Rick Hendrick Wants To Buy The No. 8 For 2008

Rick Hendrick Wants To Buy The No. 8 For 2008
Posted on June 24th, 2007 at 2:56 pm by Editor

Car owner Rick Hendrick has let it be known to officials at Dale Earnhardt Inc. that he’d like to purchase the No. 8 for Dale Earnhardt Jr. when he begins driving for his organization in 2008. “I’m not sure what their position is or what they want for it,” Hendrick said Saturday. Earnhardt said last week he would like to stay in the No. 8 if a deal can be reached with DEI owner Teresa Earnhardt, who has the rights to the number [NASCAR owns the number and leases them to a team to use and market] and his long-time sponsor, Budweiser. Hendrick doesn’t expect any sort of announcement for at least a few weeks.