What do you think about Dale driving the 88 car?

Question

Sponsored by Mountain Dew and Amp energy drink

Just saw it on Sportscenter

Answer 1

Okay, Dale Jr. WILL drive a Chevrolet bearing the # 88, sold to Hendricks racing by Yates, as reported on ESPN early this morning. It's a done-deal ! No brag, just fact ! Yates sold the number, and gave permission for it's use, so Jr. will drive the # 88. I just wish people would read the question, then answer it. Personally, I'd rather see Dale's sponsor be Dr. Pepper, because I hate both Mountain Dew and Amp, but I was never fond of Budweiser either, lol.

Answer 2

It is just a number. Dale Sr. used the K-2, 2, 3, 8, 15, 77 that I can think of. It is just a Number has nothing to do with the Driver. Long live Richard Petty #43 and even this number has been used by Dallenbach, Green, Wilson, Labonte, Andretti, Hamilton just to name a few since Richards retirement!!!!

Answer 3

38 & 88 are being used by Yates. Best bet is either the 81 or 83. I like the idea of the 83 The 8 was not only a his but orginally his grandfather's and the 3 for his dad..Dale Sr.

Answer 4

LOUDON, N.H. -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. wasn't providing any hints.

"No," he said. "I've done about as good as I can do about narrowing it down and what not."

And with that, he left reporters and fans to wait until Wednesday, when the final domino in the long line of them set in motion May 10 will finally fall. The sponsor and car number Earnhardt will use next season with Hendrick Motorsports will be introduced in Dallas, also the site of a national bottler convention for Pepsi-Cola. It's the perfect place to unveil what's expected to be a No. 81 car backed by the soft drink company.

But Friday at New Hampshire International Speedway, Junior wasn't telling.

"It's going to be a lot of fun to see the reaction of the fans," Earnhardt said prior to qualifying 19th for the Sylvania 300 on the 1-mile track. "I hope that they really enjoy what we're going to do, and we've been having a lot of fun with the design and with the approach and sort of forming what our identity is going to be on the racetrack and off the racetrack."

Meanwhile, Earnhardt's old sponsor will find a home Tuesday, when Budweiser finally unveils its association with Kasey Kahne for 2008. Gillett Evernham Motorsports has called a press conference to announce a multi-year agreement, and Dodge director Mike Accavitti confirmed that Kahne's additional sponsorship will allow the manufacturer to spread more resources elsewhere. Evernham's No. 9 car, driven by Kahne the past four years, has been backed by Dodge dealers since its inception in 2001.

"This does not change our commitment to be the manufacturing leader in NASCAR's premier series, win races and consistently contend for the Nextel Cup," Accavitti said in a statement. "We now have the opportunity to apply additional resources to areas that can directly impact the on-track performance of all our teams and expand marketing opportunities for our dealers."

Kahne has a tough act to follow. Earnhardt has become synonymous with the beer brand through commercials and billboard campaigns, providing Bud with a level of visibility it never enjoyed in previous driver relationships. Pepsi-Cola now faces the challenge of meshing with Earnhardt, although the company does produce some brands like Amp and Mountain Dew that are marketed to a younger, edgier crowd.

Earnhardt wants from his new sponsor the same thing he received from his old one -- the freedom to be himself.

"The hardest part is not changing anything you do personally, about your personality or your mannerisms, or anything and trying to get them to understand that's who you are," he said. "That's how you stay comfortable and you stay grounded. Our new partners are very aware of that, that we want to continue with our personality and we don't really try to re invent the wheel or try to propose this new attitude or anything on the fan base. I just want to keep doing my job the same way I've been doing it and I want to keep being the same person I've been all this time and they're pretty comfortable with that."

81, 81, 81, 81, 81, 81 anyone notice that nobody mentioned the 88 funny stuff. You can read all about it at nascar.com

Answer 5

What is the big deal about what # Jr drives? Is it going to make him win a race? A championship? Anything? He didn't win in the #8 car, so what makes anybody think he is gonna win in any other car. Jr was probably the most talked about driver this year & he hasn't won a race or even in the chase. Talk more about the drivers that did. Gordon, Johnson, Stewart, Hamlin & the others, not Jr.

Answer 6

I'm down with it. I've changed numbers more than once in my undstinguished athetic career: 10, 14, 19, 22, 44. Funny- it never really made me play better. Seemed like ol' DW changed his number quite often.

As for the sponsor: I like it. Mt. Dew/Amp is more appealing than the rotgut otherwise known as Budweiser.

Answer 7

um that is not his number unless i missed some thing it is already owned by Robert Yates company ?? Hendrick has applied for trademarks on the Nos. 38, 81, 82, 28 and 51. I think the 38 with green and black matrix color scheme would be cool. Charlotte Observer reported Friday that Earnhardt will drive the No. 88 next season -- the same number he uses for the Busch Series car he owns -- but Junior dismissed it. for reason sited above so do your home work be for posting things. as for his relationship with the wrangler company. Meanwhile, Earnhardt has extended his deal with Wrangler.

Wrangler first aligned itself with the late Dale Earnhardt in the 1980s as the primary sponsor of his blue and yellow ``Wrangler Jean Machine'' and Junior picked up an endorsement deal with the apparel company in 2004.

``When a company like Wrangler acknowledges relationships and history, it really means something,'' Earnhardt said. ``That's why they continue to be a really special sponsor for us.''

Answer 8

I think that it's silly. Put him in the #5 car and get it over with. It's just a number and I think that his fans would remain with him regardless of the number on the car. The #8 won't be driven by Jr. anymore so it's time to move on.

Answer 9

I think it's a losey number to have. I don't understand why Hendrick just apply to use a new number. How about "83"? 8 to honor his grampa Ralph and 3 to honor his daddy.

Answer 10

Uh... good idea... but nope! I assume you mean Dale Jr & not Dale Jarrett again...

I don't think RYR would "sell" it to Hendrick... at least I hope not! Then all my Jarrett stuff will look pretty silly!!!