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Earnhardt gears up to drive Guard-sponsored cars

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Post date January 29, 2008
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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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