“We're excited to receive the award” - Dale Earnhardt Jr. and wife Amy share ‘special message’ after fans vote for their business brainchild
NASCAR Hall of Famer Dale Earnhardt Jr. and his wife Amy Earnhardt recently expressed gratitude to the fans for voting their business venture High Rock Vodka as the USA Today Reader’s Choice for Best Craft Vodka in the U.S. for 2024.
Dale Jr. and his wife Amy started High Rock Vodka in partnership with Sugarlands Distilling Company in 2022. They won the Best Craft Vodka distillery company for the second year in a row.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. and his wife on social media thanked their fans for voting for their company to become the number one USA Today Reader’s Choice Best Craft Vodka distilleries in the US and shared their excitement about the award.
In an Instagram video, holding a bottle of High Rock Vodka, Dale Jr. and his wife said:
“Hey everybody, it's Dale Jr. and Amy, and I'm holding a bottle of High Rock vodka. We wanted to personally thank each and every one of you who voted for High Rock as USA Today Reader's Choice Best Craft Vodka. We are so excited again to receive the award. Absolutely. Thank you for supporting High Rock, and also cheers to holiday season. Happy holidays. Thank you again.”
High Rock Vodka is a triple-filtered corn vodka through sugar maple charcoal, and it’s 88 proof to match Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s Daytona 500 winning car number.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. reacts to a race manipulation incident at Martinsville
Two-time NASCAR Xfinity Series champion shared his views on race manipulation during Cup Series races following the Martinsville controversy.
When William Byron and Christopher Bell were battling for the final Championship 4 spot in the closing laps at last weekend’s Martinsville race, it seemed Byron got help from Chevrolet's Austin Dillon and Ross Chastain, and Toyota’s Bubba Wallace helped Bell.
After the race, radio communication of the Chevrolet and Toyota teams went viral on social media, which confirmed race results had been manipulated.
On the latest episode of the Dale Jr. Download podcast, Earnhardt said:
“What happened at Martinsville, not okay blocking the track and not allowing other people by and having faster cars and sitting behind people intentionally. That stuff flies in F1, but I don’t think we want to allow that to be part of what we have going on here.”
After investigating the end of the Martinsville race, NASCAR announced penalties on Wednesday for Wallace, Chastain, and Dillon for race manipulation at Martinsville. Each driver received a $100,000 fine and lost 50 driver points.