He drove the 8, not the 08.
Dale Jr. previously drove the #8 Budweiser Chevrolet for DEI. He switched to the #88 in 2008, when he made his move to Hendrick Motorsports..
When Dale Jr. won the 1998 and 1999 Busch Series championships he drove the #3 car. He drove the #31 prior to that. Since then, he has driven multiple car numbers which include the 3, 5, 8, 81, 83 and 88 cars in the Busch Series (now known as the Nationwide Series).
Dale Jr. drove the 9 car Kasey Kahne drove the 8 car in 2007
In the Sprint Cup Series, Dale Jr. only had two numbers. Dale drove the #8 car from 1999-2007 and the #88 car from 2008 to the present. In the Nationwide Series (formerly known as the Busch Series) Dale Jr. drove the #3, #5, #7, #8, #31, #81, #83, #87 and #88 cars.
Kasey Kahne drove the #9 Budweiser Ford in the Nascar Sprint Cup Series from 2008 to October 16, 2010. Dale Earnhardt Jr. was the full time driver of the #8 Budweiser Chevrolet from 2000-2007.
Dale Jr. drove the red Budweiser #8 Chevrolet from 1999-2007 in the Nascar Cup Series. He joined Hendrick Motorsports in 2008.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. won 17 races driving the number 8 car between 1999-2007.
The #8 Budweiser car.
9 years
Dale Jr. was the last to drive it in 2007, but there is currently no number 8 car.
No. Dale Jr. primarily drove the red #8 Budweiser car. He did drive the #8 car at times with black or white being the dominant color in his paint schemes. The only time he got to drive a green car was when he joined Hendrick Motorsports. This being the #88 Amp Energy/Mountain Dew paint scheme.