Expletive leaves Earnhardt in the s***

An US race car ace was disqualified and fined today after using a mild expletive to describe his victory to a TV interviewer.

NASCAR star Dale Earnhardt was asked about the significance of his fifth victory at the Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama.

He told NBC: “It don’t mean s*** right now. Daddy’s won here 10 times.”

Earnhardt’s father, easily the most popular driver of his era, was killed in 2001 in a crash on the last lap of the Daytona 500 race.

Dale Jnr was docked 25 points and fined by NASCAR. Now, instead of leading the championship, he trails by 12 with seven races left in the season.