Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s JR Motorsports team earned a long-awaited start at last Sunday's Daytona 500, and driver Justin Allgaier did not disappoint. The 38-year-old NASCAR star shepherded the No. 40 Chevy to a ninth-place finish in a field featuring the best drivers in the sport.

Justin Allgaier, who has raced in only seven NASCAR Cup Series events since 2016, is stepping into Cup in the 500. It's a big deal for him, but even more so for his team owner, Dale Earnhardt Jr.

The retro Osterlund Racing hat worn by Dale Earnhardt Jr. isn’t available anywhere because it was custom manufactured. “Can’t get

Dale Earnhardt Jr was emotional after Justin Allgaier raced the JR Motorsports car into the Daytona 500 for the first time on Feb. 13. The NASCAR legend tells why.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. blinked back tears as the moment socked him at Daytona International Speedway — a track bursting with triumph and tragedy for his family — that he was, with a country star and a NASCAR champ in tow,

"Where else do you go and barely make the field and cry tears of joy? Nowhere," Earnhardt said of the fabled speedway and race.

Man, we got here, and we got a taste of it,” Dale Earnhardt Jr. said about Justin Allgaier qualifying for the Daytona 500.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. spoke candidly after the Daytona 500 about the possibility of JR Motorsports going full-time NASCAR Cup Series racing.

Where else do you go and barely make the field and cry tears of joy?” The answer is Daytona, the place that means so much to the Earnhardt family.

JR Motorsports is a championship-winning Xfinity Series team owned by Dale Earnhardt Jr. and sister Kelly. In a first Cup effort, they made the 500.