One of my favorite things about Jr is he is so humble. He doesn't understand what he and his family mean to everyone. So refreshing!

I just love to hear Dale talking about everyday things in life, his car rider line story cracks me up

People like and respect this guy because he’s modest and humble. He appreciates the sport and the people involved with it. More people need up appreciate the example he’s set

I think If JRM finally moves up to Cup, Dales involvement will be a key catalyst in a new revenue sharing package for the teams. I don’t see him moving up until that changes and I think he has enough leverage within the sport to make it happen. “If you want me to move my team up, we need this type of deal”. Case in point- EVERYONE said we would never go back to N Wilkesboro. We race there in May because of him.

@treyreichert4428

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The problem is, the money isn’t there. They say he would barely make profits even with wins. Nascar is in a pit where they need to start paying more or more teams will move on

@whocares3608

Жыл бұрын

THAAAAAAANK YOU!!!

@whocares3608

Жыл бұрын

The T-shirts and his merchandise ALONE is worth a little loss in the races..It's LIKE THAT NOW...and JR merch sales.

@jesselund360

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Threads like this are what keeps the faith in this sport. Thank you all!

@cyclonepsycho330

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If it doesn't make dollars then it doesn't make sense! Until that problem is solved you won't see him start a cup team. Plus even now you have to take into consideration how much JRM is actually backed by Mr.Hendrick money. With the way the rules are at the cup level they won't be able to do that quite as easily. Sure there probably are still some satellite teams out there backed by a larger team but nascar has been at least trying to eliminate that some to a certain point. It started with the 4 car max and that created the smaller satellite teams and then the "technical alliance" and now the charter system. Which is just a new way of making money. With only 36 charters and now a 40 car cap there's always going to need a team to sell their charter in order for new teams to exist but with no actual growth in the process. It's going to be interesting to see how this way of doing things ends up working out for everyone involved.

Have you ever considered having Carl Edwards on?? It would be a great interview! His fans still miss him.

@charlesadams7841

Жыл бұрын

A great idea.

@blueyintros4482

Жыл бұрын

That’s a great idea!

@michaelcarlin5994

Жыл бұрын

I would love to hear his story, is he doing any short tracks? why he stopped his career so early and quickly? what's he doing now days? any chance of him coming back back for a particular race in a good ride?

@user-rg4sn9by7w

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@@michaelcarlin5994 NASCAR was always ruling against him in any situation. Plus two championships gone in 2011 and 2016. He was just done. He wasn't even mad at Logano that day, LOL.

@jakeherman5935

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Dale please!!!!!

It’s amazing to see how comfortable you have become speaking. I remember the shy kid. Your level of maturity and ease is truly remarkable.

Jr thank yall for these. We love them.

Seeing you evolve from a youngster that didn't know squat to a young but elder statesman in your sport has been a pure pleasure. Loved your Dad but you are a much better, more evolved version

@teebob21

Жыл бұрын

Well said.

It would be a funny skit to do a video on preparing for the school carpool. Get a couple drivers to fill in as kids, practice at home, timing them on unloading, deck out cars as race cars , get a couple more drivers involved to be the carpool line , a 'pit' crew at the drop off.

Would love for Dale Jr, Kenseth and Stewart create a team and race the 24 Hour of Daytona!

@benjaminbrockway5998

Жыл бұрын

Maybe one of those new GT3 Corvettes?

I've literally wanted to be involved with nascar almost my whole life... used to tell my parents I was gonna be a Nascar driver/secret agent 🤣

To the guy asking how to get into the sport. Jr is right. Back in 08, I had a sponsorship deal fall through, but I ended up moving from WA to NC to work as a mechanic on the team I was looking to drive for. It was a small 25th running team in Xfinity, but it got my foot in the door. At that time I would walk into other bigger teams and hand in my resume and wouldn’t get hired, but as Jr said there used to be a bunch of people turning in resumes every day. So I suggest not only apply at the big teams but hit up the smaller teams. The small teams always need help. Yes, the pay is lower, but once your in door, you can network with people and then get hired at bigger teams.

