On a relatively quiet day of NASCAR champions week in Las Vegas, NASCAR’s most popular driver was the center of attention Wednesday. Dale Earnhardt Jr. revealed the paint scheme he will race with in 2016 and just like his days in the No. 8 Budweiser car Earnhardt Jr. will back in a red Chevy.
Axalta, a former sponsor of Jeff Gordon’s No. 24 for Hendrick Motorsports, will be the primary sponsor for Earnhardt for 13 Sprint Cup races in 2016. The partnership was announced in October. The contract extension will take Axaltas presence and one of the longest running sponsorships in NASCAR through 2018. The company, once known as DuPont , is now in its 23rd full season in NASCAR dating back to November 1992 when the company first began sponsoring Gordon.
In addition to the 13 events as a primary sponsor, Axalta will be featured as a major associate sponsor during all non-primary events. MORE>>>
Greg is the author of "The Nuts and Bolts of NASCAR: The Definitive Viewers' Guide to Big-Time Stock Car Auto Racing" and has been published in major publications across the country including the Los Angeles Times, the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He was also a contributor to Chicken Soup for the NASCAR Soul, published in 2010, and the Christmas edition in 2016. He wrote as the NASCAR, Formula 1, Auto Reviews and National Veterans Affairs Examiner for Examiner.com and has appeared on Fox News. He holds a BS degree in communications, a Masters degree in psychology and is currently a PhD candidate majoring in psychology. He is currently the weekend Motorsports Editor for Autoweek.
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