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What If Dale Earnhardt Jr. Never Left DEI? · Kenny Wallace Media

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  Hello. Everyone and welcome back to the
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  Love that die cast. Well, all right, let's get right
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  to it. Line grinder.
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  Line grinder. LINE Grinder.
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  Said to me on social media, he said.
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  It's hard to believe. That Denny Hamlin has fifty
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  wins. Also hard to believe Martin Trux
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  has more. Wins than Dale Junior.
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  Kenny Wallace, do you? Think both of these drivers were
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  better than Dale Arnhardt Junior?
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  When you rattle off the. Names automatically I think.
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  No, but you line the stats up. Is Denny Hamlin and Martin
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  Shreks? Are they better than Dale
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  Earnhardt Junior? Then we scroll on down a little
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  bit more here and the conversation.
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  Gets ongoing, gets really good. And you know, I responded and I
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  said that the great Bill Elliott.
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  Told me this and I'll never forget it, he said.
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  Herman. Racing's all about timing and
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  circumstances, and he's right. And here's why.
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  Because when you look at Denny Hamlin, he has never been with a
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  different team. Denny Hamlin has won.
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  All these races with one team, you look at Martin Truex, Martin
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  Truex, he really. Got going with that Furniture
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  Rd. Team won the championship, then
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  all of A sudden Martin Truex. Gets hooked up with where he's
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  at right now, which is Joe Gibbs.
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  Racing and and. He's rolling, so Greg Hartman
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  says comparisons. Are weak, in my honest opinion,
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  sports. Change circumstances do change
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  in teams. Well, you have to be funded.
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  Gotta have a lot of money. Remember Dale Jarrett?
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  He didn't win all that much and went on to have a nice career at
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  Gibbs so before. I give you my opinion.
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  I want to tell you what line. Grinder came back and said.
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  And this is where the conversation.
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  Starts, I believe D EI, which is Dale Earnhardt Incorporated
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  under Dale Senior, The Man in Black #3.
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  Would have rivaled Hendrick Motorsport.
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  To this day. They were on such a roll, Okay.
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  I always call that the disclaimer.
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  These are things we need to know so we can carry on the
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  conversation. All right, what's my opinion on
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  all this? Well, it has been brought up
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  before and. This is not old news.
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  We have talked about this before, you know, a couple years
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  after we lost the great. Dale, Dale Earnhardt.
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  Dale Senior The Man in black. Also a little controversy.
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  Is he Dale? Senior.
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  You know their real names were Ralph.
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  I call him Dale Senior, the man in black because Dale Senior
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  means senior, but Dale Senior once said I'm not a senior
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  Ralph, his dad was, so that's a whole another story, but.
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  I'm still going to call him Dale Senior because to me that
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  differentiates. Wow, that was a big word that.
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  Make sure you know that Dale Senior means number three man in
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  black and Dale Junior is the. #8 so the way I look at this is
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  Dale Junior. Was destined to be way better.
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  Than what he ended up there was timing and circumstances.
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  Remember Dale Earnhardt Junior? Is a dear friend of mine.
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  We text each other all the time. We call each other all the time.
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  Now these are disclaimers. These are these are not name
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  dropping. So when you look at Dell and Art
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  Junior, he had a. Couple concussions, right?
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  He he remember the big one out there at Fontana, California,
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  coming off at Turn 4. Then he admitted to the public.
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  Man, I wasn't right. And then the big one, the one
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  that's hard for me to talk. About, because I don't really,
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  you know, like to criticize people unless it's.
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  Warranted, but this is just what happened.
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  Dale Earnhardt Junior, could not.
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  Get along with Teresa Earnhardt. Teresa was the.
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  Widow of Dale Senior So we lost Dale Senior and when we lost
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  Dale Senior, Teresa ended up running DEI.
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  Now if you remember, I don't know where the car's at.
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  I had the Pennzoil car up there, but when I drove the Pennzoil
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  car, remember Steve Park got hurt.
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  I drove that Pennzoil car, Teresa Earnhardt.
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  Was the sole owner and Dale Earnhardt junior for 10.
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  Races was I was a teammate to him, so remember I drove.
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  Underneath Teresa Earnhardt as the sole owner.
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  And and and Dale Junior was driving the Budweiser.
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  Car and I was Dale Arnard Junior's.
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  Make believe teammate for 11:50 races.
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  So I'm Privy and I kind of know, right?
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  All right, now that we got all this gathered up, here we go.
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  In my honest opinion, if Dale Arnard Junior could have worked
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  it out. With Teresa, he would have went
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  on to win a championship and won it all.
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  That's my opinion, unfortunately, you know.
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  We've listened on The Dirty Mo. You know, radio the download,
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  the Dale Junior download. It's no secret.
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  I believe my opinion Dale Earnhardt Junior's growth.
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  Was stunted, slowed down because he could not get along with
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  Teresa Earnhardt. That group right there, even
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  though Dale Earnhardt, Junior and the Yurys kind of split.
