Dale Earnhardt Jr. opened his Friday noting the evening’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway may be his final foray in a NASCAR national series race. The course of the 300-lap event threw him about everything imaginable: ongoing radio issues,

Dale Earnhardt Jr. says he anticipates that tonight’s Xfinity Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway will be his final series race to at least 2026. Earnhardt, who turns 50 in October, said Friday afternoon that there is no sponsor requirement that he race next year.

Could Junior be strapping into a NASCAR race car for the final time tonight? 15-time most popular driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. retired from full-time racing in 2017, and hasn't returned to the NASCAR Cup Series since.