Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Country Sweetheart LeAnn Rimes
04/28/06 - Okay, so we had to stretch it to make a connection so we could post Jr.'s amazing new paint scheme for this weekend's race! Dale Jr. and LeAnn Rimes did share an autograph booth in Nashville back in January for the very sucessful "Nextel Sound & Speed" fundraiser.

Earnhardt Jr. paints track black
Dale Earnhardt Jr. will mark his late father's birthday by driving a replica of the famed No. 3 Chevrolet this weekend at Talladega Superspeedway (Ala.). Junior's trademark red Chevy will be painted black, with white lettering and silver and red stripes. The car mimics the design Dale Earnhardt made famous. Junior will still use his No. 8 -- his father's No. 3 has not been on the track since his 2001 death resulting from a crash at the Dayton 500. "The car looks good, it's a cool way to honor my dad," Earnhardt said Tuesday.
The tribute is part of a larger salute at Dale Earnhardt Inc., which is celebrating Earnhardt's Thursday night induction into the Motorsports Hall of Fame and his 55th birthday, which would have been Saturday. All three DEI cars will have the same paint scheme. The others are Martin Truex Jr.'s No. 1 Chevy and Paul Menard's No. 15 Chevy.
Remembering Dale Earnhardt Sr.....