Joe Rogan & Dale Earnhardt Jr. on Classic Cars

It's not as bad as a passenger car. You only got that strap, you know, you're moving around and banging around in there and in the race car, you're in there pretty tight. Yeah. Well, do you feel weird when you're in a passenger car too, is for the lack of support? The lack of support and safety. Yeah. You know, I do because compared to the way our cup cars are now or the race cars are now, man, we're cocooned in there. The seat and everything, the headrests, you got a six, seven point harness. I mean, in the street car, you really just got the strap. I mean, it's, I certainly, you know, and more, I'm much more cautious as I get older on the highway and people are like, hey, man, how do you do it? How do you drive on, how do you drive a race car and then go 45, 55 on the road? And it's real easy actually, you know, just kind of chill. Does it get all your fast driving out of the way? When I was younger, I was getting speed and tickets all the time. But when, as I got older, I just didn't care to be in a hurry anymore. Yeah, I would figure the way you drive for a living, you just get it out of your system. Yeah. I get plenty of, I had plenty and plenty of high speed action and hijinks on the racetrack. I don't, I calm down the road. What kind of car do you drive in real life? Well, it's funny. I just bought a brand new Silverado. I hadn't bought a truck in a long time. I had, I still have my old Silverado I bought. It's about 0406, but there's new one I like a lot. And new ones are bad ass. I didn't like the old ones that much. They just look kind of basic. The new ones are really sweet looking. The character lines and the body lines, it's just a good looking truck. So I bought that. But my, what I was driving before that, I got a 48 pickup truck and it's all rough as hell on the outside and original faded, all messy and ugly looking. But it's got a Vortec motor and good drive train in it. It drives good. But it's easy to work on and I just love fooling with it. I took the original bench seat out and put these old bucket seats in from an 80 Chevy Blazer and so I made it comfortable and just the way I wanted it. So I drove that a lot this summer until I got this new truck and I got a 76 Chevy Laguna that I love to drive. Yeah, that thing just kind of floats down the road, man. And it's a dark midnight blue tinted windows and just a really cool car. I love the 70s and the style of the cars in the 70s, even the kind of the bigger ones like in the late 70s, like the 442 Oldsmobile Cutlass. Yeah. Those big, big, big cars. There's something about those guys that I really dig. Is that your car right there? That's my car right there. Yeah. Damn. I love that thing, man. I had a 1973 Chevelle that reminds me of that kind of body style. That's it. I got a 442 that's sort of the sister of that Oldsmobile 442 that's red and kind of the same tinted windows. I did the same wheels, same tires, same tint, I put a spoiler, like a NASCAR style spoiler on the back and the front and kind of look, because those cars were big in NASCAR. So those cars don't get as much love as the 60s muscle cars. Well, we'll get there. I think as we get older, what's cool gets older. Really? Yeah. I mean, nothing, I mean, the 67 Camaro, those cars, the 50. 69, yeah. Yeah. I got a 67. I thought it, I had a 69, but like the 55, all those things will always hold their rightful place in history. But these cars, like that car right there, that wasn't very cool 10, 15, 20 years ago. No. But as we get older, that car becomes cool. And one day we'll be driving around in like 85 pickup trucks going, man, this thing's so awesome, so old school. Really? Yeah, I think so. I don't know about that. I just think that that car might just be cool because you own it. I don't know. I think that it's got these old character lines, man, that I really like. It does have old character. You know what's interesting? I was just talking to a friend of mine about this one. In 1970, my mom bought a Barracuda. Yeah. And when I was in high school, in 1981, I was a freshman in high school and she had this Barracuda and it was like a classic car. And it was like a classic muscle car. But that's only 11 years old. If you had a car today from 2007, that wouldn't be a classic car. It's just a car. Yeah, you're right. It's weird. It is weird. It is weird. Like in 1969, when I was in high school in 1969, which is only an 11-year-old car, was amazing. Whoa, people would stop and stare at it. Dude, look at that 69 Camaro. Yeah. Whoa. I got an 88 S10. That was the first pickup truck I owned or had. That was like the car I got when I was 16 years old. And I got one and restored it, which was a terrible investment. But it makes sense for me because it was my first truck. And I didn't think anybody would give a shit about it, right? Because it's an S10. It's like the bottom of the barrel in pickup trucks for Chevrolet in 1988. But I drive that thing around and people are like, wow, that's the cleanest S10 I've seen in 15, 20 years. That's it right there. Oh, that's a nice car. Yeah. And so that's what- I think there's something about seeing one of those that's in great shape. Yeah. Like that it made it through. Yeah. There's not many of them left. I mean, for good reason. But what was your first car? My first car was a 73 Chevelle. Yeah. That one. But the engine blew out on it. I got a 70. 71. Chevelle's a good car, man. Oh, I love Chevelle's. So would you buy a, would you get a 73 and restore it to- I would get a 70. That's my favorite year. 69 and 70 are my favorite years. I go back and forth between 69 and 70 with Chevelle's. Yeah. They're both amazing years. Yeah. I like those cars. They're a big muscle car. They are. It's a big ride. It's bigger than the Camaro. Yeah. I have a 1969 Nova. Really? Yeah, which is like a smaller. Yeah, like that right there. Yeah. Woo, daddy. That's a good looking car. That is as classic an American muscle car as you get. It's a 1970 with silver with black stripes. Come on. They used to race Novas. My dad raced a Nova. Yeah, I like Novas because they're light. This is a light car and because you put a big engine in it and new suspension. Yeah. I have a Nova, a wagon that I just bought, a 66. Oh, wow. That's my next project. I bought it from a buddy for five grand and it's in pretty bad shape. But that's my next project as soon as I get some time. I had this little girl, Isla, and she's six months. So it's kind of made it tough doing any kind of projects. That's like congratulations. Thanks. It's awesome, but it does eat up a lot of your time. Everything is on the side right now. And it will be. Yeah. How long? Forever. It's just until they move out and then it's still a little bit on the side because you got to call and check on them. Yeah. Yeah. It's awesome though. Yeah, it is. It's amazing. I can, I can, it's like getting married and having a kid and all that stuff is not nothing like I thought it'd be.