Dale Earnhardt Jr. wins first race in four years in 'The Dark Knight Rises' car (video)

It's always nice to have Batman on your side! Dale Earnhardt Jr. raced to his first NASCAR Sprint Cup victory in four years, ending a 143-race winless streak Sunday at Michigan International Speedway, reports The Associated Press. Earnhardt Jr., who is sponsored by Mountain Dew, was sporting a great looking The Dark Knight Rises race car with a design that fans voted on a few weeks ago.

Congratulations to Dale Earnhardt Jr. and breaking his losing streak, and crossing the finish line in style. Stay tuned to Batman-News.com tomorrow, for more on the Mountain Dew and The Dark Knight Rises partnership!

SOURCE: NASCAR

61 comments

TDKR2012

June 17, 2012

damn good television

Antrozous
June 17, 2012
Loved the part during the race when they said" look at it, the Batmobile has come to life!" :D

Anthony Koter Aravena

June 17, 2012

Clearly, we all know why and how he won! :-)

THE FIRE RISES!

Also, before the race, he got to drive the tumbler...lucky guy.

BruceNolan

June 17, 2012

It's cool that he won with The Dark Knight Rises car, but not even Batman can make me care about Nascar lol. I guess it's good publicity though!

Dsgf
June 17, 2012
You must not be American. Neither am I. I really don't like watching NASCAR. It's incredibly boring to watch a car go in a circle for hours, but most Americans love it. Texas, specifically.
1. Thepaperbag000
  June 17, 2012
  Every American I know (including myself) hates NASCAR, and I've lived in Texas for three years.
2. ALittlePush
  June 17, 2012
  "...but most Americans love it."
  Not really. Mostly conservative redneck men.
3. witchingroom
  June 17, 2012
  I'm american and I hate nascar, for the record
4. BruceNolan
  June 18, 2012
  I actually am an American. I know there are a lot of international Batman fans who visit this site like yourself, though. I've always thought that was cool. But I'm more of a football, basketball, baseball kind of a guy.
QueenChaos
June 17, 2012
Hah, agreed. Not into racing at all, but it's too cool that after years his luck changed with BATMAN.
Dsc24dupont
June 17, 2012
Publicity indeed. I'm a major NASCAR fan, but I'm also a major Batman fan, and there will be a LOT of TV coverage all week on this major win...and he is running well for the Championship, so it wasn't just a big win...and who is on the car? Hehe, it works really well.
1. BruceNolan
  June 18, 2012
  Yeah I would imagine SportsCenter will cover this win a lot because ESPN has a deal with Nascar so the movie will definitely get around that's for sure. Warner Brothers has to be thrilled, free advertising! Haha
Marcus Coker
June 17, 2012
In the words of Sweet Daddy: I know that, I just don't get it. A bunch of grown white men, goin' 500 miles in a circle! What the hell!? What kinda three and a half hours is this? [imitating viewers] "Look, they're making a left turn! Oh they're makin' another left turn! Oh they're makin' another left turn! I wonder what's gonna happen next!" [imitating commentators] "Let's go to commercials. Come back in 10 minutes - you ain't gonna miss a thing!"
1. Loozers22
  June 18, 2012
  Very true, but if you were to drive 150 mph in your car, you may see what the big deal is. I don't like it, either, but can appreciate the skill it involves.
  1. Panjunxian
    June 18, 2012
    nascar takes the least skill out of all the types of racing, you have the extreamly skill driver for formula 1 and above average white driver for nascar

Binatheblossom

June 17, 2012

Awesome, this movie is getting so much hype! And not the over exaggerated kind like the Avengers...

Chsox203

June 17, 2012

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Rises!!!

EBo Rises

June 17, 2012

Batman has no limits.