I have an idea for the 24hour nascar race idea. What if each car had a team of 3 drivers and each driver was from a different nascar series. 1 from trucks, 1 from xfinity and 1 from cup. It would be fun to see different skill levels and give a chance for some of the lower series drivers to get a taste of a cup car.

@AdzSONLINE

Жыл бұрын

Or even class based? A Pro-style class with 3 Cup drivers and a Pro-Am-style class with your idea

Love the gas smell story, we’ve all done it once, a gas station, lawn mower etc. Didn’t Jeremy Mayfield do a commercial for Dodge and the girl next him asked if he was wearing 97 octane?

@chipdamutt108

Жыл бұрын

Anytime I meet someone named Jeremy I can hear that girl saying hey to him.

I was so glad to see you again. I'm missing dirty Mo media and ask Junior during the off-season. If you are going to run any races this year be sure to let everyone know because I miss seeing you drive but I worry when you do drive just a few. I miss seeing pictures of you and Amy and the girls on Facebook. I know the girls have grown tremendously. You and Amy are such beautiful people inside and out.

I'd love to see cup, xfinity and truck run a multi class endurance event! Make it happen Junior!

@blaisemichael7872

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Thats an idea ive never thought of. Would have to be a road course for sure though, so why not Watkins or Sonoma? (Im partial to Watkins tho, from that area)

@BMordecai

Жыл бұрын

It's something that I suggested years and years ago, so glad this is suddenly a discussion point

@ChandlerRFink

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@@blaisemichael7872 I'd love for it to be at Watkins (I work there so I'm also partial)

@whocares3608

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He could .. Haters can't stand it ..but when JR talks NASCAR listens ...It is what it is. His grounded attitude and just being a humble dude ..is AWESOME.

General problem with dealerships is that no one wants to be a mechanic anymore. Dealers can't fill positions etc. They need to pay more. I was a manager at a dealership for a long time. I always tried to pay them as much as I could get away with for the right people.

@shannonpendleton7865

Жыл бұрын

My husband went to school for it and only lasted in the field a couple years. Supplying his own special tools, plus classes to keep up with evolving technology, forced him out. It didn't pay enough for all that and raising a family too.

@Mr.Saltwater

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@shannon pendleton I can relate. I worked 25 years at the dealer. I made a pretty good living but never thought that I could afford kids or buy a house. You are only as good as your last week, right? You know. I worked as a service director and never had any more job security. I left that and now work for corporate (manufacture)and relate more than anyone to dealer employees struggle

Dale is so humble about his private life he can actually relate to the common everyday person

Welcome back! Looking forward to another great season of the Download!

NASCAR Technical Institute is a BLOCKER/Gate keeper to NASCAR teams. When I was there in 04 was directly told NOT to approach teams and to go through them for introduction. I did walk up into Hedrick Automotive Group and got a job as a Porter which grew to a 8 year tour of every department! But at the time it felt very intimidating to walk into shop seeking an opportunity. 6:23 But great advice for now days…proximity principle - Ken Coleman … in effect! Love your show Dale!

Good to have you back. Missed you guys.

New Dirty Mo segment: Mechanics, where are they now? LOL, there is a looooong list of guests there.

Yes on a 24 hour race. Or a mod'd version of a Cup Car in the existing 24 hours race(s) - PLEASE 😁

"Hey man I am qualified for this job" That quote right there kills everything. When he should of said screw qualification we'll train you how to perform the job

@bendunn227

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Very true! But qualifications implies you’ve already BEEN working SOMEWHERE. I don’t believe they aspire to TRAIN anyone.

I spent a weekend back in 97 going from team to team, handing resume's in. I had three opportunities by the end, and more importantly a TON of confidence. Dont be afraid mechanics. You wont know till you try

Yes we love to hear from you and about racing from the friendships you have and you can talk to us about what we think about the subject Thank You so much for making these amazing videos !!!

