Dale Earnhardt Jr.
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836 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Dec 2025
last heard 20 Dec
Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Pretty sketchy character, this J.D.
Stacy, as we talked about him in some of the podcasts over the years.
But either way, Rod would leave NASCAR, but then reenter the sport with Huss Strickland in 1989 and Jimmy Spencer in 1990.
If you remember the Heinz number 57 Pontiac, yeah, that was Rod's car.
As far as we know, Rod is still alive in Southern California.
Now, Roland Vlodka, who was the business manager for the team, would continue to work in the sport with drivers like Buddy Baker and Rodney Combs and Hudson Strickland even.
Worked around the truck series.
Even briefly worked with Kevin Harvick.
Roland was well respected by dad, as far as I could tell, and I thought he was.
Considering what they accomplished in such a brief period of time in 79 and 80 with a new team, Roland must have done a great job.
Roland unfortunately passed away at the age of 81 in 2020, but it's been fun sort of getting to know more about him in this series.
Jake Elder, also known as Suitcase Jake, not going to talk about him much right here.
You know why?
Because he's going to be a big part of our next season of Becoming Earnhardt, the 1980 season.
Yes.
We want to do the 1980 year, and I have that scrapbook ready to go.
And so we'll get into that maybe in the next installment of Becoming Earned Heart.
What happens to suitcase Jake Elder and the racing team?
We do know that far beyond the 1980 season, he worked for Robert Yates and was actually fired by Robert Yates and replaced by Larry McReynolds.
And he passed away in 2010 after some health issues he dealt with.
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