Earnhardt's grandson got start in Yugo
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
(Updated 11:17 am)
Yugo and Earnhardt. Earnhardt and Yugo. Doesn't matter which way you say it or put it, it just doesn't go together, does it?
Actually it does.
Jeffrey Earnhardt, 19-year-old gransdon of the late NASCAR racing legend Dale Earnhardt, started his career driving a gray No. 33 Yugo a friend had.
"All it needed was a meshwire going across the window and a racing seat and it was ready to go," Earnhardt told Dustin Long, who covers NASCAR for the News & Record.
Read more at Dustin Long's blog.
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