The 2025 season is a giant deal for Dale Earnhardt Jr. and JR Motorsports. The previous No. 8 font from the DEI days is coming again. Sammy Smith will rock the long-lasting quantity on his Chevrolet subsequent NASCAR season and already has his three paint schemes unveiled.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. and that No. 8. It’s probably probably the most iconic pairing exterior of his father Dale Sr. and the No. 3 and Richard Petty’s No. 43. Though, for youthful followers, the Earnhardts probably beat Petty out in notoriety.
NASCAR is so completely different from different sports activities as a result of there are plenty of methods followers categorical their fandoms. It goes past groups. It’s at instances a number of of the motive force, group, sponsor, quantity, or producer.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. is a group proprietor now. However his group ought to be working this No. 8 and hopefully, there are lots of extra wins and iconic moments sooner or later.
After all, Dale Jr. may be very excited to see his quantity return to the observe. He’s racing it on his late mannequin automotive. Sammy Smith is repping the legacy within the Xfinity Sequence. Simply the way it ought to be.
Earnhardt posted a brief video expressing his pleasure concerning the quantity returning. He has plenty of religion in Sammy as a driver and is able to get the season began at Daytona.
“It’s superior to have this quantity and font again at [JR Motorsports],” the group proprietor stated on X/Twitter. “Can’t wait to see it on [Sammy Smith] automotive subsequent season.”