Dale Earnhardt Jr Parents: Dale Earnhardt and Brenda Lorraine Gee

Ralph Dale Earnhardt Jr. is a semi-retired American professional stock car racing driver, team owner, author, and NBC NASCAR analyst.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. was born and raised in Kannapolis, North Carolina. He is the son of Dale Earnhardt Sr. a former stock car driver and team owner, and Brenda Lorraine Jackson.

Dale Earnhardt Jr’s parents divorced soon after he was born, and he and his sister Kelley lived with their mother Brenda Earnhardt until their house burned down when he was six years old.

During Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s childhood, his sister Kelley looked after him while their father and stepmother were away racing.

Throughout his 26-year career, Dale Earnhardt Sr. won 76 Winston Cup races. Along with his 76 career points victories, he also won 24 non-point exhibition races, bringing his total Winston Cup wins to 100, making him one of only four drivers in NASCAR history to do so.

Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s father Earnhardt died on February 18, 2001, in a last-lap crash during the Daytona 500 due to a basilar skull fracture. On April 22, 2019, Brenda Jackson, Earnhardt’s mother, died at the age of 65 after years of battling cancer.