NASCAR team owner Dale Earnhardt Jr. and his wife, Amy, recently answered fan questions and shared the best race wins and after parties that they were a part of. Earnhardt Jr. competed in the NASCAR Cup Series during the past two decades and retired from full-time racing after 2017. He met Amy during the late 2000s and the couple tied the knot in 2016. During a recent episode of the ‘Bless Your Hardt’ podcast for Dirty Mo Media, Amy shared her favorite Dale Jr.’s win.
She talked about his victories in the Daytona 500 and Martinsville Speedway in the year 2014. “Yeah, I was there for the 500 win in Daytona, and that was epic too. That whole week was epic because it, like, is followed by media and traveling all over the place, and you just don’t really know how to wrap your head around all the things that are about to happen. Especially me, I’ve never done it before,” Amy began at 01:56. “But Martinsville was really special. We thought that stage was going to collapse because the guys were jumping up and down so hard, and the clock’s about rocking all over the place. So that one was really good,” she continued.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. also revealed that the largest post-race party he ever attended was held following a podium finish at Sonoma Raceway in 2014. He said: “The biggest post-race party that we had, was after a third-place run at Sonoma. We partied harder over that third-place run at Sonoma than we did any of the wins.” The two-time Daytona 500 winner is currently employed as a broadcaster and is about to begin a new contract with Amazon and TNT Sports this season. “He’ll eat anything I make” – Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s wife Amy on domestic cooking.
In 2009, Amy, an interior designer, was hired by Dale Earnhardt Jr. to renovate his house. The two became engaged in 2015 after Dale Jr. proposed to Amy while on a family vacation in Germany. They have two children: a five-year-old daughter named Nicole Lorraine and an older daughter named Isla Rose, who was born in 2018. Amy explained why she started cooking at home in the same podcast episode: “When we were dating, I started cooking mostly just because I didn’t want to eat pizza and chicken wings and he’ll eat anything I make for the most part,” Amy said (08:16).
The Texas native also disclosed that one of Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s favorite foods is buffalo chicken soup, while Dale Jr. cited a Thai peanut noodle dish. Amy also mentioned that Dale Earnhardt Jr. cooks steaks for their daughter and is more involved in the kitchen than before.
