WINTER GAMES

Dale Earnhardt, Jr. in PyeongChang as NBC correspondent

Feb 23, 2018, 10:45 AM | Updated: Apr 17, 2023, 4:02 pm

KSLTV.com

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — Dale Earnhardt, Jr. has had a whirlwind month.

First, he started off at the Super Bowl as a new correspondent for NBC. Then it was off to Daytona.

Now he’s here in PyeongChang, where he’s taking in his first Winter Olympics and chatting about driving a different sort of ride with the bobsled teams.

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