About five years ago, Dale Earnhardt Jr. made a promise to himself. After years of tracing his family’s genealogy, when he turned 40, he would travel to Germany and explore the country and town that the Earnhardt family originated from in 1744, he told USA Today. With the Sprint Cup Series in a bye-week, the 12-time most popular driver landed in Germany with girlfriend Amy Reimann, sister Kelley Earnhardt Miller and brother-in-law L.W. Miller.
