In 2003, Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s fourth season of full-time , he gained NASCAR’s annual award and didn’t give it up during his profession, which resulted in 2017.
However in a testomony to his ongoing recognition, the person can nonetheless promote automobiles.
Particularly pint-sized mannequin automobiles, identified within the business as die-cast.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Budweiser are set to reunite on the November 23 late mannequin inventory race at Florence. He can even drive the Bud No. 8 automobile in choose races in 2025.
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Lionel Racing has launched the highest 10 best-selling die-cast automobiles of 2024, and a Dale Jr. late-model Chevy topped the listing. And never simply any late-model race automobile, however one carrying the paint scheme and brand of the sponsor synonymous with Junior in the course of the bulk of his profession: Budweiser.
The King of Beers was Junior’s sole Cup Sequence sponsor via the 2007 season, again when season-long sponsors had been way more widespread than they might develop into in later 12 months.
Subsequent on the gross sales listing got here one other nod to driver recognition mixed with some nostalgia: Chase Elliott’s Hooters-sponsored automobile he drove to a win this 12 months at Texas Motor Speedway.
Lower than three months later, Hooters, scheduled to sponsor Elliott for a handful of 2024 races, had its partnership with Elliott’s group — that made the Texas victory die-cast an immediate collector’s merchandise.
