Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s Car Collection

Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s Car Collection

HOMESTEAD, FL - NOVEMBER 18: Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the #88 AXALTA Chevrolet, stands in the garage area during practice for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Championship Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 18, 2017 in Homestead, Florida. (Photo by Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images) /

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May 8, 2021; Darlington, SC, USA; Former NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. poses for a picture with the restored 1984 Chevy Nova driven by his father the late Dale Earnhardt Sr. on pit road prior to the Steakhouse Elite 200 at Darlington Raceway. Mandatory Credit: Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports /

1984 Chevrolet Nova #8

The #8 Goodwrench Chevy Nova was built and driven by Dale Earnhardt Sr. in 1984 to race in the NASCAR Busch Series. The car was used sporadically by Earnhardt from 1984 to 1988. It originally started off as Pontiac Ventura, which is effectively the same as a Nova, but the front nose was changed to a Nova .

“We restored it from top to bottom,” Robert Gee Jr., Dale Sr.’s brother-in-law, said. “It’s back to original. We cut everything that wasn’t original off, and made it all back to original. It could be raced the way it is today. We even cut parts of the chassis off. It had been modified. We took the whole rear clip off because it had been modified for a quick-change rear end. We ran a 9-inch rear end. We did a lot of work on it.”

Earnhardt Jr. took the iconic silver & black Chevy to Darlington and drove it as the pace car for the “Steakhouse Elite 200” Xfinity Series race earlier this season.

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