19: Race To The Porta Potty
Brad Keselowski is a good friend and fellow racer who started as a brand new driver with Earnhardt Jr. as his senior. He told Courier Sports a hilarious story about racing Dale Jr. to the porta-potty after a fiery crash. “I thought I got this guy beat. But he had me beat. I had to give him the shoulder. We got to the port-a-john, and I had to push him, but the bumper to him, and push him by where he overran the port-a-john. At this point, my heart is pounding out of my chest and I’m almost embarrassed about how out of breath I am. So I go into the port-a-john and stood there for five minutes before I ever took a leak just to catch my breath. Like, holy moly, I can’t let anybody see how terrible I feel.”
In NASCAR, a crash can be a deadly incident, so it’s nice that two friends can shake it off and learn from the experience. NASCAR as a sport is something that still captivates millions of people to this day. It will be interesting to see how the sport evolves without Earnhardt Jr. in the mix anymore.