Dale Earnhardt Jr. Wins Daytona 500, Joins Twitter, Poses With Dad's Statue, Warms Hearts

    One of NASCAR's most popular drivers, Earnhardt Jr. had been a social media skeptic.

    Austin Hunt
    by Austin Hunt

    BuzzFeed News Reporter

    Shortly after 2:30 a.m. Monday morning, well-known Twitter holdout Dale Earnhardt Jr. sent out his first tweet from victory lane at Daytona.

    Dale Earnhardt Jr. @DaleJr

    Tonight seemed like as good a night as any to join Twitter. How is everyone doin? #2XDaytona500Champ

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    It was his second career Daytona 500 win.

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    And ended a 55-race winless streak, which dated back to 2012.

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    The NASCAR faithful didn't waste time giving Dale Jr. an impressive following.

    Via Twitter: @DaleJr

    Although the account was created in 2008 and has picked up a large following since then, it picked up over 100k followers since the victory lane tweet.

    And he's learned very quickly how to please all of them.

    Mike Hoag @MikeHoag88

    The soon-to-be world's most famous #Selfie with @DaleJr in front of his Dad's statue @DISupdates #2XDaytona500Champ

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    Here they are: Junior and his father together.

    Dale Earnhardt Jr. @DaleJr

    Look who I ran into at the Daytona Experience. Dad's Happy! #2XDaytona500Champ

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