DALE EARNHARDT JR. was one of the big winners in the 8 car

The winningest Cup driver in the No. 8 cars was Joe Weatherly, who won 20 races in 110 starts in that car number. The No. 2 winner in the 8 was Dale Earnhardt Jr., who won 17 races in 291 starts in the 8.

Bobby Hillin got one win, eight top-fives and 41 top-10s in 204 starts in the 8 cars.

Related post: WHO’S DRIVING the 8 car?

Mark Martin started 24 races with no wins in No. 8 cars; Dick Trickle had no wins in 28 starts in the 8. Sterling Marlin, Jeff Burton and Hut Stricklin used that car number, as did Morgan Shepherd, Elmo Langley, Jack Smith, Marvin Panch, Tiny Lund, J.D. McDuffie, Wendell Scott and many others.

Dale Earnhardt Sr. made one start in the 8, starting 22nd and finishing 33rd. Ralph Earnhardt, Dale's dad, was a big-time short-track driver in the 8, so Dale was interested in it as well. That's how Dale Jr. wound up driving the 8 car in Cup before he switched to the 88.

Tyler Reddick has been driving the 8 car in 2020.

Related posts
On the Mark (with Mark Martin)
The 1 was not a lonely number in Cup racing
The 2 has been a winning car Number in NASCAR

Earnhardt made the 3 an intimidating number
The 4 was a good number in the Daytona 500
Terry Labonte was the winningest driver in the 5 car
MARK MARTIN was a BIG-TIME driver in the 6 CARS
Alan Kulwicki was a CHAMPION in the No. 7 Fords

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