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Former driver Dale Earnhardt Jr., watches as a crew works on Justin Allgaier's car during a practice for the NASCAR Daytona 500 auto race Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

With tears flowing, Dale Earnhardt Jr. gets another shot at the Daytona 500 as a team owner

By Dan Gelston - Associated Press

Drivers compete during a NASCAR Cup Series auto race under the lights, Sunday, June 25, 2023, in Lebanon, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Nashville, Bristol working to give NASCAR a historic racing option in Music City

By Teresa M. Walker - Associated Press

NASCAR Xfinity Series auto racing driver Josh Berry speaks during the NASCAR Championship media day, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022, in Phoenix. Josh Berry will take the final step in his long journey to the top of racing with Stewart-Haas Racing next season as the replacement for future NASCAR Hall of Famer Kevin Harvick. Harvick is retiring at the end of this season and Berry on Wednesday, June 21, 2023, was named next year's driver in the No. 4 Ford Mustang for SHR. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

Josh Berry finally lands his big NASCAR break as Kevin Harvick’s replacement in Cup Series

By Jenna Fryer - Associated Press

Dale Earnhardt Jr., left, laughs with Speedway Motorsports President and CEO Marcus Smith as they record a video after a press conference, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, in Raleigh, N.C., announcing that the a NASCAR All-Star Race will be held at North Wilkesboro Speedway in May 2023. (Ethan Hyman/The News & Observer via AP)

After 27 years, NASCAR returns to once-abandoned North Wilkesboro Speedway for All-Star race

By Steve Reed - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2017, file photo, Dale Earnhardt Jr. is surrounded upon getting out of his car after a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Fla. Dale Earnhardt Jr. is returning to the track Saturday, June 13, 2020, getting behind the wheel for an Xfinity race at Homestead-Miami Speedway -- the place where his Cup Series career ended three years ago. (AP Photo/Darryl Graham, FIle)

Junior to savor Homestead again, but virus upends routine

By TIM REYNOLDS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 17, 2017, file photo, Dale Earnhardt Jr. speaks with the media during a news conference before a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Fla. NBC Sports is set to bench its play-by-play NASCAR announcer for an all-analyst lineup headlined by Dale Earnhardt Jr. The network will use three analysts in the broadcast booth for next week's NASCAR Cup race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Earnhardt, Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte will be the only broadcasters for the July 22 race at the Magic Mile. (AP Photo/Terry Renna, File)

Dale Earnhardt Jr. plane crashes in Elizabethton, Tennessee

By Adam Zielonka - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Saturday, June 3, 2017 file photo, Dale Earnhardt Jr. looks on in the garage during practice for the NASCAR Cup series auto race at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Del. NASCAR television analyst and former driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. was taken to a hospital after his plane crashed in east Tennessee. (AP Photo/Nick Wass, File)

Earnhardt takes weekend off after plane crash near Bristol

Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 17, 2017, file photo, Dale Earnhardt Jr. speaks with the media during a news conference before a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Fla. Dale Earnhardt Jr. is ready to slide into the next phase of his NASCAR career, this time as a broadcaster. Earnhardt makes his anticipated debut in the NBC Sports booth this weekend at Chicagoland. (AP Photo/Terry Renna, File)

NBC counts on Junior Nation to flock to NASCAR broadcast

By DAN GELSTON - Associated Press

Tyler Reddick, left, and team owner Dale Earnhardt Jr., right, pose with the trophy in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Xfinity series auto race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., Saturday, Feb. 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Terry Renna)

Earnhardt ready to hit South Korea for NBC Olympics gig

By DAN GELSTON - Associated Press

Alex Bowman climbs out of this car after qualifying for the NASCAR Daytona 500 auto race at Daytona International Speedway, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Alex Bowman puts No. 88 on the pole at Daytona

By Jenna Fryer - Associated Press

Dale Jr. crashes in snowy weather after helping other driver

Associated Press

FILE - In this April 25, 2017, file photo, Dale Earnhardt Jr., right, talks with a fan after a news conference at Hendrick Motorsports in Concord, N.C. Earnhardt Jr. barely had time to ease into retirement before NBC Sports gave him a full workload. Earnhardt will be part of the network's pregame show before the Super Bowl, then head to South Korea for NBC Sports' coverage of next month's Olympics. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)

Earnhardt Jr. to help NBC Sports at Super Bowl and Olympics

By JENNA FRYER - Associated Press

Dale Earnhardt Jr. speaks with the media during a news conference before Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Fla., Friday, Nov. 17, 2017. Earnhardt is at peace with his decision to retire as he straps into the No. 88 Chevrolet for the final time in his NASCAR Cup career on Sunday. The 43-old Earnhardt has Homestead-Miami Speedway stamped as the final spot in his farewell tour. (AP Photo/Terry Renna)

Dale Jr. reflects on Hurricane Irma’s impact on Florida Keys

By MARK LONG - Associated Press

Dale Earnhardt Jr., and Washington Redskins Josh Norman talk to the media after Earnhardt Jr. drove Norman around the track, Tuesday Aug. 8, 2017 in Richmond, Va. (Shaban Athuman/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)

Dale Earnhardt Jr. leaves truck running at airport during Redskins training camp visit

By Josh Luckenbaugh - The Washington Times

Dale Earnhardt Jr. (88) talks with his crew after dropping out of the NASCAR Brickyard 400 auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Sunday, July 23, 2017. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)

NASCAR’s Earnhardt Jr. headed to NBC broadcast booth in 2018

Associated Press

Driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. signs autographs for fans as he walks through the garage area after a NASCAR auto racing practice at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H., Friday, July 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Alex Bowman to replace Earnhardt Jr. in No. 88 car in 2018

By MICHAEL MAROT - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2015, file photo, Baylor helmets on shown the field after an NCAA college football game in Waco, Texas. The NCAA is conducting an “ongoing, pending investigation” into Baylor University in the wake of a sexual assault scandal that led to the firing of football coach Art Briles and the departure of the school president, the school’s lawyers confirmed in a federal court filing. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Column: Dale Jr. farewell tour begins, but it isn’t goodbye

By JENNA FRYER - Associated Press

Driver Kyle Larson watches during practice for a NASCAR Xfinity Series auto race, Friday, April 21, 2017 in Bristol, Tenn. NASCAR officials announced because of weather, the field for Sunday's Monster Cup race will set by points. Larson is the current points leader and will be on the pole. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)

NASCAR has huge hole to fill after Earnhardt retires

By JENNA FRYER - Associated Press

In this Feb. 20, 2016, file photo, Dale Earnhardt Jr. looks from the garage before practice at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

NASCAR star Dale Earnhardt Jr. to retire after season

By JENNA FRYER - Associated Press

In this Oct. 26, 2014, file photo, Dale Earnhardt Jr. celebrates winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race with team owner Rick Hendrick, front right, in Victory Lane at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Va. Hendrick Motorsports says Dale Earnhardt Jr. will retire at the end of this season. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Dale Earnhardt Jr., NASCAR star, to retire at the end of the season

By Jenna Fryer - Associated Press