It’s that time for Dale Earnhardt Jr., NASCAR’s 14-time most popular driver.
As the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season nears the halfway point, Earnhardt will begin making his final appearances as a full-time driver at race tracks from Northern California to New Hampshire to Florida.
Today’s Toyota/Save Mart 350 (1:30 p.m. ET, FS1), will be Earnhardt’s last race at Sonoma Raceway, a track where he struggled for many years but has come to embrace and enjoy.
And next week, it gets even tougher: The Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway could be Earnhardt’s final race at the hallowed speedway, although he’s left the door open to run the Daytona 500 in the future.