Junior's old-school Dew paint job

Posted: Friday May 09, 2008 06:56AM ET

Dale Earnhardt Jr. is an "old-school" racer, and he'll sport an "old-school" paint scheme this weekend at Darlington Raceway. Earnhardt Jr.'s No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet has a Mountain Dew paint scheme much like Darrell Waltrip's No. 11 Chevy from the 1980s. "I think the Mountain Dew retro paint scheme is very fitting for the history at Darlington," Earnhardt Jr. said. "The car itself is an old paint scheme on a new car, and we've got an old race track with a new surface."

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Dale Earnhardt Jr., AP

Dale Earnhardt Jr., AP

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Very cool retro tribute. The sales generated would finance electricity for NYC for a month.

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Very nice. I'll be contributing to NYC's electric capacity

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I'm an old school NASCAR fan whoooo-hoooooo ..... go Little E..... get er done!!

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exactly what Sir Robin said !

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maybe the problem is he hasnt been paying attention in class......................lately they have been stealing his lunch money................just kidding.......good luck at darlington jr.

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Someone needs to rock the old school Mello Yello from Days of Thunder. WOOOOOOOOO

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Todays useless Junior story. You all realize that when he wins it will be even worse.

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Someone needs to rock the old school Mello Yello from Days of Thunder. WOOOOOOOOO

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That would be cool........you know we are still drinking it in the south.

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Todays useless Junior story. You all realize that when he wins it will be even worse.

Rickapolis-Bard of Who's Who | 05/09/08, 11:08 AM

Why is that?

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That would be cool........you know we are still drinking it in the south.
jackmanrob | 05/09/08, 11:56 AM

Really??? I can't find that stuff anywhere!

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I will fedex you case WeaponX....for a small donation to my favorite charity.....unwed mothers.

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where is the story bout junior not winning because of his seat was too uncomfortable

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Yeah Jr. paint scheme is cool but I also like Kyle's paint scheme.

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I will fedex you case WeaponX....for a small donation to my favorite charity.....unwed mothers.
jackmanrob | 05/09/08, 01:15 PM

Deal...I personally donate to that charity on the weekends

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everyday its something else, espn the magazines interview, is it me or does it seem like about every 3 months or so, there is something going on about how jr lost his dad, and a documentary and all that. It has been over 7 years, and they make stories of it likes its yesterday, no disrespect at all, but they need to let it go and talk about how jr is going to race this weekend or something, what about all of us that lose are dads. You know, I mean drop it media.. the paint scheme yeah cool, but its a damn paint job, like every other driver that has one a some point in the year.

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Jr. fans are stupid.

If his last name were Smith no one would even care.

His dad sucked.

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Jon, you suck

JR's paint jobs haven't been that impressive this year, I hope this one is better!

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Jackmann!!!! please choose another charity. Been damn busy. Tryin to get back in the groove.

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Also if his last name wasn't earnfart, Jr. would be pumpin gas or working on a farm somewhere....... OVERRATED. Like the Nike ads say "image" is everything! 2 years and counting.... He sold out to pappa hendricks. He will get his championship one day unfortunatly...

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Jr sold out nothing...he went to HMS so he could be true to himself.....get it right.

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