The Soup's NASCAR Special: 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Check out more information about this talented athlete

By Jess Cohen Oct 20, 2015 3:00 PMTags
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. is one of the most popular drivers in racing, but how must do we really know about him?

While we all know about his amazing talent, we realized that we don't know much else about Dale Jr.!

So in celebration of the The Soup's NASCAR special airing on Oct. 23, we did some research to find out more incredible tidbits about Dale Jr.

Check out the list below to learn 10 things you didn't know about Dale Jr.!

1. In case you missed our hottest spouses in NASCAR post, you might not know that Dale Jr.  is a taken man! His engagement to Amy Reimann was announced in June 2015.

2. Dale Jr. and his fiancée Amy have a tradition on Valentine's Day, he revealed on Live! With Kelly and Michael. "We drive to the drug store and we go in one at a time," he explained. "I go in or she'll go in first and we'll sit in the car and we'll go in and buy the cheapest candy we can find for each other. Then we hide it in our little bags and we take it back to the motor coach and divvy it out."

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3. He has a Wild West town on his property. "It's an old western town," Dale Jr. also revealed on the talk show. "Yeah I was moving to a new piece of property and was building a new house. It's the real deal. The hotel works, the jail works." Wow! He was inspired after watching a 60 Minutes interview with Willie Nelson, who had bought a property that had an old western town on it. The land is called "Dirty Mo Acres."

4. He's a voiceover actor. Dale Jr. has done voiceover work on TV shows like The Cleveland Show and movies like Cars.

5. Dale Jr. loves the Washington Redskins, he reportedly had dreams of becoming a professional football player for the team.

6. He's been in a lot of music videos. Dale Jr. has appeared in videos for Sheryl Crow, Trace Adkins, Jay Z, Three Doors Down and more!

7. Dale Jr. is currently NASCAR's highest-paid driver, according to Forbes. He's held this title for the past seven years.

8. Dale Jr. is a co-owner of the NASCAR XFinity and Truck Series team JR Motorsports.

9. Dale also owns Hammerhead Entertainment which produces TV shows.

10. The band Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. was named after him, but they changed their name to Jr. Jr. in July 2015.

Watch new episodes of The Soup Fridays at 10 p.m., only on E! And don't miss the one-hour "The Soup Invades NASCAR, Live from Talladega Superspeedway" special on Friday, Oct. 23 at 10 p.m.!