Bidding farewell to a particularly long association can sometimes be tough. And who better than Dale Earnhardt Jr. can understand it? The former NASCAR ace racer was long tied up to the popular media company NBC Sports as a color broadcaster. But all good things have to end at some point, and Dale Earnhardt did it after the 2023 season. The 49-year-old decided not to return to the NBC Broadcast booth and chose to end his association unilaterally. Junior left NBC without any bitterness between the company and the NASCAR legend.
It seems that Dale Earnhardt Jr. has always had two minds about the tough decision he had to make. Fans, too, had diligently watched the NASCAR legend at the NBC since 2018. But recently, he revealed something on his podcast that makes it clear that life after leaving NBC has not been easy
Following his decision to leave NBC after the end of the 2023 season, Dale Earnhardt Jr. decided to join Amazon Prime Video and Warner Bros. Discovery Sports for NASCAR coverage starting in the 2025 season. The decision, on the face of it, made sense. Junior has an active presence on YouTube along with other social media platforms. A partnership with the streaming platform Amazon Prime Video, among others, would add to his growing online presence.
Putting the business aspect aside, his heart, it seems, is still with NBC and understandably so. Talking about the change that the NASCAR legend has to undergo from next season onwards and the family time he gets to spend during the transition season, Dale Earnhardt Jr. said, “Pretty cool, and man, I cannot wait to get back into the booth. It has been really difficult to not work this year, to be honest with you. I mean, I am enjoying it. I am having some free time and enjoying my trips and being with my family and spending time with Amy, but you know when you sit there and watch those guys, especially the NBC booth, you damn sure miss it
