{"id":1330186,"date":"2021-03-04T12:19:17","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T17:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1330186"},"modified":"2023-10-02T12:12:49","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T16:12:49","slug":"heartbroken-dale-earnhardt-jr-admits-podcast-recent-flashback-about-time-he-cried-when-he-felt-betrayed-by-former-crew-chief-steve-letarte-and-nbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/heartbroken-dale-earnhardt-jr-admits-podcast-recent-flashback-about-time-he-cried-when-he-felt-betrayed-by-former-crew-chief-steve-letarte-and-nbc\/","title":{"rendered":"Heartbroken Dale Earnhardt Jr. Admits on Podcast to a Flashback About Time He Cried When He Felt Betrayed by Former Crew Chief Steve Letarte and NBC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Dale Earnhardt Jr.<\/a> endured a painful flashback about a moment in his racing career<\/a>. It wasn't related to his dad or any particular NASCAR race. Instead, it was specific to a moment during his career when he felt betrayed and abandoned. On an episode of the\u00a0Dale Jr. Download<\/em> podcast, Earnhardt addressed the specifics of his flashback, including how it broke his heart and left him in tears all alone on his bus.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n After going winless for two straight seasons and finishing 25th and 21st, respectively, Dale Earnhardt Jr. was looking for a spark. Team owner Rick Hendrick was as well. In a bold move, Hendrick kept it within the family and switched around three of his crew chiefs before the 2011 season. Steve Letarte would partner with Earnhardt.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n The move worked. That first season Earnhardt didn't earn any victories but did collect a dozen top-10 finishes and, more importantly, saw a huge jump in the season standings, finishing seventh. The following season, Earnhardt found the victory lane<\/a> for the first time in four years at Michigan, the same place as his last victory. He finished 12th in the points.<\/p>\n\n\n\nDale Earnhardt finds success with crew chief Steve Letarte<\/h2>\n\n\n\n