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Happy Twitterversary: Dale Jr. celebrates one-year anniversary on social media

Published Feb. 12, 2015 9:30 a.m. ET

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One year ago, NASCAR's most popular driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. shocked the sports world by earning his second Daytona 500 victory, but went a step further and exploded onto the social media scene by sending out his first tweet.

Standing in Daytona International Speedway's Victory Lane after all the celebrations, the driver of the No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet took a selfie with the Daytona 500 trophy and set the Twitter world on fire.

Since that day, Earnhardt Jr. has embraced the social media web site, becoming an avid user, opening up like never before, hosting Q&As, sharing classic photos of his famous father and giving away race-used memorabilia.

Prior to making the trip back to Daytona to kick off the 2015 season, Earnhardt Jr. headed to Twitter's New York City office to celebrate his first year on the social media site.

Earnhardt Jr. shared a number of reasons why he joined Twitter in such dramatic fashion, talked about his favorite moments from the 2014 season, and discussed why he loves sharing old pictures for throwback Thursdays.

To help celebrate his anniversary, the folks at Twitter also presented Earnhardt Jr. with a red velvet cake featuring some of his best tweets from the year.

As of Wednesday's visit, @DaleJr had sent nearly 5,000 tweets and had more than 867,000 followers. What a difference a year makes.  

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