As far as NASCAR honestly don’t watch faithfully every week. Don’t attend any races anymore either gave up seats. I listen to Jr’s podcast great conversations find myself learning new rules, car specs, and the driver chatter etc. Thank you Jr. I find myself thinking Nascar has changed not for better reminds me of Indy car miss the days when teams were always trying new things to gain the edge and now they can’t change much. Find myself watching old races. Miss and loved the competition and rivalries that made NASCAR fun ex: Dale Sr driving in the grass not being penalized. The man the legend 🏁Guess I’m just old LOL it happens!

Jr, love the stories. Always a class act,with true intentions. Your Dad is surely laughing at todays story. Respect!

That will make my day complete live. Feel better Dale.

I am just glad you guys are back

When do y’all think Jr’s gonna realize everyone loves him for WHO he is, not just WHAT he is.

WELCOME BACK GUYS!!! Hope you all were able to recharge those batteries. Great video! Looking forward to the new year and new stuff planned for it. Lets Go!!!

Thank you I agree 100% nascar needs a 24 hr race 4 drivers per team!

welcome back missed you guys

6:00 So story - I moved from Ohio to Charlotte in 97' to attend UNCC and wanted to get into NASCAR eventually as a crew chief. This was before the NASCAR Technical Institute as well so schooling was indirect. At that time it was about impossible unless you had a dad or an uncle in the industry or knew someone on the inside. Only other way to get in was to work at a race shop for free for a few years cleaning the shop or low level work with no pay but I couldn't do that. I ended up getting a degree in Computer Science instead of Mechanical Engineering and a few years into my career I got a job with NASCAR at their headquarters in Daytona Beach, FL. Worked for about 7 years there and got the good out of the job. Got to experience a lot even at track I wanted (just via technology not the teams and cars directly). So it's so crazy to hear now that they can't find people to work for the teams as I would have been 1st in line back in the day. 🏁

This is the 2nd seperate time I've heard Dale & Mike discussing opening soy sauce packets

So excited you had two different interactions on the HOF - what an honor and how lovely you stay so humble (a lot of the great ones are ; ) Rest up, chicken soup, hot tea, big hug from all your fans 🍲 M in Miami PS Thanks for the laughs, stories and having Junebug smell like gasoline would be a racing treat! 😉 Had sad news on my bff from 1986 talked to every week - you always think there will be more time! Enjoy the laughter and play some Bob Marley driving down to the Keys : ) 🌴 🍹🌞

I would LOVE to see a 12h Daytona CUP. Similar package as the garage 56, maybe 1 car per team with teammates doing rotations, smaller teams can get non-nascar drivers to do stints. That would be super cool. Hell I would like to see the clash be that rather than the 1/4 they run now.

@Flygupp15

Жыл бұрын

That’s what I was thinking!

Great job with your podcast. It is informative and hilarious. I don't get to watch the races as much as I used to since they're channels I don't get. Miss seeing the drivers like you and the former drivers. The new drivers that are coming up after Chase Elliott, I don't know much about. The only ones that I know that are still on the field are Truex, Newman, Hamlin, Bush, Larson, and Harvick.

Dale your struggles with recovering from a concussion is well known. Any weird antics observed will be just thought of as side effects of the recovery.

A 24hr race with a full field of cup cars would be great.

Matt asking Mark and Robbie was a no brainer… Nope, honking the horn, I’d assume you just moved from NY 🤔😳🤣

I was accepted to go Nascar technical Institute. I wanted to go but I couldn't afford to leave Ohio by myself. Had a buddy that went down there and he said he had about 3,000 to live off of to start but couldn't find a job this was like 20 years ago. Its not always people don't want to do it sometimes situations just don't work out in your favor.

Matt Kenseth and his family are Great. I know them from the cabin we had in Cambridge WI. We went to the parade they had for him there the day after Christmas they had for his 1st time he won the Championship. At the time his gift shop there shared with the laundromat. Great people and Great Times.

I will tune in. Thanks for sharing your story's

The horn innsodent . And the no cap spill just shows Dale jr. Is just A human😊

JRM the best fan we love our fans and want to give back organization out there. Y'all are pretty dang awesome. 😍

My older brother went to Joe Nemechecks Race Shop when it was located in Salisbury N.C. to get a job, but here was the problem. He wanted to race an they like well what racing experience do you have an he like none. They told him they would hire him to sweep an keep the shop clean an my brother said no an they told see ya. My Older brother thinks he can do a job like racing a car an only racing he has ever done was in his own street car with others. I'm like brother you can't get a job that you don't have any experience at all.

