The History of the 88 Car - A Tidbit

by Bruce Simmons

With the advent of Dale Earnhardt Jr going to the Hendricks 88 car for the 2008 season, I looked up the history of the 88 number and the list of drivers is interesting:

2008 Dale Earnhardt Jr!!
2007 Ricky Rudd
1996 - 2005 Dale Jarrett
1995 Ernie Irvan
1995 Gary Bradberry
1994 P.J. Jones
1992 Mike Wallace
1992 Jeff Fuller
1991 Buddy Baker
1990 Larry Pearson
1989 Jimmy Spencer
1989 Joe Ruttman
1988 - 89 Greg Sacks
1988 Morgan Shepherd
1988 Rick Mast
1987 - 88 Buddy Baker
1987 Irv Hoerr
1986 Buddy Baker
1986 Al Unser
1986 Mike Potter
1985 Buddy Baker
1984 Rusty Wallace
1983 Donnie Allison
1983 Geoffrey Bodine
1982 Bobby Allison
1981 Ricky Rudd
1975 to 1980 Darrell Waltrip
1975 Donnie Allison
1975 Richard Childress

Here's a link to an article covering more details about the number: SceneDaily