It’s that time of year again when Dale Earnhardt Jr. returns to the track as a driver for one race during the second-tier Xfinity Series season.
The 46-year-old soon-to-be NASCAR Hall of Famer will compete at Richmond Raceway on Saturday in the Go Bowling 250 for his lone race of the year for his own team, JR Motorsports. And it’ll be a very busy day for him.
There’s no way of knowing if this will be his last race ever or if he’ll continue with this one-off tradition. After finishing fifth at Homestead-Miami Speedway in his one race of the 2020 season, Earnhardt said he needed to evaluate whether he’s helping his team or not by jumping back behind the wheel. He said he still enjoys race, but he’s “certainly” not interested in running more than one race a year.
Well, the good news for JR Nation is he’s back for at least this season, so here are five things to know about Earnhardt’s one race of 2021.
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