Originally Posted By: 1999nick
The number 3 currently , and also while Earnhardt Senior was driving the car, belongs to Richard Childress. If the Dillon boy does well in the Nationwide Series next year, R C should use the 3 when he graduates to cup.
I do not believe he will be as dirty a driver as Earnhardt Sr. I have been a race fan for almost 60 years, and I never did like Sr's dirty style.
I agree with you.
Furthermore, when Richard Childress drove his own cars on the Cup circuit, he ran a CRC Chemicals #3.
Yeah, #3 was the number Earnhardt had the most success with, but it's not "his" number.
Earnhardt drove a #2 for Rod Osterlund and a #15 for Bud Moore. Ricky Rudd drove the #3 while Earnhardt was running the #15 Wrangler car.
Sorry, this whole Earnhardt #3 thing is overblown IMO.