Earnhardt Jr. matches his father as NASCAR Hall of Famer

FILE - Red Farmer stands in his backyard, Thursday July 6, 2006, in Hueytown, Ala. Farmer will be inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame during ceremonies in Charlotte, N.C., Friday, Jan. 21, 2022. (Mike Bolton/The Birmingham News via AP, File)

FILE - Driver Dale Earnhardt Jr., sits quietly during a news conference at the North Carolina Speedway, near Rockingham, N.C., Friday, Feb. 23, 2001, as he listens to fellow driver Michael Waltrip talk about his father, Dale Sr., who was killed the Sunday before on the last lap of the Daytona 500. As he prepares to join his late father in the NASCAR Hall of Fame, Dale Earnhardt Jr. can't help but wonder what his Dad would make of the career he's built on and off the track. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)

FILE - Dale Earnhardt and his son Dale Earnhardt Jr., right, both of Kannapolis, N.C., chat in the garage at Darlington Raceway, Friday Sept. 1, 2000, as they wait for qualifying to begin for Sunday's Southern 500 in Darlington, S.C. As he prepares to join his late father in the NASCAR Hall of Fame, Dale Earnhardt Jr. can't help but wonder what his Dad would make of the career he's built on and off the track. (AP Photo/Lou Krasky, File)

FILE - NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt of Mooresville, N.C., gives a "thumbs up" to the crowd from after winning the Brickyard 500 auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Saturday, Aug. 5, 1995. As he prepares to join his late father in the NASCAR Hall of Fame, Dale Earnhardt Jr. can't help but wonder what his Dad would make of the career he's built on and off the track. (AP Photo/Tom Strattman, File)

FILE - Dale Earnhardt, left, hugs Dale Earnhardt Jr. in Victory Lane on Friday afternoon, Feb. 18, 2000, after the elder Earnhardt won the International Race of Champions round at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. The younger Earnhardt finished fifth. As he prepares to join his late father in the NASCAR Hall of Fame, Dale Earnhardt Jr. can't help but wonder what his Dad would make of the career he's built on and off the track. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

FILE - Red Farmer (61) is airborne after hitting a hole on the four mile Daytona Beach road course during the 100-mile Modified and Sportsmen type stock car race in Daytona Beach, Fla., Feb. 14, 1953. Farmer will be inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame at ceremonies in Charlotte, N.C., Friday, Jan. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/James P. Kerlin, File)

FILE - Dale Earnhardt looks off into the distance in Riverside, Calif. at the Winston Western 500 on Nov. 15, 1986. As he prepares to join his late father in the NASCAR Hall of Fame, Dale Earnhardt Jr. can't help but wonder what his Dad would make of the career he's built on and off the track. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)

FILE - Driver Mike Stefanik cheers after winning the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour auto race, Saturday July 14, 2012, at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H. Stefanik will be posthumously inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame during ceremonies in Charlotte, N.C., Friday, Jan. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)

FILE - Mike Stefanik poses with his championship rings in front of the trophy case in his Coventry, R.I. home on Tuesday, April 22, 2003. Stefanik will be posthumously inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame during ceremonies in Charlotte, N.C., Friday, Jan. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Joe Giblin, File)

FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2014, file photo, Dale Earnhardt Jr. celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Daytona 500 Sprint Cup series auto race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. As he prepares to join his late father in the NASCAR Hall of Fame, Dale Earnhardt Jr. can't help but wonder what his Dad would make of the career he's built on and off the track. (AP Photo/Terry Renna, File)