The story, which covers seven pages, chronicles Earnhardt's climb to the Winston Cup series and examines his love of music, his life away from the race track and growing up as the son of seven-time Winston Cup champion Dale Earnhardt. Tour spent nearly a week with Earnhardt Jr. at his home near Charlotte, NC and at the Winston Cup event in Las Vegas, NV where Earnhardt Jr. qualified third and finished tenth in the rain-shortened race. From the first time we met he just invited me into his life and let me see everything. He's a great kid and a great storyteller.
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