It’s no surprise that Dale Earnhardt Jr loves his alcohol. In fact, he has his own alcohol brand, High Rock Vodka. And, of course, his favorite beer brand, Budweiser, also sponsored the driver for a good while. But it seems he couldn’t hold it in the broadcasting booth at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
Well, he wasn’t drinking, but a fan might have found a hilarious loophole. And Bubba Wallace’s spotter, Freddie Kraft, couldn’t lose the opportunity to poke fun at Dale Jr.
A NASCAR fan played Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Steve Letarte’s commentary at half the playback speed and found that it sounds like the two are intoxicated.
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Reminder how funny it is to watch race replays at 0.5x speed on YouTube and picture the announcers commentating while hammered at a bar pic.twitter.com/0NcXZAaVQx
— Elijah Burke (@ElijahWhosoever) July 18, 2022
This was hilarious! And, Bubba Wallace‘s spotter, Freddie Kraft, did not miss the opportunity to poke fun at the driver.
Damn. @SteveLetarte and @DaleJr got into the bottle pretty early this week. https://t.co/nvCBNEy4JH
— Freddie Kraft (@FreddieKraft) July 18, 2022
Of course, NASCAR fans found the incident hilarious too.
They drank all the @HighRockVodka or found @SpotterBrett bourbon stash 🤣
— Brannon Morton (@Brannon87) July 18, 2022
Oh fuck that's funny
— jeff reeves (@raceguy13) July 18, 2022
Admittedly, Dale Earnhardt Jr. has always been quite the party animal. In fact, it reached a point where his sponsor, Budweiser, was quite concerned.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. And His Wild Party
Back when Dale Earnhardt Jr. was sponsored by Budweiser, they reached a point where the former Cup Series driver ordered far too much beer. In fact Ty Norris, the former Vice President of Dale Earnhardt Inc., got a call from Tim Schuler, concerned about Dale Jr.
Norris said, “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.’
They said ‘Is he selling it?’
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And you’re like ‘No, they’re drinking it.’
He goes ‘How the hell is he drinking so much beer? We’re delivering case after case after case and there’s not a store in the area, in the region, that’s consuming as much beer.’”
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It’s incredible how much beer he can drink. Do you know anyone who challenge Dale Earnhardt Jr.? Let us know in the comments.