Dale Earnhardt Jr. doesn't want to begin trend of using father's No. 3 every year
Dale Earnhardt Jr. plans to make Friday night's Nationwide Series race his last appearance driving the No. 3 car.
Earnhardt's Chevrolet will carry the No. 3 and a blue-and-yellow retro Wrangler paint scheme to honor his father's induction into the NASCAR Hall of Fame.
The car is a replica of the No. 3 Chevrolet the late Dale Earnhardt drove from 1981 to 1987, a time when he claimed one of his seven championships.
Earnhardt Jr. has driven the No. 3 before in Nationwide Series events, but he says this will be his final time.
He said he has "no intentions of making it a habit to run special paint schemes" with his father's number every year.
Earnhardt died in an accident on the last lap of the 2001 Daytona 500.
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