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Nascar's Dale Earnhardt Jr. is NBAA-BACE Keynote
By: Gordon Gilbert
Caption:  During BACE, Earnhardt is slated to speak to his leadership lessons as a third-generation Nascar champion, as well as lessons from the Citation 680 crash.
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Famed stock car race driver and business jet accident survivor Dale Earnhardt Jr. will share his leadership lessons on and off the track as the scheduled keynote speaker on the opening day of the 2022 NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA-BACE) in Orlando, Florida, October 18-20.

With back-to-back Nascar Infinity Series titles in 1998 and 1999, Earnhardt became the only third-generation Nascar champion, following his legendary father Dale Earnhardt Sr. and his grandfather Ralph Earnhardt. In total, Dale Earnhardt has 26 career victories.

Earnhardt, his wife, and daughter were passengers in a Cessna Citation Latitude that was destroyed when it crashed while landing at Elizabethton, Tennessee, on Aug. 15, 2015. The NTSB concluded that the accident was caused by the crew's continuing an unstabilized approach despite recognizing associated cues and not initiating a go-around before touchdown, which resulted in a bounced landing, gear collapse, and loss of control. Earnhardt, who was injured, will speak about what he learned from his experience of the accident.

“We are pleased to welcome Dale Earnhardt to be with us at this year’s convention,” said NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen. “He is a well-known advocate for business aviation and a leader and role model outside the raceway. His keynote presentation will be a unique and special moment at NBAA-BACE.”