Antrozous
June 17, 2012
Glad to have you back and running EBo!
1. EBo Rises
  June 17, 2012
  He is at it again Antro , How the Hell he has created an account with the same name i dont know ! but just click on my profile then his you will see they are two different accounts , this has gone beyond a joke ! Chris you realy need to step in and sought this out ?
  1. Antrozous
    June 17, 2012
    Damn it, when is this stupidity coming to an end?
    1. EBo Rises
      June 17, 2012
      Tell me about it ! My hope is Chris will ban this guy , but i am not going to stress like last time , i have my account and people know who i am , so if he wants to be known as my inferior twin ! Let him have at it !
  2. QueenChaos
    June 17, 2012
    I'm pretty confused. Like seriously confused....lol.
    1. EBo Rises
      June 17, 2012
      Yeah that was his intention QueenChaos he has suceeded ! Enjoy TDKR QueenChaos its been fun getting the female perspective on Batman from you JulieBaleHead and UniqueJenique = )
EBo Rises
June 17, 2012
This is a reply to the imposter as i will not respond directly to you anymore ! Listen my friend , you have gone to a lot of trouble to steal my name , but now it does not matter you can keep it , enjoy it have a blast ! Because my account and yours are seperate and everyone knows who i am and NO ONE knows who you are !
1. witchingroom
  June 17, 2012
  I don't even care if batman dies or not at the end of the movie, the only question I want answered once and for all is who is the real EBo..
2. Walker Texas Danger
  June 18, 2012
  "With respect Master Ebo, perhaps this is a man that you don't fully understand. Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They
  can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just
  want to watch the world burn."
Knightly Crusade
June 17, 2012
Or you could just discuss the topic and not make it about you.
FantasyBoy
June 18, 2012
You shit.With one click on your avatar,one can see the comments history of yours and understand you're not the real EBo.

Batcave24

June 17, 2012

Cool after 4 years for it to be in a batman sweet ride does any body remember that is was this race that covered Batman Begins in 2005.Im a gordan fan but today it was all about the bat. THE FIRE RISES. nuff said.

Antrozous

June 17, 2012

Obviously he won, the Batsymbol alone gives the car 100 horsepower extra!

Antrozous

June 17, 2012

"Great to have Batman on the car today"

That was nice of you to say so Mr. Dale Jr.!

Radox

June 17, 2012

Put Batman on your car: No one will mess with you. Simple.

Dsc24dupont

June 17, 2012

I told my Wife that he had to win today with Batman on the car, and boy did he! And that's great for Batman. As big as Batman is, Dale Jr is huge in other ways, and fans will say "Hmm, what Batman is he promoting?" Bam, going to see the movie. It's a major Move, and seeing the Dark Knight (car at least) win the race ROCKED!

EBo Rises

June 17, 2012

Chris believe me when i say if this all kicks off again there will be no one more pissed off than me , I thought you could not duplicate Disqus account names ? This guy has ? I am going to have to change my name again ?

