Dale Earnhardt Jr. Recalls Standing In The Doorway Of His Father’s Hospital Room On The Day He Died: “I Didn’t Want To Go Any Closer”

The worst day of his life.

Last week, Prime Video premiered the first two episodes of their four-part series Earnhardt, which focuses on the life and legacy of the late, great Dale Earnhardt. Featuring interviews from Dale’s friends, family, and obviously his son, Dale Jr., the documentary also features never-before-seen footage of Dale during his racing career from both his personal and professional life.

It’s an incredibly interesting, and nuanced, look at Dale Earnhardt the race car driver, the man, the friend and the father, and Dale Earnhardt Jr.  and his sister Kelley played a huge part in the production of the series, in addition to being heavily featured in it, telling stories about their dad and memories that were both good and bad.

There are so many compelling stories told by his children that most of us have probably never heard before, like this one about Dale thinking Jr. wanted to go to art school, and had no idea his son wanted to race. The comment about his dad being Dale Earnhardt, and Jr. wanting to get into racing, I think really speaks to their relationship when he was younger and formed a lot of his motivations to become a professional driver like this dad:

“Take all this art s— out of here.” Read More