Usuku Lomjaho Amaqiniso enziwe alungile ngempilo ka-Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Kusukela ngosuku azalwa ngalo, u-Dale Earnhardt Jr. wayebonakala emiselwe ukuba umjaho wezimoto zesitoko ovelele. Uyise, uDale Sr., uthathwa njengomunye wabashayeli bomjaho abakhulu kunabo bonke abake baba khona. Umkhulu wakhe kanye nomfowabo ngamzali munye nabo babengabashayeli bezimoto zesitoko.

U-Dale Jr. akazange ehlulwe emsebenzini wakhe, ewina kabili i-Daytona 500. Waphinda wagqama ngezinye izindlela, ephethe iqembu lakhe lemijaho futhi engesabi ukukhuluma okucabangayo ngezinto azifelayo ngazo.

Isiko lomndeni

Akunzima kakhulu ukuthola ukuthi u-Dale Earnhardt Jr. uyindodana yomshayeli we-NASCAR wodumo u-Dale Earnhardt. Ubaba wakhe wayeyinganekwane yomjaho ngesikhathi eshona ngo-2001, kodwa kwakungeyena yedwa ilungu lomndeni elalihileleke emjahweni wezimoto zesitoko.

Umkhulu kaDale Jr. naye wayengumshayeli womjaho owagijima e-NASCAR ngeminyaka yawo-1950 nawo-1960. Umfowabo ka-Earnhardt Jr., u-Kerry, naye wayengumjahwe womgwaqo. Udadewabo uKelly ungumnikazi we-JR Motorsports nomfowabo.

Umdidiyeli osemncane

U-Dale Jr. wanika uyise kanye nomama wakhe, uBrenda, isihogo sesikhathi esiningi ekhula. Wayevame ukungaziphathi kahle esikoleni, futhi lapho eneminyaka engu-12 wacishe waxoshwa esikoleni sobuKristu. Uyise wanquma ukuthi ukufunda esikoleni sezempi kwakuzomsiza ekumlolongeni.

U-Earnhardt Jr. uthe mayelana nesipiliyoni, "Kimina, bekuwumzamo wokugcina wokukuthola. Kwenza, futhi kwasebenza. Ngiqinisekile ukuthi akuyona eyawo wonke umuntu. Kodwa kungifundise okuningi."

Dlulisela ku-Hendrick Motorsports

UDale Jr. uyohlale eqhathaniswa noyise odumile. Futhi ngenkathi efuna ukuhlonipha inkumbulo ka-Dale Sr., wayefuna nokuzakhela ifa lakhe. Eqala umsebenzi wakhe wokugijima noDale Earnhardt Inc., kamuva wathuthela eHendrick Motorsports.

Uthe ngesikhathi lesi sinyathelo asihlangene nezikhalo. U-Earnhardt Jr. uthe u-Hendrick umnike ithuba elingcono kakhulu lokufinyelela umgomo wakhe wokunqoba i-Sprint Cup. Iqembu lakhe elisha lihlanganise noJeff Gordon, uJimmie Johnson noCasey Mears.

Phambili, thola ngengozi embi eyethusa wonke umndeni wakwa-Earnhardt!

isimo scary

Ngenxa yesimiso sakhe esimatasa, u-Earnhardt Omncane kanye nomndeni wakhe bavame ukundiza ngendiza yangasese. Lo mndeni wabhekana nenkathi esabekayo ngo-Agasti nonyaka lapho indiza yawo yangasese idlula umgwaqo wezindiza yagqamuka amalangabi.

UDale Jr. wajoyinwa endizeni umkakhe, u-Amy, nendodakazi enonyaka ubudala, u-Isla Rose. Umndeni wakwa-Earnhardt ube nenhlanhla, njengoba kungekho muntu olimale kanzima kule ngozi. UDale Jr. uphuthunyiswe esibhedlela, lapho elashelwa khona amanxeba amancane nokusha.

Umbukiso uza empumalanga ku-Earnhardt Jr.

U-Dale Jr ngokuqinisekile ube nomsebenzi oncomekayo ngokuwina ingqikithi yama-sprint angama-26. Uphinde ahlanganyele njalo emijahweni yombukiso. Futhi ngasizathu simbe, ubonakala esesimweni esihle kakhulu lapho kwenzeka izinto ezinjengalezi.

