BLOG: Junior Tweets, People Listen

How powerful is Dale Earnhardt Jr. outside the world of NASCAR?

He tweets, folks come and get involved in the sport.

Here's how Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III became the honorary pace car driver for Saturday's Toyota Owners 400.

Dale Jr. tweeted the following:

"@RIRInsider If y'all don't have a Grand Marshall for the upcoming race you should invite @RGIII. He needs to come check @NASCAR out! #HTTR”

And now a month later, RGIII will be at Richmond International Raceway for the race Saturday night. He won’t be grand marshal, but he will be the honorary pace-car driver.

After Earnhardt’s tweet,  track president Dennis Bickmeier tweeted that Griffin could drive the pace car. Later, Griffin responded: “I’m game brother.”

The track announced Wednesday that Griffin will drive the pace car prior to the start of the Toyota 400 Owners on Saturday. Griffin, who will undergo a little bit of training Saturday afternoon, also will have time to hang out with Earnhardt — a Redskins fan as a kid since that was the team often on television in the Carolinas when he was a kid — as well as former Redskins coach and NASCAR team owner Joe Gibbs.

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