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2007-08-19 - Junior prepares for a new number

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Dale Earnhardt Jr. is excited about the future now that he knows for sure he will have to leave the No. 8 behind at Dale Earnhardt Inc.

Negotiations to take his iconic number along to Hendrick Motorsports in 2008 broke down earlier this week, leaving Earnhardt disappointed and putting the onus on stepmother Teresa Earnhardt, owner of Dale Earnhardt Inc., the team founded by his late father.

"It's her number, it's her decision," he said Sunday at Michigan International Speedway.Dale Earnhardt Jr. is excited about the future now that he knows for sure he will have to leave the No. 8 behind at Dale Earnhardt Inc.

Negotiations to take his iconic number along to Hendrick Motorsports in 2008 broke down earlier this week, leaving Earnhardt disappointed and putting the onus on stepmother Teresa Earnhardt, owner of Dale Earnhardt Inc., the team founded by his late father.

"It's her number, it's her decision," he said Sunday at Michigan International Speedway.

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