Dale Earnhardt Jr. hasn’t raced within the Daytona 500 or the NASCAR Cup Collection since 2017, however somebody near him is pushing for that to vary subsequent yr.
Earnhardt Jr. revealed that his spouse, Amy, informed him that he ought to race within the 2027 Daytona 500. Earnhardt’s race staff, JR Motorsports, entered a automobile within the 2025 and 2026 Daytona 500 with driver Justin Allgaier behind the wheel.
“Amy informed me I ought to run the Daytona 500 subsequent yr,” Earnhardt Jr. said in a clip posted to social media. “I used to be like, ‘what?’ We have been laying in mattress Sunday night time after the race, [and] she was like, ‘You must simply drive it subsequent yr.’ I am like, ‘good day? Pardon me? What’d you say? Are you okay?'”
May Dale Earnhardt Jr. return to NASCAR?
Since concussions compelled Earnhardt Jr. into an early retirement from full-time Cup Collection competitors in 2017, he is competed in 10 NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Elements Collection races. He didn’t race within the O’Reilly Auto Elements Collection in 2025.