For the love of Richard Petty, somebody please get this poor guy a cough drop!! Who else started coughing watching poor Jr hack, cause I did! 😂

@leebest1a470

Жыл бұрын

Started sipping on my water bottle while watching.

24 hour NASCR race? Hell yes. 1 car for all the team drivers to take turns driving... Lets make that happen.

Awesome advice on the job hunting aspect. I’ll have to keep that in mind since I’m about to retire from active duty a little less than a year from now and intend on going to UTI for CNC operations.

Love how the only piece of clothing Dale was mad about was the hat.

Dawn dish soap shower works every time for fuel related brain farts. Great show! Have a good one 🙂

Those carpool lines are tricky. I volunteered a semester at sons elementary school to help with pickup and got to see the other side of the coin. The teachers have each parent pegged! 😂

Only thing that sucks, NTI when I attended there, they didn’t teach you anything. I wanted to work in nascar so bad after I graduated, why I gave up all I had in KY to go after it, but now I’m back home in KY because there was nothing after Nascar Tech as they were seen as a joke due to the lack of teaching they do. Which hurt me big time. Everywhere I applied I got rejected due to that. Worked in my grandpas body shop my whole life, decaling, body work, & such, wanted to get my name in NASCAR, thought NTI would help. But it didn’t. I hope people don’t make the mistakes I did going there to be honest.

@dillonpierce7869

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UTI seems to have had a similar issue..... I felt like that was more like book learning and the hands on wasn't relevant enough to current vehicles without extra training.

@ZachTaylor2631

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@@dillonpierce7869 UTI and NTI is same thing. I actually was in between them, Belmont Abbey and UNOH, and for racing, Belmont and UNOH actually hold the candle!

@dillonpierce7869

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@@ZachTaylor2631 I know. Had a friend move and go to nti. He was working for David ragan building dirt mods I believe.....

@justinjohnston4153

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Yup when I worked in the Busch and Trucks series from 03/06 everyone of my team managers refused to hire NTI students cause they knew nothing!!! It was a joke among the shops probably still is we called it the no talent institute

@bendunn227

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@@justinjohnston4153 aww dang no talent institute … that’s tough! But yeah, I heard the same thing about being denied BECAUSE you went there! Shame…costly mistake falling for NASCAR licensing its name to a school that gets a rep like that😮

An endurance race at Daytona, using the 24hr track would be an experience. I’ve seen the Rolex there and it’s a fun time.

@TwoAcresandaMule

Жыл бұрын

best ticket in American motorsports IMO

🏁Legend and Icon of our sport talking about the kids pick up lane at school made my day! 😂

You have done in a school line what every dad has done. Moms get pre-advised while dads get thrown to the sharks. LMAO

Man, it's probably too late for me, being 50 years old now, but I wish I had tried to get a job in racing when I was younger. It's something I always thought I could have done, and hearing Jr. talk about how hard it is to find people now, I wish I had tried.

Remember Cale Yarborough at 24 hours of Le Mans !

Dale always has the best stories

A NASCAR class for the 24hrs of Daytona would be awesome

Nic to see your back up and running again👍

@brandonefuentes718

Жыл бұрын

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My girlfriend can hear from the next room (but I don't know it), until she yells out, "Somebody buy that poor man a Myrtle Beach hat or else!"

Been a mechanic as a career for 20 year's... started workin in dealerships when I was 13 and I've swept the floors, then moved up to sweeping and takin out trash, then up to adding washin and detailing cars to the list... then finally changin oil and a couple years later an actual automotive technician... owned my own shop for seven years... now I have been with a Chevrolet dealership for the last 9 years and I would love... ABSOLUTELY LOVE TO BE A TECH FOR NASCAR!!!! I'm gonna be lookin into this for real.. that would be my all time dream come true... only problem is I have a wife and kids and don't know how she would feel about me travelin for work like that... but I'll tell ya right now what my next move is.... me and the wife are about to have a heck of a conversation about this right here... I can actually see my dreams comin true right now... if you're a mechanic just think of how freakin cool it would be to work for a Nascar pit crew... or in a real Nascar race shop.. that would be so dang cool!!!!!

