There were a number of drivers that i could have chosen, including jerry nadeau having played nascar thunder 2004 for most of my childhood and mark martin for that 2007 daytona 500 finish, though they never ran a full season in the car like nemechek. The car numbers are owned by nascar, who in turn leases them out to the race teams. Driver bobby isaac 71 takes the checkered flag to win the nashville 420 nascar race, first ever on the new 58mile track at the nashville speedways july 25, 1970. Complete set of racing flags ever kids dream free shipping. Many influential and celebrated drivers have driven the no. Our database contains statistics, information and history of nascar car numbers. Complete nascar cup series history of every car number. The most popular driver award will be handed out with all the other nascar cup awards on thursday in nashville nbc sports network, 8 p. Mar 21, 2018 aric almirola and mark martin combined to drive 43 races in the no. Rainbow over daytona highlights best of sundays daytona 500 photos. Jr motorsports on friday used the announcement of a car number change to reveal its driver lineup for a new no. Daniel hemric not returning to richard childress racings no.
Nascar official home race results, schedule, standings. He currently competes fulltime in the nascar cup series, driving. The first appearance of the 8 car was in nascar s secondever strictly stock race held on july 10, 1949, at daytona beach. After rain caused the race to be ended early, earnhardt finished 3rd. The book allows the reader to take a peak into nascar and lets you feel all the highs and lows of the sport. The team is based in mooresville, north carolina, coowned by former monster energy nascar cup series driver dale earnhardt jr. Nascar news, race results, schedule, standings, photos. The number 8 has been used on the equivalent of a cup car since the earliest days of the sport in 1949. So, here is one persons view of the 10 most iconic numbers in nascar. Nascar hats come in a variety of styles for men, women and kids, including nascar snapbacks, adjustable hats, trucker hats and much more.
The team often shares a single manufacturer for all of the teams cars, but each car has an independent car number, driver, and crew chief. Nascar cup series race number 4 race results for the 16th annual fanshield 500 sunday, march 8, 2020 phoenix raceway avondale, az 1. Of the 1253 cup races that have been run by a number 8 car, nearly 80% featured a driver other than dale earnhardt jr. The following is a list compiling the total number of career victories in nascar cup series competition. The list recognizes cup victories under the following auspices. Nascar and fox sports have put in to deliver fans, drivers, teams and partners. Of all the numbers in the top 10 in nascar, the no. Jurnior gives the reader a true look at his rookie year. List of alltime nascar cup series winners wikipedia. This action racing piece has a sweet dale earnhardt jr. Draftkings name and logo used for promotion and identity of the draftkings brand. He currently competes fulltime in the nascar cup series, driving the no.
He is the 2017 monster energy nascar cup series champion and a twotime nascar xfinity series champion. Laps led by driver in 2020 nascar cup series season starting with the daytona 500 in february, see which drivers have led laps so far during the 2020 nascar cup series season. He is a team owner, author, and an analyst for nascar on nbc. Apr 14, 2020 driver bobby isaac 71 takes the checkered flag to win the nashville 420 nascar race, first ever on the new 5 8 mile track at the nashville speedways july 25, 1970. Nascar cup series drivers, nascar drivers, auto racing. I wanted to run that number in a single event next year in a throwback car at darlington, earnhardt, a retired driver and current nbc. Jr motorsports is an american professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the nascar xfinity series. Race results for nascar car number 8 during the monster energy nascar cup series. Nascar teams compete in all three national nascar series.
Daniel hemric, jeb burton to drive jr motorsports no. The number 8 will return to nascar in 2019 racing news. The number 8 makes a fulltime return to the nascar cup series in 2019. Our database contains history of drivers for nascar car numbers. As homestead oneoff nears, the pull of driving grows stronger for dale earnhardt jr. Dale earnhardt jr tells the other half of the number 8. This book was a great insight into dale earnhardt, jr. Driver complaints led nascar to have bakers team put reflective decals on the car so it was easier to see after that daytona 500 win silver and black. Earnhardt competes parttime in the nascar xfinity series, driving the no.
A team is limited to four cars in each of the nascar series. Oct 02, 2019 take a look back at some of the drivers of the no. Dec 14, 2018 the number 8 makes a fulltime return to the nascar cup series in 2019. The number was made famous by earnhardt when he drove the no. Nascar driver kyle larson fired from ganassi racing after. Driver wins active drivers wins atlanta motor speedway. Nov, 2019 driver complaints led nascar to have bakers team put reflective decals on the car so it was easier to see after that daytona 500 win silver and black. Nascar cup series race number 4 race results for the 16th. He had also been voted nascars most popular driver. The first appearance of the 8 car was in nascars secondever strictly stock race held on july 10, 1949, at daytona beach. Back in 1999, dale earnhardt jr also made his debut driving the number 8 machine. Snag an officially licensed nascar hat from our selection at nascar shop. Nascar whelen euro series elite 1 division drivers all statistics used in these tables are as of the end of the 2019 american festival nascar finals race.
Cat racing official website this site uses and sets cookies on your computer to help make this website better by keeping the site reliable and secure, personalizing content and ads, providing social media features, and. Much thanks and appreciation goes to the nascar media group for providing statistical content, video, images and all kinds of nascar love. In 1975, his son dale earnhardt made his first nascar start. Jr motorsports reveals new car number, driver assignments. Up to then he had won 17 races, including the 2004 daytona 500. May 24, 2007 the number 8 has been used on the equivalent of a cup car since the earliest days of the sport in 1949. Originally, nascar wasnt going to allow dale earnhardt jr to run the number 8 for just one race dale earnhardt jr. Records earned from 20092011 when the series was still called racecar euro series before nascar s acquisition of the series in 2012 will not be included to the statistics. Aric almirola and mark martin combined to drive 43 races in the no. Nascar race results, schedule, standings, news, drivers. For 2019, jr motorsports has moved a few numbers around.
Bios, statistics, race results videos, news, photo galleries, car, team, shop gear, date of birth, rookie year. When he switched to the 94, he did not win a single race for years. In its history in nascar premier series races from strictly stock to sprint cup and everything in. Richard childress racing driver daniel hemric weighs in on the impact the no. Longtime nascar driver on decision to compete in dirt track race the tennessean nashville 1. Driver was shane hmiel and nascar owns all the rights to the. Represent when you proudly wear an authentic nascar cap at the next race. Ahead of daytona 500, heres who jeff gordon thinks will be the top monster energy nascar cup series stars of 2019 the number 8 is coming back, earnhardt says in the video, before explaining why he decided to bring the car back in the first place.
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