GothamsReckoning
June 17, 2012
Its long gone who the hell is still making duplicate accounts of you? The more butt hurt you get and crying to Chris to help makes you look like a bitch. Just chill out the more you ignore it the faster the Ebo impostors will stop.
1. FantasyBoy
  June 18, 2012
  Hey I opened the impostor's profile and I saw that he has liked this comment of yours.How on earth he would like a comment that is written against him?
  Unless you are the same and you're actually liking your own comment.You were an impostor actually,remember? Give me one reason why I should not believe you are the same guy???
  1. GothamsReckoning
    June 18, 2012
    You should trust me because i explained to ebo that it was a joke when i changed my name for one hour and i didn't post comments acting like him. Open my profile and read my comments if you don't believe me..
The_Bane_man
June 17, 2012
theres just not any equal to you ebo ;)
BatmanNewsChris
June 17, 2012
It's hard for me to even know who is who!
So whoever is trying to impersonate Ebo... please stop. It's not funny, and it's childish. Just create your own profile and join the best group of Batman fans online to talk about The Dark Knight Rises!
1. EBo Rises
  June 17, 2012
  Thats cool Chris , but listen i am happy to end this farce now , by just leaving the site , i am o.k to do that , this is not what i wanted to be doing in the build up to TDKR this is not enjoyable to me ! BUT my big worry is if i leave this guy is going to try and chat with One- Eye , FB , Antro and ChiSoxFan or Sammy Doja or anyone else i consider a friend and trick them ! I dont want that to happen , so i am asking you as the runner of this site please if you can check my email on my disqus account and if this imposter shows up and tries to trick those guys , just give them a heads up ? If you need further confirmation this is the real me , i will be able to get that to you through BatReviewAndy who i chat to on XBOX Live , Cheers Chris = )
2. Knightly Crusade
  June 17, 2012
  I'm not sure about the best group of Batman fans, no offense.
  1. BatmanNewsChris
    June 17, 2012
    Well... to be honest I don't read the comments section like I use to. I use to read every single one, but now people leaves 100's of comments a day! I can't keep up! I'm just happy to see that people like what I'm doing here at Batman-News.com and keep coming back.
    1. Knightly Crusade
      June 17, 2012
      Well it's one of the good sites, thank you for giving us it and keeping people up to date. :)
    2. Dsad
      June 18, 2012
      i always wanted to ask how many people visit this site a day or a month?
    3. BatmanNewsChris
      June 18, 2012
      In May 2012, the site received 1.8 million hits and 330,000 unique visitors.

Knightly Crusade

June 17, 2012

When the spirit of Batman is with you, you'll always win.

EBo Rises

June 18, 2012

So people it seems very clear Chris carnt or wont try and stop this guy ! and i dont have the energy every time i log in to Batman-News.com to prove its realy me so this guy has won !

One-Eye , FB , Antro , ChiSoxFan SammyDoja , TheFallen and anyone else i will NEVER delete this account and this will always be the final comment on the account , this way you will know any imposters trying to be me are trying to fool you ( Yeah i am gutted it has come to this to )

So some good bye gifts = )

to FB (aka XBOY ) I remember giveing you your first Oscar pic for your great vids i think you deserve another one = )

to Antro , One Eye always forgot you are from Porgtugal but i never = ) http://www.youtube.com/watc...

To ChisoxFan all i ll say is see you in The World Series ! Go Red Sox = )

To TheFallen , i still think your a WB mole = )

To SammyDoja , you can beat everything you have been going through bro !

And finaly to One - Eyed Willie my brother from another mother = ) I hope one day you finaly get that speed ( bat ) boat and cruise down to Miami from Rio = ) http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Thats it from me people The Real EBostock Over and Out = )

BatmanNewsChris
June 18, 2012
I understand your frustration, but I can't keep an eye on every single comment. If you send me a link to his Disqus profile, that'll make things a lot easier.
QueenChaos
June 18, 2012
Aw, you're gonna let him win?
I'm not sure how much control Chris has over the Disqus usage here, but it stems from there - so maybe you should contact Disqus directly about this. Idk.
In any case, it's easy to tell who's who by checking profiles. C'mon EBo, Rise! RISE!!!
GothamsReckoning
June 18, 2012
EBo i feel like your acting out TDKR with the whole rising thing..You are tricking us ;)
One-eyed Willie
June 18, 2012
C'mon man... not that again! Damn, why some retarded started shit with you, man?? Who is that fucker anyway? Can you remember of some arguing or offense that you did to someone? 'Cause you found yourself a stalker... whoever this person is, it's a pathetic loser, a total asshole. Maybe someone from darkknightnews.com? I never liked that website anyway... i remember some fuckers from there started shit with you a while ago.
Knightly Crusade
June 18, 2012
Maybe now we can actually discuss the the topic.
FantasyBoy
June 18, 2012
Dude,don't bring me to tears.We've been very good friends since that time.Yeah.I remember.It was an awesome pic and these are awesome too.
Fuck the impostors.Ignore them.They'll leave.If they don't,won't matter.With clicking on your avatar's pic,one can see your comments history and know whether you're the real one or not.Please just don't leave