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<\/a><\/p>\nDale Earnhardt Jr is by no means retired from racing, but his future racing in NASCAR\u2019s top divisions remains uncertain. Last fall, Earnahrdt made his most recent one-off start at Bristol Motor Speedway, but was open about the fact he had no plans to race in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2025.<\/p>\n
This has remained the case throughout the season, as both of his numbers, the No. 8 and No. 88, have raced full-time with JR Motorsports this year, and the team\u2019s part-time No. 9 has played host to Trackhouse Racing drivers. Though he has remained active racing Late Models in the CARS Tour, questions remain about his future racing on a national scale.<\/p>\n
When asked about missing this weekend\u2019s race at Bristol during this week\u2019s episode of The Dale Jr Download, the NASCAR legend reflected on his time racing part-time, and left the door open to racing in the future.<\/p>\n
Earnhardt opened by saying that these starts throughout the past few seasons were fun, but once he started getting into the depths of the race, he was just happy he went out and started the race, no matter the result.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d be running along about stage two, halfway through the race, and I\u2019m sitting there thinking to myself, \u2018I wanted to do this. I\u2019m here, and I got in the car, and I drove it and I\u2019m good, you know?\u2019 . . . I guess sitting there running around and going, \u2018Man, I\u2019ve had fun. I\u2019m pretty content. I could pull over and get out and not care about the end result.’\u201d \u2013 Dale Earnhardt Jr<\/p>\n
At 49 years old, Earnhardt seems content with the efforts he made racing one, and sometimes two, races in the Xfinity Series from 2018 to 2024, and reassured fans that \u201cI have no plans to come back and do it.\u201d Though this doesn\u2019t mean that he won\u2019t, as he says he will \u201cprobably regret\u201d not racing a few more times when he is older.<\/p>\n
He even went as far as to say, \u201cI probably should run one or two more,\u201d though he doesn\u2019t know what track that would be at. Earnhardt has said numerous in the past that if the series went to North Wilkesboro, he would like to race<\/a>, though he backtracked on those past statements during this episode, saying he wouldn\u2019t due to the track\u2019s repave.<\/p>\n But to this point, Earnhardt said that down the line, the pavement could wear down again, and that he doesn\u2019t \u201chave any problem with getting in my Xfinity car in eight years and running a one-off.\u201d<\/p>\n Interestingly enough, the former two-time Xfinity Series champion listed two tracks in Tennessee as ones he\u2019d like to race. The first track, to no surprise, was Bristol, while the second was Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway, a track the series has not raced at since 2000 and is currently attempting a NASCAR revival of its own<\/a> much like North Wilkesboro did.<\/p>\n Dale Jr Since Retiring<\/p>\n Since his retirement from full-time NASCAR competition and the NASCAR Cup Series in 2017, Earnhardt has, of course, made his name in NASCAR media, working with NBC from 2018 to 2023 and Prime Video\/TNT Sports this season. But, this hasn\u2019t kept the racing icon off the track.<\/p>\n He made eight Xfinity Series starts from 2018 to 2024 at Richmond, Darlington, Homestead, Martinsville, and Bristol. In these typically one-off races, with him having made two in 2023, Earnhardt scored a best finish of fourth at Richmond in 2018, and averaged a 10.1 finish for JRM.<\/p>\n Though he failed to win during this stretch, he showed speed and looked like a potential winner before a fire led to his only DNF of this period at Bristol in 2023.<\/p>\n Prior to 2022, Earnhardt started racing late models again, something he has kept doing into this season. Since 2022, Earnhardt has made 14 late model starts, finishing a best of third at North Wilkesboro in 2022 and averaging a 12.1 finish.<\/p>\n This season, the NASCAR legend has made three starts in the CARS Tour, finishing a best of 10th at Anderson Motor Speedway last month. He has one more race on his schedule this season on October 4 with the CARS Tour at Tri-County Speedway.<\/p>\n Let us know your thoughts on this! Join the discussion on Discord<\/a> or X<\/a>, and remember to follow us on\u00a0Instagram<\/a>,\u00a0Facebook<\/a>, and\u00a0YouTube<\/a> for more updates.\u00a0<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t