During an interview with “FOX Sports Live” co-hosts Dan O’Toole and Jay Onrait, #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. revealed he’ll join the FOX NASCAR team in the booth as a driver analyst for FOX Sports’ coverage of the NASCAR XFINITY Series in 2016. “I had tweeted that I was interested in doing some XFINITY races, so I think I would like to try it,” Earnhardt said in a video posted in “The Jay and Dan Podcast. (FOX) extended the offer to me that we can give it a shot. I want to go up there next year and watch a few races, or watch one race, and see what I’m getting myself into. It looks like a lot of fun.” Sprint Cup drivers Jeff Gordon, Kevin Harvick, Brad Keselowski, Clint Bowyer and Danica Patrick have all taken turns behind the mic for FS1’s XFINITY Series coverage this season. “All the drivers who did it “¦ looked great, sounded great, and they seemed to have a lot of fun doing it,” Earnhardt said. “I don’t know if it’s a career path for me “ it just depends “ or whether I even have any talent in the booth.”(FoxSports)
UPDATE: Clarification from FOX Sports Regarding the Possibility of Dale Earnhardt Jr. Working as a Race Analyst in the NASCAR XFINITY SERIES Booth in 2016: While FOX Sports has had informal conversations with Dale Earnhardt Jr. about joining the FOX Sports NASCAR XFINITY Series booth in the future, as several of his fellow racers did in 2015, nothing has been determined. FOX apologizes for the confusion.(FoxSports)(9-24-2015)
