It’s beginning to get actual for NASCAR Corridor of Famer Dale Earnhardt Jr.
The 26-time NASCAR Cup Collection winner, NBC broadcaster and JR Motorsports group proprietor will make his lone NASCAR Xfinity Collection begin of the season Friday at Martinsville Speedway (7:30 p.m. ET, FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio), and he and the group are getting the ultimate particulars excellent.
Earnhardt retired from full-time Cup Collection competitors after the 2017 season. In annually since, he has entered one Xfinity Collection race per season in a part-time effort together with his JR Motorsports group.
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Friday will mark his first Xfinity Collection begin on the 0.526-mile Virginia oval. The collection returned to Martinsville final season after a virtually 14-year hiatus.
Earnhardt has loads of Cup Collection reps on the observe, although. He notched the twenty third of his 26 profession Cup Collection victories in 2014 at Martinsville, claiming the observe’s signature grandfather clock trophy. That win marked his final with crew chief Steve Letarte, who now works alongside Earnhardt as a fellow analyst with NBC Sports activities.
Since 2018, Earnhardt’s 4 Xfinity Collection begins have produced three top-five finishes. He has competed in two one-off begins at Richmond Raceway (2018, 2021), plus single begins at Darlington Raceway (2019) and Homestead-Miami Speedway (2020).
Earnhardt will drive the No. 88 Hellmann’s Chevrolet on Friday night time, and he’ll have a particular steering wheel, too. The orange, camouflaged wheel will likely be auctioned off after the occasion to boost funds to battle meals insecurity by way of The Dale Jr. Basis’s accomplice charities.
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