Sorry, Ladies... Dale, Jr. Wants to Stay Single (but does want kids)

by CALEB TROOP / NewsChannel 36 Staff WCNC.com Posted on August 12, 2011 at 11:37 AM CHARLOTTE, N.C. One of NASCARs most eligible bachelors wants to stay that way. In a rare glimpse inside Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s personal life, the 37-year-old driver told Speeds Race Hub he has no real interest in being married. "I haven't changed my life a whole lot in the last eight years," he said. "And I don't want to change it that much." But Earnhardt Jr. did say at some point he would like to have kids. But thats not something Ive got planned out," he told the show. In Forbes magazine's most recent list of NASCARs highest-paid drivers, Earnhardt Jr. topped the list, earning a reported $29 million in 2010. Hendrick Motorsports teammate Jeff Gordon came in second with $25 million last year.

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updated by @dave-fulton: 12/05/16 04:02:07PM

I'm gonna see him in a couple of weeks at Atlanta...I'll be sure to get the REAL scoop from him LOL. However, I DO know as of Darlington last year, he WAS in a relationship with a young lady that did have a kid.

Ehh...to each their own. Dale Jr. is a good guy- like to stay private- which makes me all the more fortunate that I've been able to forge what I like to think is a friendship with him. In case you don't know...I have shared a LOT of my racing video collection with him in the past few years, and he literally flips out every time I send him some new stuff. Seriously- he lights up when I show up with a stack of dvds for him- and they watch them in his motorcoach all of the time from what I am told.

"In a rare glimpse inside Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s personal life, the 37-year-old driver told Speeds Race Hub he has no real interest in being married. "

Well that's a relief, and I though he had no real interest in woman!

Hey not unlike any other top driver! How many have kids you never hear about when they weren't married or perhaps they were! Hey, maybe we need to get Trojans as a sponsor..... er, ah, scratch that idea. In twenty years we wouldn't have any new fans! I'm just say'in!

Not gonna get into any discussion about who's a team player and who's not, HOWEVER... I always remember Joe Weatherly's answer when asked the biggest differences between stock car racing and sports car racing. Joe answered, "Stock car drivers drink whiskey and chase women; sports car drivers drink wine and chase each other!" I attended a driver's meeting before an IMSA Camel GT race at Charlotte in 1984. The official in charge of the meeting stated that in the future, driver's wives and girlfriends wouldn't be allowed in the drivers' meeting. At that point, Doc Bundy (who is/was one of the funniest drivers I have ever met) asked if that also included a particular male driver's boyfriend. That brought down the house, but certainly didn't ingratiate Doc to that driver who I will not name, but you can probably guess if you ever followwed IMSA racing.


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