“King Leading the Field” – Dale Earnhardt Jr’s Valiant Efforts, Set to Be Headlined by 10 Cup Series Titles, Trigger Chatter Among NASCAR Fandom

The veteran Dale Earnhardt Jr has greatly contributed to NASCAR. As a driver, he achieved big milestones in his career, and post his retirement from racing, he has gone all in to take the sport to the next level. He is the main reason for the return of the historic track North Wilkesboro Speedway to NASCAR for the All-Star Race scheduled for May this year. And to add more excitement to it all, NASCAR has come out with the two Cup Series Champions who will be the Grand Marshals at the event.

This recent development has all the fans excited, and this was quite evident in the comment section of one of the r/NASCAR posts on Reddit. 

Fans are elated to hear the news about the race at the historic track brought back by Dale Earnhardt Jr

It was NASCAR Journalist Bob Pockrass who wrote on Twitter, “Grand marshals for the all-star race will be Richard Petty and Darrell Waltrip. … fyi haven’t gotten the format yet but expecting an event that would be 200 laps or so.” Fans were ecstatic with the comeback of the racetrack and now this information has only added to their excitement.

[Bob Pockrass twitter] Grand marshals for all-star race will be Richard Petty and Darrell Waltrip
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A lot of them shared their thoughts in the comments. With seven-time Cup Series champion Richard Petty and three-times champion Darrell Waltrip, fans have some more suggestions about who they would like to see. A fan even suggested Jeff Gordon be invited there as he was the winner at the last Cup Series race at the venue in September 1996. Check out what the fans had to say.

“I’d rather see The King leading the field on the pace laps and refuse to duck into the pits again, myself.”

“HELL YEAH”

“I’m glad it’s NASCAR legends instead of a basketball player who has never seen a race.”

“Good chance they may have Gordon driving the pace car or waving the green flag”

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To this, someone replied, “Either of those would still be nice choices. I’d just hate to think he wouldn’t want to be a public figure towards ringing in the new era of the track.”