Between hosting his own podcast, becoming an executive director of iRacing, calling a championship race with the NBC Sports broadcast booth and spending time with newborn daughter Nicole, Dale Earnhart Jr. has his hands full as the 2020 NASCAR season comes to a close.
The retired Cup driver still found time for a conversation with the Charlotte Observer ahead of his travels to Phoenix to answer some burning questions, including why his podcast was promoted in Chad Knaus' first tweet, which driver he is predicting to win this weekend and whether a call to not pass a teammate is cheating or par for the course — or rather, par for the track.
NASCAR's championship Cup race, the Season Finale 500, is Sunday at 3 p.m. Eastern on NBC.
This interview has been lightly edited for brevity and clarity.
