Each week, The Athletic asks the same 12 questions to a different race car driver. As NBC prepares to take over the NASCAR coverage for its portion of the Cup Series season this week at Nashville, NBC Sports analyst Dale Earnhardt Jr. joined us for a record-setting 12 Questions interview. It was so long, we’re splitting it into two parts. Below is Part 1 of our conversation. Part 2 is here. This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.
1. You must pick one chore or obligation to do every day for a year. But if you do it every day for a year, you never have to do it again for the rest of your life. So what would you like to knock out forever?
I’m not going to choose anything hygiene, because I don’t want anybody thinking I’m dirty — like brushing teeth or something. I get ready to go to bed at night and me and (wife) Amy sit down, watch TV, and I’m super lazy, man. You’re laying in bed and you’re like, “You know what? I’m just going to close my eyes and go to sleep.” But I need to get up and brush my teeth. So it’d be nice not to have to do that ever again if your teeth are just magically clean. But people will clown me for saying that, so I’m going to choose something else.
I’ll say any kind of prep work you have to do for work: Preparing,…
