Dale Jr. to drive No. 3 Nationwide

**Captain Backdoor** · 04-23-2010, 02:18 PM

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. will drive a No. 3 Nationwide Series car in the July race at Daytona International Speedway as part of a tribute series to his late father, sources close to the situation told ESPN.com.

http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/nascar/nat...id=5126250

back_in_black · 04-23-2010, 09:57 PM

thats good

**NYY10** · 04-23-2010, 10:14 PM

good to hear.. I think he should just keep on driving the 3 car

**TidesHoss32** · 04-24-2010, 01:47 PM

Well, when Earnhardt was alive, I despised him as a driver. I despised him because he was ruthless, and because he was great. I respected him enough to say that he was arguably the greatest driver in the history of NASCAR (with the exception of my hero, David Pearson). The number 3 should NEVER be raced again. Do the right thing, NASCAR, and retire the number. Let him have 8 again or whatever, but nobody deserves the 3 again.

14thregionrules · 04-24-2010, 02:40 PM

thats gonna be the greatest race ever i hope jr wins it in honor of his dad go getem jr

K_Mac · 04-24-2010, 02:51 PM

If he would race the black 3 in the sprint series it would be great as well. I would rather see him race for Childers who owns the rights to the number then anyone else. However I look forward to watching this. I think being in the 3 car might give Jr. more confidence and we might see him race harder. I would love nothing more then for Jr. to start winning races and keep the Earnhardt tradition and name as great drivers alive.

Crazy Horse · 04-26-2010, 10:44 AM

I love this...this is a great way to remember the greatest to ever get in any vehicle

**Captain Backdoor** · 04-27-2010, 09:40 AM

K_Mac Wrote:If he would race the black 3 in the sprint series it would be great as well. I would rather see him race for Childers who owns the rights to the number then anyone else. However I look forward to watching this. I think being in the 3 car might give Jr. more confidence and we might see him race harder. I would love nothing more then for Jr. to start winning races and keep the Earnhardt tradition and name as great drivers alive.

:Thumbs:

BloodyHarlanVOL · 04-27-2010, 12:59 PM

Nice salute to the Intimidator. As long as he's driving the #3 in the Nationwide Series, then I see no problem with it. In the Cup Series, the #3 is associated with greatness and there is no one in Nascar who is worthy of having the #3, especially JR. It would be a slap to the face for Nascar to issue that number to anyone ever again. I have to agree with TideHoss and say that the number should be retired.

HAIL PIKEVILLE! · 04-28-2010, 01:02 AM

Its good to hear hes racing the #3 again. JR has had alot of success in that series with that number. Plus it gives me an excuse to break out some of my old #3 stuff LOL!!!

Grand Slam · 05-01-2010, 11:02 AM

This makes for good TV