Daytona Beach, Fla. • Dale Earnhardt Jr. leaned toward the track in the broadcast booth and hollered like a NASCAR fan at home over a gripping final lap in his debut race.
“I was really surprised that that took off like it did,” Earnhardt said Friday at Daytona International Speedway. “I got done with the race, went to the car, drove to the airport. By the time I got to the airport, everybody was texting me, saying it over and over, and I’m hearing it everywhere all week.”
Sure enough, race fans on social media parodied the call and “slide job” was used as a voice over for other memorable moments in sports.