U-Earnhardt Omncane uwine isamba semidlalo eyisishiyagalolunye emikhulu. Lokhu kubandakanya ukuwina iBudweiser Duels izikhathi ezinhlanu sezizonke, kanye nokuwina iBudweiser Shootout kabili, kanye neSprint All-Star Race kanye neSprint Showdown kanye ngakunye.

Isitatimende sika-Earnhardt mayelana nengozi

Ngemva kokusinda ekuphahlazekeni kwendiza enokulimala okuncane, uDale Earnhardt Jr wakhipha isitatimende esilandelayo: “Mina no-Amy sifuna ukubonga wonke umuntu oye wasisekela ngezingcingo, imiyalezo nemithandazo kusukela ngoLwesine olwedlule. Sinenhlanhla enkulu ngokuthi wonke umuntu owayegibele usindile ekulimaleni okubi, okuhlanganisa indodakazi yethu, abashayeli bethu bezindiza ababili kanye nenja yethu uGus."

Ngaphambi kwengozi, u-Earnhardt wayesezomemezela umjaho we-NASCAR eBristol, eTennessee. Nokho kuthe esephumile esibhedlela wahoxa kulo mcimbi ukuze ayohlala nomndeni wakhe.

I-Master Daytona 500

I-Daytona 500 izohlala ingumjaho obalulekile nothinta imizwa ka-Earnhardt Jr. Esinye sezizathu ukuthi uyise washonela emzileni emjahweni ngo-2001. Esinye isizathu ukuthi u-Dale Jr. ube nempumelelo enkulu ngokuwina imijaho emibili ye-Daytona 500 emsebenzini wakhe.

U-Earnhardt Jr uthathe i-Daytona yakhe yesibili emjahweni ka-2014. Nakuba eqale umjaho ngo-9 futhi wagijima iningi lawo phakathi, wavuselela ekugcineni futhi wakwazi ukudlula uBrad Keselowski noDenny Hamlin ukuze banqobe.

Ukulimala kuyingxenye embi yomjaho wezimoto zesitoko.

Uphuthelwe isikhathi ngenxa yokulimala

Umjaho wezimoto zamasheya ungaba yingozi ngendlela emangalisayo lapho abashayeli beshayisa izindonga nezinye izimoto ngesivinini esikhulu. I-NASCAR, njengayo yonke eminye imidlalo emikhulu, isiyazi kakhulu ngemiphumela engaba khona yezingxoxo.

U-Earnhardt Omncane waphuthelwa isikhathi sokuqala ngqa ngokuquleka emuva ngo-2012. NgoJulayi 2016, waphinde watholakala ukuthi unezimpawu zokuquleka. Ngengxenye yesibili yesizini, indawo yakhe yathathwa u-Alex Bowman kanye nenganekwane yeNASCAR uJeff Gordon.

indodana yenganekwane

UDale Jr. wayengomunye wezingane ezi-4 ezazalelwa uDale Earnhardt Sr. Ngaphandle kukadadewabo uKelly King Earnhardt Miller, wayephinde abe nodadewabo ogama lakhe linguTaylor kanye nomfowabo ogama lakhe linguKerry. U-Kerry, u-Kelly no-Dale Jr. bajaha izimoto zesitoko. Udadewabo ongumzali oyedwa u-Taylor ungumgibeli wezinkunzi okhokhelwayo.

U-Dale Sr, vele, wayengumshayeli womjaho wodumo. I-Eliminator isinqobe iWinston Cup izikhathi eziyisikhombisa. Uphinde wanqoba i-Daytona 500 ngo-1998. Ngenkathi uyise enza isithunzi esikhulu, u-Dale Jr. wenza okuningi ukuze enze ikhehla lakhe liziqhenye ngaye.

Umshayeli ekuqeqesheni

U-Dale Jr. kanye nomfowabo u-Kerry (oneminyaka engu-5 ubudala) bebelokhu bemiselwe umsebenzi womjaho wezimoto zesitoko. Eqinisweni, abazalwane babenemoto yomjaho efanayo, iChevy Monte Carlo yango-1978, lapho uDale Jr. eqala ukugijima ngokomsebenzi eneminyaka engu-17 ubudala.

