NASCAR Hall of Fame driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. has come out of retirement and participated in several races since retiring from the NASCAR Cup Series in 2017. Earnhardt has already announced that he will be racing in Bristol in September, but it looks like he’ll be in the driver’s seat in October, too.
On Thursday morning, NASCAR announced that Dale Earnhardt Jr. will participate in the Xfinity Series race at Homestead-Miami in October.
“He’s baaaack!” NASCAR’s official Twitter account said in a tweet on Thursday morning.
He's baaaack! @DaleJr will drive in the #XfinitySeries race at @HomesteadMiami this October. pic.twitter.com/2096ubRq1T
— NASCAR (@NASCAR) July 6, 2023
“Earnhardt’s appearance at Homestead-Miami is a return trip in his post-retirement tour. He finished fifth there in 2020,” NASCAR said in a release on Thursday morning. “Since his transition from the Cup Series to an analyst role with NBC Sports, Earnhardt has also raced at Richmond Raceway (2018, 2021), Darlington Raceway (2019), and Martinsville Speedway (2022). His most recent Xfinity Series effort ended in an 11th-place finish, topped by a post-race cooler of beer on Martinsville’s pit road.”
It’s a major announcement for Dale Jr., and the NASCAR world had plenty to say about it on social media as they expressed their excitement about him returning to the driver’s seat.
Make it two Xfinity races for Dale Jr. as he will also run Bristol in September. https://t.co/JNf4urpV4T
— Cameron Richardson (@therichreport) July 6, 2023
This is awesome news and makes my Thursday that much better!#NASCAR https://t.co/Q7HznbL4oN
— Dyl (@Chill_Dyl123) July 6, 2023
HAD MY TICKETS FOR A WHOLE YEAR ALREADY, LETS GOOOO 🏆🏁
This will be my first, and possibly only time, ever seeing Jr. drive in person, so hyped! 🤩 https://t.co/t29t3kHf72
— The Blue Deuce (@TheBIueDeuce) July 6, 2023
Lets goooooooo
I’ll always be a Jr fan https://t.co/hggeoS3Aiu
— Corbin MacAulay (@corbmacaulay) July 6, 2023
Letsssss goooooooooo @DaleJr !!!!!!!!!!! https://t.co/3PheYv3enb
— Neo (@96_kingz) July 6, 2023
Omg!!!!!! https://t.co/AzfeGo1afA
— 💜💛Manda💜💛 (@Amanda_skol88) July 6, 2023
— Lewis Franck (@LewisFranck) July 6, 2023
Since his retirement from full-time racing, Earnhardt has served as an analyst for NBC Sports. But he’s never been shy about returning to the driver’s seat from time to time.
