Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s first outing running a NASCAR Cup Series car could hardly have gone better. JR Motorsports’ reigning Xfinity

Dale Earnhardt Jr. and JR Motorsports had a highly successful first foray into the NASCAR Cup Series over the weekend when Justin Allgaier drove the No. 40 car in the Daytona 500. Allgaier finished in the top 10,

Dale Earnhardt Jr. blinked back tears as the moment socked him at Daytona International Speedway — a track bursting with triumph and tragedy for his family — that he was, with a country star and a NASCAR champ in tow,

Man, we got here, and we got a taste of it,” Dale Earnhardt Jr. said about Justin Allgaier qualifying for the Daytona 500.

Dale Earnhardt Jr was emotional after Justin Allgaier raced the JR Motorsports car into the Daytona 500 for the first time on Feb. 13. The NASCAR legend tells why.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. spoke candidly after the Daytona 500 about the possibility of JR Motorsports going full-time NASCAR Cup Series racing.

A look at Dale Earnhardt Sr., a seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion who died in a crash at the 2001 Daytona 500

Dale Earnhardt Jr. stretched out his hand to Justin Allgaier on pit road after Allgaier finished ninth in Sunday’s Daytona 500 in the first race for Earnhardt as a Cup car owner. “Good job,” Earnhardt said as he slapped hands with Allgaier.

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Feb. 18, 2001, auto racing star Dale Earnhardt Sr. died in a crash in the final lap of the Daytona 500; he was 49. The Daytona 500 is a big deal to race fans,