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Dale Earnhardt Jr. will be an owner at the Daytona 500 for the first time in 2025 with Justin Allgaier driving and Chris Stapleton sponsoring the car.

JR Motorsports has run in the second-tier Xfinity Series since 2006, but a Daytona 500 attempt with Justin Allgaier marks the team's first-ever Cup Series entry.

When the Winston Cup field cranked up their engines on Feb. 15, 1998, there was a different feeling in the air.

A beloved icon of NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt Jr., is readying up for a return to racing in 2025. Fans of this racing legend will once again see him behind the wheel of his iconic No. 8 late model car. Although he has stepped away from most NASCAR events, Earnhardt Jr. is choosing to race in smaller races, which he truly enjoys.

For the first time in JR Motorsports history, the team co-owned by two-time Daytona 500 winner Dale Earnhardt Jr. and his sister Kelley Earnhardt Miller will field an entry in the Daytona 500 with NASCAR Xfinity Series champion Justin Allgaier as the driver.

Dale Jr. and his team, JR Motorsports, will field the No. 40 NASCAR Chevy for Justin Allgaier in the 2025 Daytona 500 for the first time.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. is revamping Dirty Mo Media's "Door, Bumper, Clear" podcast with a new host lineup and broader changes.

This marks the first time JR Motorsports has entered a car in a Cup race and it comes at the event Dale Earnhardt Jr. won twice as a driver.

The 67th Daytona 500 is scheduled for Feb. 16. It will be Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s Cup Series debut as a team owner. He's a two-time Daytona 500 winner.

Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s JR Motorsports is making its NASCAR Cup Series debut at the 2025 Daytona 500 with Justin Allgaier behind the wheel of the No. 40 Chevrolet.