Andy Petree: Butting Heads with Dale Earnhardt

In Part 2 of Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s conversation with championship-winning crew chief Andy Petree, they dive into Petree’s time at Richard Childress Racing and his relationship with Dale Earnhardt.
Petree goes into detail about his transition to taking the ‘premiere crew chief job in the sport’ for Dale Earnhardt at Richard Childress Racing. Once at RCR, Andy shares the reaction from the team seeing him walk in and the resistance he initially faced.

Early on, a ‘come to Jesus’ meeting between Dale, Richard and Andy forced the driver and crew chief to bond. Hear why they needed that and what happened later in the season when Andy brought the first car built under his direction to the race track.

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[NCSRFSH]

This IS the best racing show across all media.

[alanhyde]

Andy is telling the truth, I worked at RCR in 98 and 99 with Larry and Kevin.
RCR was a great place to work, I'm retired now.
Sure like your show Dale.

[forearmshiver]

Thank God JR “GETS IT”. There are literally millions of fans of SR and JR and he’s willing to bring in people that know a lot about both SR and JR to let the fans in on it. Hands down the best racing show/pod cast on the air. Love how relaxed JR and Mike are no matter who the guest is. Keep up the good work, us fans are loving it and want more of it.

[daviclar]

My dad volunteered back in 1973-4 to work on Ed Wittacker's car in Bristol. He said when he first got there tools were everywhere/out of place. So the first thing he did was clean every tool and organize them in the tool boxes so he could grab a tool instead of spending time looking for it! Lol. He really helped Ed improve his car and team by showing them how to be organized. My dad was 25-6 years old at that time. He went on to lease and run Plaza Exxon just a few miles north of Bristol Motor Speedway. I worked there on Saturdays pumping gas. I was 10-14 working there.

[DaveNull]

I wish I could find a way to get paid for listening to these stories all day long. I imagine that's kind of what Heaven must be like!

[bkschieler]

LOVED the Andy Petree interview. BRING HIM BACK TO TELL MORE DALE STORIES!!

[joshuafarmer]

"we're gonna bond." LOL Dale Sr was being hilarious. I love seeing Jr's reactions to stories about Sr.

[jcearnhardt]

This stuff is absolutely priceless to us ole school diehard earnhardt fans.

[ajayc]

Been a fan of racing. But never really got deep into nascar. But this podcast has opened a lot for me and I been going down the nascar rabbit hole. Love how chill and real JR. Is

[craigparrish]

This is so cool. Hearing about what different drivers like Harry and Dale like in car . Also bonding story was great.

[RoyBaty]

I love all the stories. We're going to look back one day at Jr. and appreciate him for all the history he's been able to capture in this podcast. I hope he continues with some of the older drivers and people who founded and built NASCAR.

[vegas]

I feel like everyone is learning about Dale Sr. as well as Jr. and I love it that he wants to share it.

[davidpeterson]

These shows make me smile, laugh, and makes me feel like a fly on the wall. The world needs more Jrs

[jsimm]

If it’s a Sr story I’m in, these are the best !

[jojomcgee]

Without this podcast, so much great history would be lost. Thank you for these

[aroara]

Dale this is awesome. Love what you are doing. I can't get enough Sr stories

[snoman]

After decades of being an Earnhardt fan, to hear some of the behind scenes stuff, is awesome. TYVM.

[mikeyoungblood]

Love hearing Dale Jr being so open to letting people talk about the REAL Dale Earnhardt, warts and all and not just the deification of Dale since his tragic death

[dalegarey]

I’ve gained a tremendous amount of respect and admiration for Jr. An outstanding host and broadcaster!!!

[d-raypunrox]

This is so cool to listen to.
Earnhardt stories never gets old
I love this show
God bless dale jr and all involved .
Andy is awsome as well