“It just speaks to his character”: Dale Earnhardt Jr. previews next year’s broadcasting duties alongside ‘good guy’ Adam Alexander

Dale Earnhardt Jr. will be joined by renowned FOX Sports announcer Adam Alexander for Amazon Prime and TNT’s NASCAR Cup Series coverage in 2025. Notably, this will be the first time the NASCAR veterans will work together in the broadcast booth. On that note, Dale Jr. praised his 51-year-old, soon-to-be colleague in a recent episode of his Dale Jr. Download podcast.

Dale Jr. has known Alexander for years but never worked alongside him. To work together in the booth, the duo will need to have a good relationship.

Alexander is a good man. He used to send Dale Jr. supportive messages back when the latter was with NBC for no reason at all. Safe to say, Dale Jr.’s relationship with Alexander inside of the broadcast booth won’t be any different than it is outside.

“When I started broadcasting, most everybody in the NBC bubble was very supportive, giving me great feedback,” Dale Earnhardt Jr. recalled. “Outside of the NBC daily, Adam was really one of the few people that constantly was texting me just saying nice things and just being supportive for no reason other than just because he's a good guy. Before that I really had no real relationship with the dude so it just speaks to his character.”

Dale Jr. and Alexander will have veteran ex-crew chief Steve Letarte join the roster next year. Letarte will serve as the analyst, Alexander as the play-by-play commentator, and Dale Jr. as the on-air analyst and commentator.

Their duties will include calling 10 races, five for each network. Prime’s coverage is scheduled to begin on May 25 with the crown jewel Coca-Cola 600, while TNT’s stint will begin from June 28 onwards with the regular season event at Atlanta Motor Speedway, the winner of which will take home a cash prize of $1 million.

“I want those relationships to be great”- Dale Earnhardt Jr. comes clean about his behind-the-mic relationships

Dale Earnhardt Jr. loves his job as a broadcaster but doesn’t like working with someone who he doesn’t have a good relationship with. He hates being around people who he shares no rapport with, let alone at work.

“I do enjoy broadcasting but I don't wanna broadcast with people that I don't enjoy being around,” explained the two-time Xfinity Series champion in the same video.” I don't wanna do anything in life around people that I don't enjoy being around. In a broadcast booth, you're really close in proximity. Absolutely I want those relationships to be great.” (0:34)

Alongside his sportscasting duties, Dale Earnhardt Jr. will run the No. 8 Budweiser Chevrolet in select late-model races under the banner of JR Motorsports, an Xfinity Series team that he co-owns. Back in the day, Dale Jr. won 17 races with the iconic car driving for Dale Earnhardt Inc., before he moved to Hendrick Motorsports in 2008 to drive the No. 88 machine.

Dale Jr. won nine more races as a full-time Cup Series driver before retiring in 2017. However, he never gave up racing. Since his formal retirement, the 50-year-old man has been running at least one race every year. He ran at Bristol Motor Speedway and recorded a commendable P7 finish this year. Needless to say, the man has still got it.