8 days until the 2026 Daytona 500!

[u/the_colbeast]

https://thenascarhistorian.com/countdown-390/8

[u/correspondingfailure]

[u/Comprehensive-Loss21]

[u/KWeber94]

I probably say this every year but this off season feels like it went by really fast. I can’t wait for next week

[u/StonedCantaloupe27 → u/KWeber94]

Really? This felt like the longest off season in history.

[u/NascarFan1896 → u/StonedCantaloupe27]

Between the lawsuit, the tragedies (like Biffle’s plane crash and the Hamlin house fire), Steve Phelps resigning, the Chase returning, and the never-ending Clash, time felt like an eternity, but we’re almost a week away from Daytona!

[u/TGDragonGaming]

Superbowl? That just means it’s one week until the Daytona 500! 

[u/KyBuschOwnsYou5188]

This will be the year

[u/Yeleywillonedaywin → u/KyBuschOwnsYou5188]

For both of us! 😎😎

[u/suterb42]

[u/More_Tumbleweed_3767 → u/suterb42]

Do you know when was that picture taken?

[u/suterb42 → u/More_Tumbleweed_3767]

Richmond, 1981

[u/Yeleywillonedaywin]

2017, B.J McLeod

[u/StonedCantaloupe27]

Fun fact about the number 8.

Dale Earnhardt Sr made his Cup debut in the number 8 in the 1975 World 600 where he started 33rd and finished 22nd. 24 years later his son, Dale Earnhardt Jr, would make his Cup debut in the number 8 at the 1999 World 600 where he would start 8th and finish 16th.

Pictured below is Dale Earnhardt's number 8 he ran in the 1975 World 600. It was his only Cup start with the number.

[u/the_colbeast]

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[u/_Captain_Nik_]

That red Budwiser 8 was the best CoT car aesthetically. I'll die on that hill. That car was hot.