Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Ralph Dale Earnhardt Jr., known as Dale Jr or Junior, is an American professional stock car racing driver, team owner, broadcaster, podcaster and businessman, born and raised in Kannapolis, North Carolina. A third-generation driver and the son of seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Dale Earnhardt, he drove the No. 8 Budweiser Chevrolet for his father's team Dale Earnhardt, Inc. from his Cup debut in 1999 until 2007, then the No. 88 for Hendrick Motorsports from 2008 until he stopped racing full time after 2017. He has 26 Cup Series wins, won the Busch Series championship in 1998 and 1999, and won the Daytona 500 in 2004 and 2014. He was voted NASCAR Most Popular Driver fifteen consecutive times from 2003 to 2017, co-owns JR Motorsports, and became a broadcaster after retiring from full-time driving.