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Chevrolet Camaro Ralph Dale Earnhardt Jr. (born October 10, 1974) is an American stock car racing driver. He competes occasionally in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 88 Chevrolet Camaro for his team JR Motorsports.

About JR Motorsports JR Motorsports is the professional race team owned by Dale Earnhardt Jr. JR Motorsports tours nationally in the NASCAR Xfinity Series with four full-time entries and has three championships (2014, 2017 and 2018) to its credit and 58 series victories.

stepping away from full-time NASCAR competition? In short, Earnhardt wanted to control his own destiny. Here's the main reasons he cited. "I had a lot to think about over the last several months, and I was not sure I would have the opportunity to compete this season," Earnhardt said.

Five-Time NASCAR Champion In and out of the cockpit, Earnhardt was a winner. In 1998 and '99, Earnhardt won consecutive championships in the NASCAR Busch Grand National Series (now Xfinity Series), where he also won 24 races, in addition to his 26 premier series victories.

Tex Earnhardt, founder of Earnhardt Auto Centers, was raised on a ranch in the Rio Grande Valley of Southern Texas. In 1951, when he was twenty years old, he and his family moved to Chandler, AZ where his father, Hal Earnhardt Sr., started a small gas station downtown.

stepping away from full-time NASCAR competition? In short, Earnhardt wanted to control his own destiny. Here's the main reasons he cited. "I had a lot to think about over the last several months, and I was not sure I would have the opportunity to compete this season," Earnhardt said.

Some of his well-known endorsement partners include Chevrolet, Goody's, Wrangler, Axalta, Gillette, EA Sports, and many others. Dale Jr. also owns a media production company named Hammerhead Entertainment.

However, no drivers will feel the agony of defeat in the Rolex 24 than what came a few years prior. Tony Stewart and Dale Earnhardt Jr. work well at the restrictor plate tracks of Daytona and Talladega, they also get along well off them, becoming fast friends since they started racing together in 2000.

Five-Time NASCAR Champion In 1998 and '99, Earnhardt won consecutive championships in the NASCAR Busch Grand National Series (now Xfinity Series), where he also won 24 races, in addition to his 26 premier series victories.

To go with his on-track success (26 Cup wins - including two Daytona 500s - and two Xfinity Series championships), Earnhardt used his stardom to extend the boundaries of NASCAR's awareness around the world. In other words, Earnhardt helped make NASCAR more famous.

Now in its 22nd year, JR Motorsports is the professional race team co-owned by NASCAR Hall of Fame member and 15-time Most Popular Driver Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kelley Earnhardt Miller and NASCAR Hall of Famer Rick Hendrick.