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Guard Soldiers, Earnhardt join up at NASCAR event

Dale Earnhardt Jr. (right) talks with members of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard on June 9, 2008, at Pocono Raceway, Pa., before driving the No. 88 National Guard car in NASCAR's Sprint Cup Pocono 500. Braving near triple-digit temperatures, it was the hottest race of the season for Earnhardt and the No. 88 Guard car team, but they held third position in Sprint's leader points standings and now claim six top-five finishes and ten top-10 finishes.

Hours before his seventh-place start and a fourth-place finish in NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Pocono 500 at Pocono Raceway June 9, Dale Earnhardt Jr. looked fresh and rested as he visited National Guard members at an infield area.

Earnhardt, dressed in a T-shirt, jeans, and sneakers, took 15 minutes out of his busy race day for an exclusive interview with The On Guard, the National Guard’s official newspaper, and to sign a few autographs and hang out with 18 new enlistees in the Pennsylvania Army Guard.

Then he climbed into the blue and white No. 88 National Guard Chevy Impala to endure the heat of competition under the watchful eyes of thousands of his military and civilian fans.

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Earnhardt gears up to drive Guard-sponsored cars

NASCAR auto racer Dale Earnhardt Jr. speaks with members of the press Jan. 23 at Hendrick Motorsports headquarters outside Charlotte, N.C. Earnhardt will drive the National Guard's co-sponsored No. 88 Sprint Cup car and will join Landon Cassill to co-drive the Guard's primary-sponsored No. 05 Nationwide Series car. NASCAR's auto racing season starts in mid-February at Daytona International Speedway, Fla. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Mike R. Smith, National Guard Bureau)

As he drives its sponsored race cars at NASCAR’s top auto racing competitions this year, Dale Earnhardt Jr. hopes to learn more about the National Guard.

“It’s going to be a year-long introduction of myself to the Guard (and) how I can be an asset to them,” Earnhardt said here Jan. 23.

With the 2008 NASCAR auto racing season less than a month from its first competitive laps, Earnhardt said he has hopes for a successful racing season with a new lineup of team members and sponsors, including the National Guard.

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