Now that Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s daughters are getting older, they’re starting to understand how racing works. The legendary NASCAR driver explained how during an appearance on TODAY on Thursday.
Earnhardt, who has two daughters, Isla and Nicole, appeared on the morning show to talk about his new children’s book, Buster Gets Back on Track. Before getting into the book, though, the former driver talked about his oldest, Isla, and how she’s starting to understand the racing aspect of the family’s life.
“Well, I don’t think they know much about my career, but Isla is 5, she just started kindergarten. So, she now realizes that when I go get in the car and she’s watching the race, that I’m actually in the car out there on the track,” Earnhardt said.
“For the first few years we were taking her to the racetrack. (It was) her watching this one event, right? She’s like, ‘OK, I saw him getting in the car,’ but she couldn’t connect it. Me being out on the racetrack and competing, she didn’t really know what all that meant. But now she gets it. She was sad that we didn’t win the race.”