Earnhardt Jr. selected the No. 8 when he started his Sprint Cup career because his grandfather, Ralph Earnhardt, used the number. Junior races under the No. 88 at Hendrick, but admits he loved the ...

His parents were Martha Coleman and Ralph Earnhardt, who was a short-track driver in the same state. In his teens, Dale would sit and carefully look at his father building dirt track cars in the ...

His grandfather, Ralph Earnhardt, drove No. 8 race cars during his many years of short-track racing through the Carolinas and elsewhere. ... In 2014, Childress returned the number to the track, ...

The number 8 has a deep history with Earnhardt's family. ... Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s grandfather, Ralph Earnhardt, and his father, Dale Earnhardt Sr., both used the number 8 car.

Ralph Earnhardt worked briefly in a textile mill and a neighborhood garage before going ”serious” racing in the mid-’50s. He built cars and engines in a garage behind his house, Dale always ...

His grandfather, Ralph Earnhardt, drove No. 8 race cars during his many years of short-track racing through the Carolinas and elsewhere. ... In 2014, Childress returned the number to the track, ...

Dale Earnhardt Jr. got his famous No. 8 back for the upcoming 2019 NASCAR season. The number “was made famous” by Earnhardt when he drove the No. 8 Budweiser car to 17 wins from 2000 to 2007 ...

His grandfather, Ralph Earnhardt, drove No. 8 race cars during his many years of short-track racing through the Carolinas and elsewhere. ... In 2014, Childress returned the number to the track, ...