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While the world honored their fathers and celebrated fatherhood on June 18th, NASCAR’s most popular driver and 2-time Daytona winner, Dale Earnhardt Jr was on an epic adventure.

The JR Motorsport co-owner, speaking on his super popular Dale Jr Download podcast, revealed how he improvised to have a few cold ones on a non-alcoholic beach. While Dale Jr let the cat out of the bag, his co-host, Mike Davis, was shocked to hear the hefty penalty this would have gotten him if he was caught.

Dale Jr who was known for his long association with Budweiser, giving us the iconic #8 Red Budweiser Livery, just couldn’t let the sun take out the spirit in him as the 48-year-old dad explained how to discretely sneak in a few drinks. The hilarious interaction between the two friends really was a treat for Jr fans as they wrote, “This episode is GOLD!”

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Beer Enthusiast, Dale Jr Celebrates His Father’s Day at an “Alcohol-Free” Beach Sipping a Cold One!

After his retirement in 2017, Dale Jr hasn’t been sitting idle. The JR Motorsports owner came up with several ventures, including the popular podcast series, even tagging fellow veteran and Joe Gibbs Racing driver, Denny Hamlin along the ride. Dirty Mo Media has over the years fascinated the NASCAR nation with its intriguing conversation while avid fans religiously follow the episodes for inside scoops.

Usually, Dale Jr and his longtime friend actively discuss race happenings but NASCAR’s off-week and Father’s Day meant adventure as Junior had a blast with his sister and family dropping in before they headed out to the beach on Father’s Day. And with a happy bunch out for a beach stroll, beer fanatic Dale Jr just couldn’t resist himself to pick up a couple of beers, that too on a non-alcoholic beach.

I have 5 beers for about a good 3-hour sit,” said the driver who sneaked in a few beers discretely to avoid the massive 1,000 dollar penalty. He said, Well you know, when you’re on a non-alcoholic beach you’re not allowed to have alcohol out there you don’t take a damn case of beer out there.”

Dale Jr then went on to reveal the oldest trick in the book to enjoy a cold one, I got these little things that slide over the beer that make it look like a Mountaïn Dew or a Dr. Pepper or a Coca-Cola, I slide, I got about 6 of those right and I slide them over the beers, throw them in the cooler so there you just pull them out and they’re already disguised.”

While Davis was shocked to hear about the 4-digit fine that followed if Dale had been caught. He said, I’m not even taking them.” Junior hilariously called out his friend for receding, You are not even taking them? What a w*mp.”  

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Well, it’s not the first time Dale Jr has opened up about his love for the beverage. The veteran’s name has been synonymous with beer, and Budweiser has been a proud sponsor up until his time at Hendrick Motorsports. Die-hard fans wouldn’t forget the #8 Red Chevy with its giant Budweiser badging on the hood or the hilarious Budweiser ad that killed its competition.

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Let us look back at the time when the former Vice President of Dale Earnhardt Enterprises incorporated [DEI], Ty Norris revealed the phone call he received from Budweiser one day.

“I got a call from Tim Schuler from Budweiser one day, and Steve Uihlein, and they were like, ‘Hey, what’s going on over at Jr.’s house?’ And I said ‘What do you mean?’ Well, the local distributor just said, ‘The most beer I deliver to any retailer in the entire state of North Carolina is in Mooresville at Dale Jr.’s house,’” said Norris, who vividly recalled the fascinating conversation with the executive.

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“They said ‘Is he selling it?’ And you’re like ‘No, they’re drinking it’,” said Norris.

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