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Chasing ghosts with Dale Earnhardt Jr.

By Kent Babb · The Washington Post · June 2025

Chasing ghosts with Dale Earnhardt Jr.

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"Approaching the age his dad was when he died at Daytona, a second-generation legend went looking for answers. I went looking, too."

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