Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s Car Collection

Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s Car Collection

HOMESTEAD, FL - NOVEMBER 18: Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the #88 AXALTA Chevrolet, stands in the garage area during practice for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Championship Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 18, 2017 in Homestead, Florida. (Photo by Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images) /

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1988 Chevrolet S-10 pickup

Puttin miles on my new truck. 1988 s10. First car when I was 16. Exact replica. Thanks 2 @RayEvernham and his gang. pic.twitter.com/VPV5ZCacsh
— Dale Earnhardt Jr. (@DaleJr) June 5, 2014

Junior tried to track down the first car he ever owned but it was a fruitless search. Instead Ray Evernham hooked him up with a replica of his beloved truck because Junior had flipped the S-10 when he was a teenager.

“I flipped my S-10 pickup truck driving to my mammaw’s for the family reunion on Christmas Day one time,” Earnhardt said “I was probably about 18 or 19 years old back then. I was working at the dealership as a service mechanic…I wasn’t paying attention, drove off the road, hit a driveway culvert and flipped end over end and rolled a couple times.”

He wasn’t injured in the accident.

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