Back in the Day is a television show on the North America

North America

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n cable

Cable television

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/satellite

Satellite television

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 network, Speed Channel

SPEED Channel

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. It is hosted by NASCAR

NASCAR

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 superstar driver Dale Earnhardt, Jr.

Dale Earnhardt, Jr.

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The show, which premiered on February 9, 2006, is a repackaged version of the 1960s and '70s

1970s

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 show Car and Track

Car and Track

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, which was hosted and narrated by Bud Lindemann

Bud Lindemann

Gordon "Bud" Lindemann was a pioneer in motor sports broadcasting.-Early history:Lindemann graduated from high school in 1940. He joined the United States Coast Guard during World War II, and was stationed on the USS Eastwind in the North Atlantic...

. The syndicated

Television syndication

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 30-minute program carried highlights of major NASCAR races, before such coverage was widely available on network television.

The new version features trivia about stock-car racing and other topics, presented in a "pop-up" style (similar to VH1

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's Pop-Up Video

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Earnhardt Jr. tapes his segments at his home and at the North Carolina Auto Racing Hall of Fame. Both are located in Mooresville, North Carolina

Mooresville, North Carolina

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The most common featured years are those of the early 1970s.

Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s Hammerhead Entertainment

Back in the Day was created and is produced by Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s Hammerhead Entertainment. The firm is headed by former New York marketing executive Thayer Lavielle. Prior to working with Earnhardt, Lavielle worked as a producer for ABC

American Broadcasting Company

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’s Good Morning America

Good Morning America

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. Hammerhead also produces Dale Jr.’s Unresricted, a loosely formatted radio show on XM.