Good morning. The latest celebrity to be revealed as a PC Gamer is probably not one you'd expect, but also definitely one you'd expect. Famous NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. is a PC Gamer. "This hobby started back in the mid 90s," he said in a tweet, "I learned over the years how to upgrade hardware. I'd never built my own PC though." Dale Jr. has now built a PC. Congrats, Dale.
You might be surprised, but you probably shouldn't be. It makes sense that a person interested in the fine-tuning of a racing car would like to use an equally customized rig for gaming. Earnhardt Jr. said as much in his followup tweets, noting that IT work is a "fun profession IMO," as "Chasing technical problems and helping others with their own systems is something I enjoy."
Earnhardt Jr. will not drive an off-the-shelf car and he will not be doing any off-the-shelf gaming. At least not any more. I think that's an EVGA 3080, maybe a 3090, in there.
This isn't Earnhardt Jr.'s first relationship with gaming, however. He other race drivers, he's also done some streaming on Twitch, as Dale Earnhardt Jr 88, naturally.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. is a semi-retired racer now, but was an extremely prominent driver in the mid 2000s until about 2017, first behind the wheel of the No. 8 car, then the No. 88. He's the 15-time consecutive winner of the most popular driver award. His father, Dale Earnhardt Sr., was considered by many to be the greatest driver in the history of NASCAR.
As a fellow North Carolinian, I'd like to note that it's clear we have excellent taste in hobbies. Thanks Dale Jr., keep it classy.
