#1196 - Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Joe Rogan (0:02)

Four, three, two, hello, Dale.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. (0:08)

Hey, how you doing?

Joe Rogan (0:09)

Thanks for doing this, man. I appreciate it.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. (0:10)

Yeah, I'm glad to be here.

Joe Rogan (0:11)

Nice to meet you, man, and nice to find out that not only are you a race car driver, you're also a bow hunter.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. (0:16)

Yeah, yeah, I'll do like that. I saw your archery equipment and all that stuff, but me and a buddy of mine own some land, and I try to get out there and at least go twice a year. I just love being in the stands, sitting in the woods, just thinking about what's going on and just trying to...

Joe Rogan (0:34)

Yeah, it's brain cleansing, right?

Dale Earnhardt Jr. (0:35)

Everything before the shot really is what it's all about.

Joe Rogan (0:38)

Yeah, well, yeah, that's a lot of it, right?

Dale Earnhardt Jr. (0:40)

Hanging out with your, being with your friends and family, you know.

Joe Rogan (0:42)

You need one of those techno hunts in your life, don't you?

Dale Earnhardt Jr. (0:44)

The techno hunt was pretty impressive.

Joe Rogan (0:46)

Yeah, that thing is, all my friends that come over here just go, whoa. Yeah. That's a life changer.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. (0:52)

Yeah, absolutely.

Joe Rogan (0:53)

But it's also a giant time waster.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. (0:55)

I know, I don't know. I've got a golf sim at the house, so I got to figure out where I can put that.

Joe Rogan (0:59)

Golf's the one I've always avoided. I've always avoided golf because I just saw it suck away people's time.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. (1:05)

I don't go, that's the thing. I don't have the time and the patience to really block that whole day off to go play outdoors, but to go over there and just hit the driver for 30 minutes on the simulator is so fun.

Joe Rogan (1:16)

Well, I would imagine with what you do for a living, I think what you do is one of the craziest, wildest, most demanding things a person could do for an occupation.

It's right up there, you don't know? Other than being a soldier or a firefighter or a cop or a fighter.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. (1:36)

Yeah, fighter and bullfighting and bull riding, those type of things.

Joe Rogan (1:41)

Those people.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. (1:41)

Boxing.

Joe Rogan (1:42)

That's bull riders, that's on another level. That's another level of crazy.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. (1:45)

I've hung out with those guys and they are crazy people. It takes a certain mentality to be able to climb onto a bull.

Joe Rogan (1:54)

Yeah, they have a certain energy about them. They got that, I don't give a fuck energy. It's cranked up to 10

Dale Earnhardt Jr. (1:59)

Exactly. Yeah.

Joe Rogan (2:01)

Have you ever been in Vegas when they have the big...

Dale Earnhardt Jr. (2:05)

Finals? I haven't actually.

Joe Rogan (2:06)

Oh, they're everywhere and they're all crazy.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. (2:08)

I know that. They are really... I know a lot of those guys. And our paths have crossed several times. And every time you're around them, you're like, are we going to end up in jail tonight? That's a real possibility.

Joe Rogan (2:21)

Yeah, I mean, they're throwbacks.

They're real throwbacks. Legit wild men.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. (2:26)

I agree.

Joe Rogan (2:26)

Yeah, I mean, but driving a race car, I mean, you have a giant engine. You're strapped into a seat. You're hurling down the road at extreme speeds, right next to other cars doing the same thing. Just the intensity and just everything being on nine at all times. Like, that is a wild way to make a living, sir.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. (2:47)

Yeah, thanks.

I mean, when I was a little thinking about what the hell am I going to grow up and be, my father was really successful in the sport. So I would go to the races and I would watch him race and see him win and watch him go through Victory Lane and celebrate and all those things. And I thought, man, this is what I got to do. I got to do this. This looks fun. This looks exciting.

And people are in awe of the drivers, the race, my father, the personalities.

And I just wanted to do it real badly. But I knew that the odds of making it are tough. So there's only 40 guys in the field every weekend. So there's 40 guys in the whole country that are going to get the shot to do it.