Iconic NASCAR driver surprises students at Rowan County school: Pictures here

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LANDIS, N.C. (WBTV) - An iconic NASCAR driver surprised the kindergarten class at a school in Rowan County this week.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. stopped by Landis Elementary on Monday, Nov. 2 to read to kindergarteners.

The school posted pictures of Dale Jr.’s visit, which showed him reading “Buster and the Race Car Graveyard” -- a children’s book Earnhardt wrote.

“Our Kindergarten friends had a VERY special guest reader this morning!” Landis Elementary posted on Nov. 2. “A huge thank you to Dale Earnhardt Jr. for stopping by and reading a story with our students!

“Our kindergarteners have recently been learning about authors and illustrators and the important roles they play in creating books. They were especially excited to discover that the book he read was one that he wrote himself!”

While the book is fictional, Earnhardt does have a “race car graveyard” on his property, which includes dozens of wrecked race cars.

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Landis Elementary’s Dale Jr. post got more than 10,000 likes on Facebook, plus hundreds of comments and shares.

The Hall of Fame driver was voted NASCAR’s most popular driver 15 times during his racing career, and won 26 Cup races before he retired after the 2017 season. He currently works as a broadcast analyst for Prime and TNT.

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