In 2003, Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s fourth season of full-time , he received NASCAR’s annual award and didn’t give it up throughout his profession, which resulted in 2017.
However in a testomony to his ongoing recognition, the person can nonetheless promote vehicles.
Particularly pint-sized mannequin vehicles, identified within the trade as die-cast.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Budweiser are set to reunite on the November 23 late mannequin inventory race at Florence. He will even drive the Bud No. 8 automotive in choose races in 2025.
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Lionel Racing has launched the highest 10 best-selling die-cast vehicles of 2024, and a Dale Jr. late-model Chevy topped the checklist. And never simply any late-model race automotive, however one carrying the paint scheme and emblem of the sponsor synonymous with Junior throughout the bulk of his profession: Budweiser.
The King of Beers was Junior’s sole Cup Sequence sponsor by means of the 2007 season, again when season-long sponsors had been way more frequent than they might turn into in later 12 months.
Subsequent on the gross sales checklist got here one other nod to driver recognition mixed with some nostalgia: Chase Elliott’s Hooters-sponsored automotive 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 crew — that made the Texas victory die-cast an instantaneous collector’s merchandise.
