Taylor Earnhardt rode out of James Brown Arena and returned to her horse trailer with nary a soul bothering her.
The daughter of famed race car driver Dale Earnhardt Sr. still lives in relative anonymity in the vast world of barrel racing. On the other hand, she doesn’t mind it when people approach her wanting to talk about her NASCAR legend father, who crashed and died on the final lap of the 2001 Daytona 500.
“I like it when people come up to me. I like to talk to people,” she said. “I’ll talk about whatever.”
She began riding horses at age 3 because of her father. He’d pick up his youngest daughter and place her in the saddle with him.
Taylor Earnhardt said life with “The Intimidator” was different at home than what NASCAR fans saw on a weekly basis.
“We saw the fun horse-riding, tractor-driving guy,” she said. (read more)
