It will be 232 days since Dale Earnhardt Jr. was in a Cup race when he wheels the No. 88 Chevrolet in the 2017 Daytona 500. He'll have a new-look car to go with it.
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Hendrick Motorsports and Nationwide, Earnhardt's primary sponsor, revealed the No. 88 paint scheme that will be run for the majority of the 36 Cup races next season in a Facebook live video on Tuesday.
When Earnhardt takes the track at Daytona for Speedweeks he expects be fully recovered from concussion-like symptoms that sidelined him from the final 18 races of the 2016 season.