Dale Earnhardt Jr. Once “Ricky Bobby’d Himself” by Stabbing Himself with a Pocket Knife

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Once "Ricky Bobby'd Himself" by Stabbing Himself with a Pocket Knife
Nascar: Cup Practice
Feb 13, 2026; Daytona Beach, Florida, USA; NASCAR Cup Series team owner Dale Earnhardt Jr during practice for the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images

Dale Earnhardt Jr. once accidentally stabbed himself in the thigh with a pocket knife his dad gave him while in church.  He was a teenager in the ’80s at the time.

Quote, “It’s not bleeding for some reason . . . But I butterfly Band-Aid my leg, never told a soul.  I got a scar on my leg still from it.”

His wife jokes that he, quote, “Ricky Bobby’d himself”. In case you forgot,  in “Talladega Nights”, Ricky Bobby stabs himself in the leg with a kitchen knife because he thinks he’s paralyzed.

(You can watch the censored video of them talking about it, and other injuries, here.)