He will always be my favorite driver of the past. He is so humble and has matured so much after marrying 😊

I enjoy seeing that "famous personalities" aren't much different than us "normal" folks. regarding shortage of skilled craftsmen, imagine Dale and Mike doing a sit down interview/conversation with Mike Rowe.

Jr is the most grounded SUPER rich person ever!

I attended NTI, 50% of the Students I went to school with, never ending up working in the auto industry, much less have the mentality for racing. I graduated NTI with acceptance to the Porsche Tech program, and left Mooresville immediately after, now I build Ferrari engines in California, I'll be sending JRM a resume today.

Great show guys. I hope that cough get better soon Dele

I love Jr. I love his opinions and his influence on the sport that I’ve followed since I can remember anything. I love that N. Wilks is coming back with the all star race. He’s done so many things and people listen. With that said, I would not be a fan of a 24 cup race. I think most races are still too long as it is excitement level wise. I think the endurance races are cool but more because of the prestige and tradition. But watching one is a different story. Dear god man. Who would attend a race for the whole 24 hours? What would the ratings be like, I can’t imagine great. I always wonder how the 24 hours of Daytona survives as a single event every year financially. The stands are almost completely empty! I’m really not trying to be negative, but probably wouldn’t be anything that I, a life long, watch every race in every one of the three top series, would have any interest in watching. Lead car 20 laps ahead of 2nd place. I’ll pass on that one. NASCAR is door to door, leaning on each other lap after lap. I just imagine the excitement level single car qualifying at Daytona. As a fan, you just have to get through it. The insiders and drivers my love that opportunity, but watching it on TV is a whole other story.

There is a war on and a bigger war coming. Skilled mechanics and machinist in high demand. $$$$ talks!

Great video.

...soy sauce.. LMAO

24 HR race? Daytona, Cup cars, 60 car field, regular drivers for points, co-drivers of their choice. Remaining 17 cars open to professionals from any other series.

Love the channel Dale I would to hang out with you!

Best part of the story @14:00. The additive was sat on the cooler for a year before spilling it on himself

Dale, if yah need an entry level sheet metal engineer hit me up! lol

I certainly got admin skills. Show me the paperless. Lol

What track would host a 24hr cup race? My vote would be for Watkins Glen.

That outlaw stuff blew my 4.3 s10 blazer up

Ken Schrader had no problem at all with integrating Dale Jr into what he was doing🤣

Matt was a humble driver. Good guy from what I could tell.

lol loved it

Listen kid. Sr gets this. I respect it.

Dale, would love to see Carl Edward's on your show.

Hard to believe there's not 10 people deep waiting for a job in a Nascar shop..... I should retire early and move out there... 🤔

A 24 hour NASCAR race would take 35 hours with all the competition stoppages. There would be driver naps as well as counseling for the psychiatric counseling for some of the younger drivers. "No, you can't just push him into the wall even if your Grandpa said it was OK".

Dale is SOLID everyone makes mistakes he's human

Cool to hear about the 24 hour race and they have the Garage 56 car racing in the 24 hr of le mans right now and it’s running really solid

Love watching Ask Dale Jr on KZread but can't watch it live. Just an idea maybe sometime Dale would consider doing an ask DaleJjr segment after 5pm? Really enjoy these segments!

Dude. You got a cold!!

How cool would it be that JR is in your Kids pick up line.

Dale you are a gentleman keep it that way

I like the idea of a NASCAR class in the 24 hours of Daytona.

Cool Dale, enjoyed

24 hours, NASCAR and Australian V8 Supercars, Daytona IMSA layout 8pm start and finish time

Excited about the first interview of DJD this year, Sterling Marlin.

I've been the accidental hit the horn w your elbow guy, many times. That's real, normal life stuff

Isn't it about time for a senior stash, Dale?