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NASCAR Dale Earnhardt Jr. proposes to girlfriend Amy Reimann By Jordan Bianchi  @Jordan_Bianchi on Jun 17, 2015, 7:12a + Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports NASCAR’s most popular driver is getting married.  Tweet Share on Twitter (4) Share Share on Facebook (7) Pin Pinterest + Comments Dale Earnhardt Jr. proposed to girlfriend Amy Reimann while on the couple was vacationing Wednesday in Germany.Earnhardt popped the question in a Lutheran church that he tweeted his family had attended seven generations and 300 years ago. Reimann shared the engagement via a Twitter post featuring a picture of them inside the church. "I'm completely...

People with gene variant perform more than 20 percent worse on driving test Bad drivers may in part have their genes to blame, suggests a new study by UC Irvine neuroscientists. People with a particular gene variant performed more than 20 percent worse on a driving test than people without it - and a follow-up test a few days later yielded similar results. About 30 percent of Americans have the variant. "These people make more errors from the get-go, and they forget more of what they learned after time away," said Dr. Steven Cramer, neurology associate professor and senior author...

BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT (TICKER) -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. apparently will join forces with NASCAR's most successful team. Earnhardt is set to announce his intention to join Hendrick Motorsports in 2008, according to a report on ESPN.com on Tuesday. NASCAR's most popular driver, Earnhardt has scheduled a news conference for Wednesday at 11 a.m. EDT, when he likely will officially announce his intentions for next season.

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<p>Asked what it meant to win at Talladega for a fifth time, Dale Earnhardt Jr. responded as if he were talking with some buddies at a bar.</p> <p>"Well, it don't mean s**t right now. Daddy's won here 10 times. So, I've got to do more winning. But we're going to get there. He was the master. I'm just following in his tracks."</p>

<p>SONOMA, Calif. (AP) -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. was treated for minor burns on his face and legs and hospitalized after an accident Sunday during practice for the American Le Mans Series Infineon Grand Prix of Sonoma.</p> <p>Medical officials at Infineon Raceway described the injuries as ``moderate-sized burns of moderate intensity.'' Earnhardt was flown to the University of California-Davis Medical Center in Sacramento for precautionary reasons.</p>

Reminders of him are everywhere. They're in the scores of "3"-clad fans flooding the grandstands, the flapping of Earnhardt flags over infield motorcoaches, and the impersonators who, like their Elvis counterparts, dedicate themselves to their mirrored glasses, moustaches and Goodyear jumpsuits in hopes of most resembling their idol. The wreck that killed Dale Earnhardt is still a moment frozen in time for many. But NASCAR has moved on to even greater heights despite the loss of its last real hero. "We're constantly reminded of him," driver Terry Labonte said. The reminders are in the safety innovations of the past five...

WILMINGTON, N.C. -- A North Carolina teenager may have to go to jail for using foul language with a high school teacher. Glenn Gattis and his parents don't deny that he cursed or has had other disciplinary problems at Ashley High School in Wilmington. But they said the misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct is an overreaction. The 17-year-old Gattis said he became frustrated and used bad language when he got in trouble for being late to class again. He said he was ultimately stopped by deputies working as school resource officers, who gave him a citation for using language meant...

PAM ANDERSON’S FEATHERS RUFFLED BY DALE EARNHARDT JR.’S KFC CHICKEN DEAL -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For Immediate Release: June 7, 2004 Contact: Dan Shannon 757-622-7382 Los Angeles -- PETA spokesperson Pamela Anderson has sent a letter to NASCAR driver and KFC spokesperson Dale Earnhardt Jr., asking that he use his new relationship with the company, which is based on KFC’s sponsorship of his race car, to curb its suppliers’ worst abuses of chickens, including painful shackling and live scalding in defeathering tanks. Pam says, "Little chickens need a big man like Dale to stick up for them!" and writes in her letter to...