Batmobile Hits The Race Track! NASCAR Star Dale Earnhardt Jr. Teams Up With Dark Knight Rises
June 17 2012, Published 7:20 a.m. ET
By Debbie Emery - Breaking Celebrity News Reporter
It's a match made in NASCAR heaven, as the drama of Dark Knight Rises and the racing sport's most high profile and hunky driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. join forces, and Breaking Celebrity News spoke to the sports star in an exclusive video interview.
"Diet Mountain Dew, one of the sponsors on my race team, has brought Batman and his new movie, the Dark Knight Rises onto a race car so we're going to have the colors at the race this weekend in Michigan," explained Earnhardt, as he sat in his racing gear by the track.
Earnhardt is competing in the Quicken Loans 400 today at the Michigan International Speedway.
"My car is right here with the new paint scheme for the race this weekend with the Tumblr over my left shoulder. I think it will get the fans excited."
"Junior" as he's known in the racing world because of his late, great father Dale Earnhardt Sr., explained to Breaking Celebrity News how the unique collaboration came about.
"I got together with some friends and we designed four different cars and put them online for my race fans to vote. I try too get always get involved in the way my cars look because I'm driving them so I definitely want to put my two cents in as much as I can."
The winning car was a sleek and stylish Number 88 Chevrolet that he'll race on the famed Michigan racetrack. "This is the one black car we wanted to run with the Dark Knight logo on the hood. Some of the characters are on the car and they're ghosted in to the design," he explained.