Proud team owner Dale Earnhardt Jr. was in the garage right when it opened at 6 a.m. to watch his car unload. The Daytona 500 is the first Cup Series race JR Motorsports has entered. pic.twitter ...

As the frenzied final laps of Thursday’s first qualifying race came to a close at Daytona International Speedway, Justin Allgaier was in position to give Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Kelley Earnhardt ...

and Jimmie Johnson secured the two qualifying spots for non-chartered cars and forced Allgaier to wait one more night to find out if he’ll be in the 500, Dale Earnhardt Jr. provided an uplifting ...

As the frenzied final laps of Thursday’s first qualifying race came ... to give Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Kelley Earnhardt something they had never experienced — having a car in the Daytona ...