No Truckin’ For Junior—Yet
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Dec 05, 2008
While Dale Earnhardt Jr. has struggled to find sponsorship for his JR Motorsports Nationwwide Series program, television ratings have spiked for the soon-to-be Camping World Truck Series. Between the Truck Series gaining in exposure and being cheaper, wouldn’t that be a good target for the future of JR Motorsports?
“Well, not necessarily,” Junior answered. “The Truck Series is very interesting and would be fun. But it would be expensive to begin from anew. Not having a Truck chassis, or any of the components that the Truck Series runs different from the Nationwide car. But, it would depend on the sponsor. If Chevrolet came and pushed us in that direction, and we had a sponsor willing, that would be just as exciting and we would be able to accomplish basically the same amount exposure-wise as we do from the [Nationwide Series]. From my understanding, the Truck Series was rewarded some high marks by the fans last year. So that bodes well for it over the Nationwide Series.”
Earnhardt added that he has never talked with his JR Motorsports partner, Rick Hendrick, about forming a Truck program.
