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Dale Earnhardt Jr. followers have been stunned after the NASCAR icon was briefly replaced on his own podcast by legendary driver Brad Keselowski.

Earnhardt Jr is on trip along with his household, which allowed the RFK Racing co-owner and driver to step in for this week’s version of the Dale Jr Download. In typical fashion, Keselowski joked that the very first thing he observed when strolling into the studio was the acquainted scent.

The NASCAR driver quipped that each Earnhardt Jr. property appears to have the identical distinctive scent, including that if he have been blindfolded, he would nonetheless have the ability to acknowledge the place simply from the scent alone. It comes after Corey Day put Earnhardt Jr. in a “very tough situation”.

After wrapping up a recording at Dirty Mo Media, Keselowski shared a lighthearted message thanking Earnhardt Jr. for the chance to look on the show. Keselowski stated he had a lot of enjoyable during the go to and joked that it is likely to be the best episode the podcast has ever recorded. He added that everybody concerned with the manufacturing had referred to as it their favourite episode of the 12 months, earlier than thanking followers for watching and listening.

Earnhardt Jr. has not competed in NASCAR for some time, as an alternative satisfying his aggressive drive by racing often within the CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour. The 51-year-old can also be a co-owner of the collection, partnering with former NASCAR stars Jeff Burton and Kevin Harvick, together with Justin Marks, the proprietor of Trackhouse Racing

Speaking on his podcast, Earnhardt Jr. revealed when he’ll subsequent return to the monitor. Earnhardt confirmed he plans to race at Nashville Fairgrounds on April 11 as half of the CARS Tour, driving the Bass Pro Shops car.

“I’m racing in Nashville Fairgrounds, April 11th. Look out,” Dale Earnhardt Jr. confirmed on his podcast. “You know, I have a million things going on up here in my head, looking around in there. I think it’s April 11th, and I’m driving the Bass Pro Shop’s car at the Fairgrounds for the CARS tour. I don’t know if there’s any more I need to say.”

Asked by his podcast producer if he was excited to get on the market, Earnhardt Jr replied: “Yeah! Gonna be fast. I’m going to do the tire test here in a couple of days, so I’ll have a better idea of how fast.”

Keselowski has revealed that he was as soon as very focused on racing in IndyCar, although he says that chance has now handed. The matter got here up during final weekend’s occasion at Phoenix Raceway, the place NASCAR and IndyCar shared the venue, bringing each fanbases collectively in Arizona.

“I tested an IndyCar at Road America about 10 years ago and I loved it,” Keselowski told the media at Phoenix. “I had a lot of fun. “What’s really, really difficult is that all of my time in Cup I’ve never been with a manufacturer in the Cup Series that competes in the IndyCar Series and to go back and forth between the two is considerable pain for the OEMs that is tough to justify.

“I think that window for me has probably come and gone. There was a time where I was very, very interested, but life takes us in other places and I’m not complaining.”