We keep hearing how the #8 belonged to Sr., how it belongs to Jr., how it should stay with Junior, how it’s sad to see it go, yet I don’t recall anyone throwing much of a fit when Mark Martin was driving it. Let’s take a look and see exactly who has driven this number that is supposedly “exclusive” to the Earnhardt’s.
2009 Aric Almirola
2008 Aric Almirola
2008 Mark Martin
2007 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
2006 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
2005 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
2004 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
2003 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
2002 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
2001 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
2000 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
1998 Morgan Shepherd
1998 Buckshot Jones
1998 Hut Stricklin
1997 Hut Stricklin
1996 Hut Stricklin
1995 Jeff Burton
1994 Jeff Burton
1993 Sterling Marlin
1992 Dick Trickle
1992 Rick Wilson
1991 Rick Wilson
1990 Bobby Hillin, Jr
1989 Bobby Hillin, Jr
1988 Bobby Hillin, Jr
1987 Bobby Hillin, Jr
1986 Bobby Hillin, Jr
1985 Bobby Hillin, Jr
1984 Bobby Hillin, Jr
1983 Bobby Hillin, Jr
1982 Dick Brooks
1982 Bobby Hillin, Jr
1981 Jimmy Means
1981 Dick May
1981 Rick O’Dell
1981 Kirk Shelmerdine
1980 Kevin Housby
1980 James Hylton
1979 Ed Negre
1978 Ferrel Harris
1978 Ed Negre
1978 Skip Manning
1978 Dick May
1977 Ed Negre
1976 Ed Negre
1976 Gary Matthews
1975 Ed Negre
1975 Dale Earnhardt
1975 Dick May
1975 Dean Dalton
Hmmm, it appears it has been driven by more drivers that weren’t Earnhardts and for more years, than it was driven by Earnhardts. It is a number and that’s it. It’s not as if somehow that number contains a magic power that would suddenly allow Junior to start winning again. Perhaps we should be complaining that Bobby Hillin Jr doesn’t get to keep the number since he has driven it more than anyone.
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