Lapho eba neminyaka eyi-18, u-Earnhardt Jr. waqala ukuqeqeshwa kwakhe kochwepheshe no-Andy Hillenburg owayengumshayeli. Umqeqeshi wakhe wabona ukuthi umfundi wakhe unezici ezifanayo nekayise nomkhulu wakhe. U-Hillenburg ukhuthaze u-Dale Jr. ukuthi alethe lolo dlame ethrekhi.

Ukuphela Komugqa

U-Dale Earnhardt Jr. waqala ukugijima izimoto ngokomsebenzi eneminyaka engu-17. Uwine iBusch Series kabili futhi wangenela umjaho wakhe wokuqala weWinston Cup ngo-1998. Wabe esegijima uchungechunge lweWinston/Sprint cishe iminyaka engama-20.

Umshayeli uhlangabezane nembibizane yesibili enzima emsebenzini wakhe ngesizini ka-2016. Unqume ukubuya ngomunye unyaka futhi wahlabana ngeNdebe ngo-2017. Nokho, ngemva kwalowo nyaka, wanquma ukuthi kwase kuyisikhathi sokuwuyeka unomphela umjaho okhokhelwayo.

Emjahweni wakhe wokuqala, u-Dale Jr. waqhudelana noyise wodumo.

Umjaho wokuqala weWinston Cup

U-Earnhardt Jr. ubonakale ngokucacile njengomshayeli othembisayo ngesikhathi seBusch Series. Wayengumpetha weBusch Series, uhlobo lweligi encane yeNASCAR, ngo-1998 nango-1999.

Le mpumelelo yamvumela ukuthi angenele umjaho wakhe wokuqala weWinston Cup, iCoca-Cola 600 ngo-1998. Udlale ngendlela encomekayo kulo mjaho, waqeda endaweni ka-16. Uyise naye ungenele umjaho ofanayo walala endaweni yesi-6 jikelele.

Mnumzane Ukuduma

Nakuba uDale Jr. wayengumshayeli ophumelele kakhulu kuwo wonke umsebenzi wakhe, wayengekho ngempela yini umshayeli ophumelele kakhulu. Cishe leso sicoco besizonikwa uJimmie Johnson, osenqobe izindebe eziyisikhombisa emsebenzini wakhe.

Nokho, u-Earnhardt Jr. wayedume ngendlela emangalisayo. Eneminyaka engu-15, waqanjwa njengomshayeli odume kakhulu we-NASCAR we-2017 unyaka wokuqala olandelanayo. Lokhu kungokwesibili ngemuva kukaBill Elliot, oseqokwe njengomshayeli odume izikhathi ezingu-16.

Ukuwina kweWinston Cup Series yokuqala

I-DirecTV 2000 yango-500 yayikhethekile kumjahwe wamafa we-NASCAR angaphezu koyedwa. U-Adam Petty, oneminyaka engu-19 kuphela ubudala, wafanelekela lo mjaho futhi waba umsubathi wokuqala wesizukulwane sesine emlandweni wezemidlalo ekhokhelwayo.

Lo mjaho ubugqame nakuDale Jr., owine isiqalo se-12 somsebenzi wakhe wobungcweti. Lokhu kuwina kusethe irekhodi leziqalo ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokuwina kokuqala emlandweni we-NASCAR. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi ngaphambi kokuwina kwakhe kokuqala, wephule irekhodi lika-Dale Sr. le-16 liqala.

Ngo-2004, uJunior wathola iwini enkulu kakhulu yomsebenzi wakhe.

I-Daytona yokuqala

U-Dale Earnhardt Jr. uwine i-Gatorade 125 ngaphambi komjaho. Lokhu kuvele kwaba yinhlanhla kuyena njengoba izinkinga zenjini zigudluza umgadli uGreg Biffle ngemuva kwephakethe. Ngokunqoba kwe-Gatorade, u-Dale Jr. uqale umjaho endaweni yokuqala yokuqala.

Usebenzise ithuba lokuthi uqale phambili, ehola ekuqaleni komjaho. Esigabeni esimaphakathi, uJeff Gordon wahola futhi ekugcineni wabanjwa u-rookie Scott Wimmer. Ngasekupheleni, u-Earnhardt Jr. ukwazile ukubamba futhi wadlula u-Wimmer ukuze awine i-Daytona yakhe yokuqala ngqa.

