5 Reasons Why Dale Earnhardt Jr. Remains NASCAR’s Most Popular Driver

It's hard enough to win one election, let alone two. Ask President Obama about that.But there is one figure in NASCAR who transcends the sport, who has been its "face" for more than a decade and seemingly makes national news for even the smallest happenstance or change in his life.He is to NASCAR what Michael Jordan was—and still is, to a degree—to the NBA, a pair of superstars known the world over. Go to a far away land like China, mention the NBA and Jordan's iconic name almost immediately still comes forth from respondents. Ditto with the red-haired wonder of stock car racing: even if they're not race fans and know only one thing about NASCAR, it's his name. To them, he IS NASCAR.Of course, we're talking about Dale Earnhardt ...

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