The first words out of Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s mouth into the microphone during Friday’s NASCAR Hall of Fame induction ceremony were: “My eyes are already watering, gosh!”
That’s probably how all his many fans in JR Nation felt as the NASCAR world celebrated one of the faces of the sport.
Earnhardt — along with Red Farmer and the late Mike Stefanik — was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame as the class of 2021 with the ceremony coming a year late because of the COVID-19 pandemic. He was introduced and officially inducted by his wife, Amy Earnhardt, and shared some funny and touching words about what that honor meant to him.
