Jeff Gluck

USA TODAY Sports

TALLADEGA, Ala. -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. said the National Enquirer's recent story about his wedding plans were news to him.

Earnhardt laughed when asked about the report Friday at Talladega Superspeedway and said he didn't know he was getting married.

"We just skipped the engagement, I guess," he said. "Went right to the wedding."

Earnhardt has been dating Amy Reimann for several years but said he doesn't have any wedding plans yet. And if he did, the wedding wouldn't take place at Daytona International Speedway as the Enquirer suggested.

"Of course not," he said. "I wouldn't force everybody to go down to Daytona for my wedding. I'd probably just have it right there in the backyard (of his North Carolina home). Whatever is easiest."

The Enquirer reported Earnhardt planned to have a procession around the track in racing-themed cars, ending with a checkered flag at the finish line. The tabloid also said Sheryl Crow and Brooks & Dunn would perform.

The cost? Roughly $2 million, the Enquirer said.

But Earnhardt said he's "not writing that check."

"That was funny," Earnhardt said of the story. "I read that and it was a roller-coaster of an article. Pretty good."

This isn't the first time the Enquirer has jumped the gun on Earnhardt's wedding plans. In 2012, it reported he would get married to Reimann by the end of that year.