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  Up a little bit. They could have got back
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  together if DEI could have. Stayed going if Dale Earnhardt
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  Junior. Stays at DEI DI never ends.
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  It it keeps digging, right. So then they don't get along,
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  they don't get together. We, you know, we don't overcome
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  the head injuries we we don't get Tony Urie.
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  Junior and senior back now remember this was.
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  All documented just months ago where Dale and our junior
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  interviewed Tony Urie Junior and they they aired it all out.
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  But this shows about Kenny what? Is your opinion Dale and our
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  junior does? Not have the amount of wins
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  Martin Trex. And Danny Allen have I think
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  Dale and our junior is an unbelievable driver and here's
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  why cuz I. I've been behind him.
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  I've told Dale Junior this. Before he can drive A.
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  Car looser than anybody I've ever seen, and I'm impressed
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  with that because he never drove on dirt.
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  Dale Junior, in my opinion, watched his father just like.
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  Chase Elliott, did you know sometimes you you become a
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  product of your environment? I believe Dale Earnard.
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  Junior, like Chase Elliott, has little children.
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  Watched their dad's race and ended up emulating them and I
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  think that's why Dale Earnhardt Junior was so good, right?
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  This kid could drive a car, You know, loose, neutral.
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  And stay going. He just barely turned the wheel.
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  Turn and and go. On but when it all came to an
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  end at DE I Dale. Junior goes to Henry Motorsport.
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  Sounded good looked. Good clean Rick Hendrick.
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  A good man. This is a good spot.
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  It was the right decision because it was a good home, but
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  the results were not as good. This is where.
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  The bill Elliott. Phrase comes into me, Herman.
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  Racing and life is all about timing and circumstances.
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  We see this in professional athleticism to this day.
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  You know, remember for some of us old guys, we put Tony Dorsett
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  and Herschel Walker as running backs with the Dallas Cowboys,
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  the greatest running backs of all time.
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  And what happened? They ran into each other.
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  We didn't. Have a Frank O Harrison.
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  Rocky Bleier Like we had over there with the Pittsburgh
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  Steelers. The Pittsburgh Steelers had a
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  good line. They blocked for Frank O'hair's.
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  The Dallas Cowboys had the best running backs.
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  But they didn't have a good line and it didn't work out.
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  Now I know, I know a lot of you're young, but that's what
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  happened here with Rick Hendrick.
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  And Dale Junior had it all. Dale Junior was just better
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  right there with Tony. You're a junior, Tony, you're a
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  senior. And and Junior said, You know.
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  I'm sorry he said that to Tony Urie Junior.
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  So once again, would Dale Earnhardt, Junior would.
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  He have been better if he could have stayed at DEI.
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  Now the reason this is a show, the reason this is the Kenny
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  Wallace show is because that could have happened, OK, when?
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  We lost Dale Senior that that's a.
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  Whole another deal. Remember we lost.
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  Dale Senior But DEI kept on going with Dale Junior right
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  then. It all came to an end when Dale.
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  Junior left and DEI ended up, you know, folding it.
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  It's sad because we all. Wanted to see it and Dale,
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  Junior said. It was fair.
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  This was Dale, Junior told me. Because I said this.
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  On NASCAR race day built by the Home Depot, I said it's just sad
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  because you know, we we really wanted to see Dale Junior.
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  Stay at DEI. That would have been a little
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  easier to accept. But when DEI came to an end,
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  it's like, you know, because it was a glorious time in NASCAR
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  history and and let me remind you, this is a very big stat
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  what I'm going to tell you. This stat is not to be
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  overlooked, I was told by NASCAR executives.
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  The highest of high. The highest time in NASCAR
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  history. The most fans in the stands, the
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  highest TV ratings was not, not when we lost Dale Senior.
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  It was not when Dale Senior was living, which is shocking.
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  It was when Dale Junior wore the.
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  Hat backwards. Brought the MTV crowd.
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  Brought the young kids. It was 2006, so when?
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  Dale Junior came into NASCAR. It it rocket ship because it
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  brought in a whole. New Age group and he was
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  winning, so. We are at 13 minutes and I think
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  that's long enough and I'm I'm going to end you with this.
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  Yes, Dale Earnard Junior could have went on to win.
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  More than Danny Hamlin could went on to win more than.
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  Martin Schrucks could have went on.
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  To win championships. And I do want to say this
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  Pretend we're at a bar right now drinking beer.
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  Because that's what we're doing. I know this does not matter.
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  It's just a beer drinking conversation.
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  But I'm here to tell you. In my opinion, there's no doubt
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  in my mind that Dale Earnhardt Junior.
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  If he could have stayed at DEI for all the reasons I told you
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  not going to. Repeat myself.
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  He could have been a multitime champion.
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  He could have won well. Over 50 races.
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  But it didn't happen. Life and racing and everything
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  is all about timing. And this is where it ends.
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  Bill Elliott was. And circumstances?
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  All right, that's the Kenny Wallace Show.
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  way to work because. It's only 14 minutes long, but
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  on the way to work. All the way back.
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