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Dale Jr Hands Out Grilled Cheese In North Carolina Town

Author Charlie & Debbie

There are times when Dale Earnhardt Jr.  wakes up and does Dale Earnhardt Jr. things.  You know, talks NASCAR, goes to the track, is interviewed about the state of stock car racing, etc.  Then there are days that Dale Earnhardt Jr. looks at his schedule and says, “I’m doing WHAT?!”  Yesterday had to be one of those days.  Dale Earnhardt Jr spent his day representing Hellmann’s mayonnaise, and handing out grilled cheese sandwiches in, wait for it, TOAST, North Carolina (I couldn’t make that up if I tried).

This is not as random as it may seem at first glance.  Hellmann’s Mayonnaise is a long-time sponsor for Junior.  So him making a public appearance on behalf of the company is not an eye-opener.  That being said, there’s a couple of creative things about this gig that I love.  First?  Toast, NC is a quaint North Carolina town adjacent to Mount Airy.  Yup, a town called “Toast” is “Mayberry’s” next door neighbor.  Again, I couldn’t make this stuff up if I tried.  Second, I would have love to have been in the “What are we going to do with Dale Jr in Toast” meeting.  Specifically, I’d love to have been there when it was suggested, “I know, let’s have Dale Earnhardt Jr. hand out grilled cheese!”

And there you go.  So, yesterday afternoon the gossip mill of Toast, North Carolina must have been churning like never before.  Can’t you just imagine, “You know Mildred, I swear I saw Dale Earnhardt Jr. handing out grilled cheese sandwiches out of a gigantic Hellmann’s mayonnaise truck.”

“Ethel Thayer, you’re crazy.  There’s no way Dale Earnhardt Jr. is here in Toast-much less handing out free grilled cheese sandwiches.  I’ve never heard such a thing.”

Then, lo and behold, Ethel was on the money.  The reason folks were spotting Dale Earnhardt Jr in Toast, North Carolina yesterday was he was there with Hellmann’s espousing the virtues of using mayonnaise instead of butter or margarine when making a grilled cheese sandwich.  And for good measure, Dale Jr. was handing out samples.

Yessir, quite a day next door to Mayberry.

These are the Most Wreck-Prone NASCAR Cup Drivers

Crashing ruins the promise of a race day for NASCAR betting fans as well as drivers. It is possible for multiple cars to slide sideways at some tracks, sending the unluckiest among them taking heavy damage and ending their events early. Bookies.com crunched the data and found out which NASCAR drivers wreck the most and which wreck the least.

See the rest of the current NASCAR Cup Series drivers ranked by the percentage of races they have finished in their careers here.

  • Which NASCAR Drivers Fail To Finish Most Often?

    Driver Career Starts Running At Finish (RAF) Crash Rate
    Cody Ware 66 44 33%
    Todd Gilliland 11 8 27%
    Harrison Burton 12 9 25%
    Michael McDowell 404 263 23%
    Austin Cindric 18 14 22%
    Justin Haley 47 38 20%
    B.J. McLeod 94 77 18%
    Corey Lajoie 175 145 17%
    William Byron 155 132 15%
    Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 339 292 14%
    Kyle Larson 270 233 14%
    Cole Custer 86 74 14%
    Bubba Wallace 159 139 13%
    Tyler Reddick 85 74 13%
    Erik Jones 194 169 13%
    Chase Briscoe 47 41 13%
    Ross Chastain 126 111 12%
    Ryan Blaney 245 215 12%
    Josh Bilicki 77 68 12%
    Christopher Bell 83 73 12%
    Aric Almirola 399 352 12%
    Martin Truex Jr. 596 531 11%
    Daniel Suarez 190 169 11%
    Kurt Busch 767 684 11%
    Kyle Busch 617 551 11%
    Alex Bowman 236 209 10%
    Chase Elliott 232 209 10%
    Chris Buescher 233 209 10%
    Austin Dillon 311 284 9%
    Joey Logano 482 442 8%
    Brad Keselowski 460 425 8%
    Denny Hamlin 589 542 8%
    Ty Dillon 177 163 8%
    Kevin Harvick 765 723 5%

  • Behind The NASCAR Crash Numbers

    You may be surprised by some of these numbers. First, it’s obvious that the Dillon boys are grandchildren of a race team owner because they know how to take care of equipment. Harvick, for example, has averaged fewer than two DNFs per season over a period of two decades. Good drivers don’t just compete but also avoid other drivers’ messes, and the prospect of a crash shouldn’t deter any bettor from backing them.

  • McDowell in the Fast-Lane

    McDowell is on the other end of this list. Firstly, he won the 2021 Daytona 500, so we know he can race at a high level in extremely tight traffic. The reason why McDowell’s crash rates are so high is that he raced for lower-end teams during the “start-and-park” era following the 2008 financial crash-when sponsors dried up, NASCAR race fields got sparse, and shoestring teams were able to collect a few grand by taking the checkered flag, coasting at the back for a few laps, and then reporting a breakdown.

Charlie Nance is the Afternoon Drive co-host (along with his wife) of "The Charlie and Debbie Show" at WSOC, Country 1037 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The couple have been with the radio station since 2006. Charlie has won the prestigious CMA (Country Music Association) Award for Radio Personality of the Year and has been a finalist for the Country Radio Hall of Fame four times. Prior to his time in Charlotte, Charlie (along with Debbie) spent more than a decade hosting successful morning radio shows in Greenville, SC; Augusta, Ga; and Birmingham, Al. As a content creator for Country 1037, Charlie writes about dream lottery windfalls, sports, restaurants and bars, and travel experiences in North and South Carolina.

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