Driver shares raw emotion after ‘disappointment’ of Talladega
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. gave a pep talk on Tuesday’s “The Dale Jr. Download” on Dirty Mo Radio that’s must-click material for fans of the No. 88 driver. Heck, his Hendrick Motorsports teammates might want to give it a listen, too, as well as anyone who likes to hear some raw emotion from their sports heroes from time to time.
Despite failing to advance to the Eliminator Round of the 2014 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup last weekend at Talladega Superspeedway, Junior is not throwing in the towel on the rest of the season and especially wants to give outgoing crew chief Steve Letarte a proper sendoff.
It’s hard to argue when NASCAR’s Most Popular Driver comes strong with the following. (Try to picture a locker-room scene at halftime with Junior stalking the aisles while he says this):
“As disappointing as this race was and to be eliminated like we were, we have to remember several, things. First off, we have to finish the season.
“There’s races that can be won and there’s trophies that we can get, and we need to be able to look at ourselves at the end of the season and be proud of the effort all the way to the end.
“It’d be easy to quit now and half-ass it the rest of the way. But I don’t think any of us would be too proud of ourselves if that’s the effort we put in.”
That, in and of itself, would be enough to make the hair stand on the back of the neck. But there’s more fire and brimstone brought by Junior in a thoughtful, logical manner:
“We knew it would be hard. We knew it wasn’t going to be easy. We didn’t get it done. We get to try again the next season.”
To hear the rest of Junior’s five-minute rant, as well as full commentary in the latest episode, go to Dirty Mo Radio at: http://www.dalejr.com/radio/tdjd/default.aspx.
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