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Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hopes Racing Will Help Him Heal From Plane Crash
August 30, 2019
Dale Earnhardt Jr. is speaking out following the terrifying plane crash that he and his family endured earlier this month. "I had some bad bruising on my back,” he told SiriusXM NASCAR radio Friday. “It was just really swollen and bad." He and his family narrowly escaped after their private jet skidded off the runway, slid across the grass, crashed through a fence and came to a rest on the side of the highway before bursting into flames in Nashville, Tennessee.