it right.
00:50We finally got to where I could hear T.J. and balance of the car was really good.
00:55Helped the track bar to try to help the free in and didn't need to do that.
00:58That probably cost me a spot or two, but I'm thrilled.
01:02Come out here.
01:03Be competitive, man.
01:04I don't know how much longer I'll be able to be competitive.
01:06I can come out here for another 20 years, but, you know, eventually these young kids,
01:11they just get to be so good.
01:13So it's fun to be able to run with him tonight.
01:15To that point, you told the guys on the radio, we'll do this again in a few years.
01:19So this might not be the last one.
01:21No.
01:22The thing is, is like I've been doing this with Hellman's and Unilever.
01:26Great partner.
01:27Been doing this.
01:28Well, I'll run one race and they'll they'll do about, you know, six or eight car races
01:32on the seven.
01:33Next year.
01:34They said, Hey, you know, we're gonna do the races.
01:36Don't need you to run.
01:37I said, Man, I just might sit out intentionally.
01:39I got to work on my broadcast and new partners and all that.
01:42So I want to be great.
01:44Been missing you guys at NBC and didn't, you know, CW and all that.
01:47So I feel like I need to really focus on that.
01:51That's really the priority.
01:53I want to do well in the booth, and maybe I'll get back in this thing.
01:57I'm sure I'll miss it and probably end up signing up for something in twenty six.
02:01So real quick.
02:02How cool was it?
02:03That SVG came up to you immediately and just wanted to shake your hands because he got
02:06to race with you.
02:07Same for Ryan Truex.
02:08I'm gonna tell you, I went to Australia twenty years ago.
02:13Met some great people there.
02:14Mark Sambrose took care of his Paul Morris, and ever since he's been over here, Paul Morris
02:20been texting all kinds of stuff about him and how excited they are.
02:24We just love it when those guys come over here, race with us, and I've never been to
02:29New Zealand.
02:30I'd love to go and told him.
02:31I said, If I go to New Zealand and I'm coming to stay with you, so maybe I'll have one day
02:36me and the Truex's.
02:37We're very close.
02:38Ryan.
02:39Great kid.
02:40I've been pulling for him.
02:41He drove for us at one point.
02:43Tricks me like brothers.
02:45So I knew Truex was watching.
02:46I was trying to beat his brother because I knew tricks was pulling for little Ryan beat
02:49me there at the end.
02:50So I was trying to get around him, but I couldn't do it.
02:52Can't tell.
02:53Dylan Hart Jr.
02:54Had a lot of fun here tonight at Bristol.