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3 days ago · Dale Earnhardt Jr. has finally spoken about the #8. Of course Junior spent the early part of his career driving the iconic #8 Budweiser car for Dale Earnhardt Inc., the team started by his late father. But when the Intimidator passed away in 2001 in the Daytona 500, it was his wife Teresa who inherited the team the responsibility of running DEI.
3 days ago · Then his son, Dale Earnhardt Jr brought the No. 8 car to the team in his 1999 debut, claiming 17 of his 26 career victories in the DEI No. 8 Chevrolet. This also included the Daytona triumph in July 2001, only months after Earnhardt’s passing on the same track. Hence, for Dale Earnhardt Jr the No. 8 car carries some heavy memories.
2 days ago · Then there was Dale not being allowed to take the No. 8 with him to Hendrick, Teresa reportedly stopping Kerry Earnhardt – Dale Earnhardt's oldest son – from launching a line of homes called the "Earnhardt Collection," and the Kannapolis Intimidators changing their name in 2019.
3 days ago · Teresa was the third wife of Dale Earnhardt, and the stepmother to Dale Earnhardt Jr. And when Earnhardt tragically lost his life in the final turn of the Daytona 500, Teresa also inherited another role: NASCAR team owner. Dale Earnhardt had started his race team, Dale Earnhardt, Inc., in the 1980s to field cars for himself in the then-Busch ...
1 day ago · News in Brief: Dale Earnhardt Jr Holds on to Cup Dream. Despite the formidable obstacles inherent in the NASCAR Cup Series team ownership, Dale Earnhardt Jr’s steadfast pursuit, highlighted by strategic patience and calculated opportunism, remains a proof of his resilience. The intricate financial landscape and the necessity for robust ...
5 days ago · NASCAR Hall of Famer Dale Jr. married Amy Reimann on the 2016 New Year's Eve at Richard Childress’s Childress Vineyards in Lexington, North Carolina, after dating for almost five years. They...
2 days ago · Dale Jr. has alluded to something like this before. He joined Sirius XM NASCAR Radio in May and expressed interest in potentially investing in a current Cup Series race team in the wake of an expensive charter market. However, nothing has come to fruition to this point. It will take some major sacrifices from Dale Jr. to make that investment.
