Fill 'er up: The No.8 Earnhardt car in DEI
Dale Earnhardt Jr., formerly of the DEI Team, now drives for Rick Hendrick and both parties to the deal is well and happy about the trade until Junior finds out he won't be driving on a No.8 car.
NASCAR denied on Monday Hendrick's move to get the No.8 for the latest addition to his stable of ace drivers, which is likely to part Junior with the car number that his grandfather have used his own NASCAR stint.
NASCAR official Ramsey Poston told the Charlotte Observer on Monday that teams couldn't sell their numbers to other teams. The race body typically handles each number and approves whether a team can or can't run them.
A change of numbers from one team to another has been done before, although in not as high-profile as the DEI-Hendrick trade.
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