Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s February includes the Super Bowl, Olympics and Daytona 500
Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s first February after retiring from the Cup Series is insanely busy.
Junior’s set to serve as an analyst for NBC’s NASCAR coverage in 2018 and the network is putting him to work early. Junior will be a part of the network’s Super Bowl pregame coverage and will also head to South Korea for the network’s Olympic coverage.
According to NBC, Junior will take part ” in some of the outdoor events and activities taking place in town leading up to kickoff” before the Super Bowl in Minneapolis.
After the Super Bowl, Junior then heads to the Olympics in PyeongChang. The Olympics begin on Feb. 8 and Junior “will visit the speed skating venue at Gangneung Ice Arena, and through the lens of a racer will view the speed, close contact, and tight turns on the short track speed skating oval, which so closely mirror Earnhardt’s racing days and nights at Bristol Motor Speedway.”
He’ll also experience what it’s like to slide down a bobsled track before heading back to the states for the Daytona 500.
Junior is set to be the grand marshal for the Feb. 18 Daytona 500, meaning Junior will get to experience the Super Bowl, Olympics and Daytona 500 in the span of 15 days. While that’s really busy, it’s also really enviable. There aren’t many — if any — people who have gotten to go to all three events in their lifetime, let alone the same month.
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