Alex Bowman’s No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet may have a brand new majority sponsor for the 2020 season. Nationwide Insurance, which joined forces with the No. 88 with Dale Earnhardt Jr. in 2015 and remained with the group after the fan favourite retired from the game in 2017, knowledgeable Hendrick that it'll not be returning for subsequent season. Nationwide will end out the 2019 season, which has been a breakout of kinds for Bowman, posting three straight top-Three finishes from April 28 to May 11, and can proceed its private relationship with Earnhardt Jr. “As Nationwide’s enterprise wants evolve, we're adjusting our advertising and marketing assets to make sure that we... NESN.com
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. Was ‘Worried About’ Concussion Risk In Talladega Race
Racing drivers often are thought of as fearless, but in reality, they’re just better at suppressing their fears than most people are. Dale Earnhardt Jr. admitted after Sunday’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway that, although he started from pole, he was more nervous than usual heading into the contest, according to NBC Sports. Earnhardt, who has a history of concussions, knew that, of the remaining races, the Alabama 500 presented the biggest risk of injury. “This was one I was worried about, in the back of my mind I was a little concerned,” Earnhardt said. “You can’t win the race if you race scared. I’ve raced s... NESN.com
NASCAR Live Stream: Dale Earnhart Jr. Reveals Paint Scheme For Homestead
Dale Earnhardt Jr. is set to give fans another treat as part of the JR Nation Appreci88ion Tour, and get more practice in front of a camera in the process. Earnhardt will appear on QVC’s “For Race Fans Only” on Wednesday to unveil the special No. 88 Axalta AutoNation paint scheme that he’ll run during the Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The Nov. 19 season finale likely will be his final Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race. “For Race Fans Only,” a popular show that peddled NASCAR merchandise, was canceled in 2009, but QVC is reviving the show for the unveiling. In addition to showcasing the Earnhardt’s one-off paint scheme ... NESN.com
Dale Earnhardt Sr.’s Iconic Wrangler Paint Scheme Returning To Darlington
Every team will run throwback paint schemes at Darlington Raceway on Sept. 3, but it’s already clear that Richard Childress Racing will steal the show. RCR drivers Austin Dillon and Ryan Newman will honor NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt Sr’s iconic blue and yellow Wrangler paint scheme in the Bojangles’ Southern 500, the team announced Wednesday. “The Intimidator” ran plan plenty of classic paint jobs throughout his historic career, but few, if any, are as sharp as the one we’ll see this fall. Watch RCR’s tongue-and-cheek announcement in the video below: It’s a fitting choice, as the scheme was on Earnhardt’s No. 3 when he won his... NESN.com
Danica Patrick Was Really Mad At Dale Earnhardt Jr. For Hitting Her Saturday
Didn’t your mother ever tell you to never mess with an angry woman driving 200+ miles per hour, Dale? Danica Patrick wasn’t pleased with Dale Earnhardt Jr. on Saturday when the latter bumped into the back of Patrick’s car on Lap 206 at the Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Speedway. Patrick responded by bumping Dale Jr. on their way into pit row, which led to Earnhardt cutting Patrick off. “F — 88,” Patrick said, angrily, to her team. “Did he f — ing hit me? Go f — yourself. Really?” For his part in the altercation, Dale Jr. was recorded telling his team “I don’t have any brakes,” according to NASCAR.
Earnhardt back in Michigan, hoping for elusive win
Dale Earnhardt Jr. tries not to worry too much about his winless stretch, which reached three years earlier this week. Of course, now he's back in Michigan, the site of his last victory. There's no avoiding the questions. The date was June 15, 2008. Earnhardt's fuel-mileage victory at Michigan International Speedway snapped a 76-race winless string shortly after he teamed up with Hendrick Motorsports. Since then, he's raced 107 times on the Sprint Cup circuit without finishing first. Despite all that, the popular Earnhardt is a lot more upbeat these days. Although he has yet to win, he has eight top 10 finishes in 14 races this season, equaling his total for all of 2010.
Harvick saves best for last;Driver wins Coca-Cola 600 after Earnhardt runs out of fuel entering
CONCORD, N.C. -- With 10 laps remaining in Sunday's Coca-Cola 600, Richard Childress descended from a team pit box and headed to his condominium overlooking Turn 1 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. "I said, 'I don't think we've got much of a chance to win, so I'm going to beat traffic,' " said the owner of Richard Childress Racing. "It's a good thing. I could see some things going on that I wouldn't have seen down here." Childress had a perfect vantage point to watch Kevin Harvick, the driver of his No. 29 Chevrolet, pull off his latest Sprint Cup stunner. Harvick inherited a victory in NASCAR's longest race of the season (and the longest in its history at 603 miles because of