UJunior ubopha ifindo

Esikhathini esiningi somsebenzi wakhe wezimoto zesitoko, u-Dale Earnhardt Jr. wayengashadile. Lokhu kwakungasho ukuthi wayengashadile, njengoba ayenentombi endala e-Amy Reimann. U-Earnhardt Jr uhlongoze uReimann ngo-2015.

Lo mbhangqwana wenze isimemezelo esisemthethweni ngobusuku bangaphambi kukaNcibijane ka-2015 ngaphambi kuka-2016. Umshado, obuseRichard Childress Vineyards eLexington, eNorth Carolina, ubuhanjelwe izihlabani ezinkulu zeNASCAR.

Ngisalunywa

U-2017 bekuyisizini yokugcina lapho u-Dale Earnhardt Jr. agijima khona ngohlelo oluphelele. Nokho, lokhu akusho ukuthi akakabi naso isifiso sokugijima ngezikhathi ezithile.

Ekwindla ka-2018, uDale Jr. wanquma ukungenela umjaho wekwindla we-Xfinity eRichmond. Uqale kahle kakhulu kulo mjaho ngemuva kokuhlungela indawo yokuqala kunombolo 2. Ubekhonya isikhathi esiningi futhi ubehola imizuliswano engama-96 kwengama-250. U-Earnhardt Omncane uqede endaweni yesine.

Isinyathelo esilandelayo esinengqondo

Lapho umsebenzi kaDale Jr. uqala ukwehla, waqala ukufuna ezinye izindlela zokuqhubeka nokudlala ezemidlalo. Indlela esobala kakhulu kwakuwukuthola isiteki ku-JR Motorsports, inkampani uyise asize ukwakha.

UJunior ungumnikazi wenkampani nodadewabo uKelly Earnhardt Miller kanye nomnikazi weNASCAR wodumo uRick Hendrick. Iqembu lobunikazi libe yimpumelelo impela futhi lisanda kunwebela ochungechungeni lwamaloli.

inqwaba yenjabulo

UDale Jr washada nentombi yakhe yesikhathi eside u-Amy Reimann ngoNcibijane Omusha ngo-2015. Ngokushesha lo mbhangqwana wanquma ukwandisa umndeni wabo futhi u-Amy wamemezela ukuthi ukhulelwe ingane yokuqala yalo mbhangqwana ngo-Okthoba 2017.

NgoMeyi 2, 2018, u-Amy noDale Jr. baba nengane yabo yokuqala, intombazane egama layo lingu-Isla Rose Earnhardt. U-Dale Jr. wathi mayelana nokuba umzali, "Njalo lapho ngibheka u-Amy naye ndawonye - lapho u-Amy embamba noma emfunza - angikholwa ukuthi lokhu kwenzeka empilweni yami."

Ekhuluma imicabango yakhe

Abashayeli beNASCAR bavame ukuthula uma kukhulunywa ngezindaba zezepolitiki. Ngenxa yokuthi abalandeli abaningi basuka eningizimu, abalandeli bomjaho wezimoto zesitoko bavame ukuba amaRepublican, hhayi amaDemocrat. '

Kodwa-ke, u-Earnhardt Jr. ukhulume ngepolitiki edumile izikhathi eziningi. Umshayeli weseka abokufika, ephawula ukuthi umndeni wakhe weza e-US uvela eJalimane. U-Earnhardt Jr. uphinde wakhuluma ngokumelene nodlame lwaseCharlottesville, eVirginia.

Hhayi umlandeli

I-Confederate Battle Flag ivame ukubonakala emicimbini ye-NASCAR, ikakhulukazi eNingizimu. Abalandeli bavame ukusho ukuthi kokubili i-NASCAR nefulege kubhekisela emasikweni ahlubukayo aseNingizimu. U-Earnhardt Jr., nokho, akayena umlandeli.

Lapho ebuzwa abalandeli ngokuphikisana kwakhe nefulegi, uthe, “Ngicabanga ukuthi kuyacasula umjaho wonke. Akubizi lutho kunoma ngubani ukundiza lapho, ngakho-ke angisiboni isizathu. Yindawo esemabhukwini omlando futhi kunjalo."