Richard Childress is still mulling whether to bring Dale Earnhardts famous #3 back to Sprint Cup competition. Childress, who owns the rights to the car number that Earnhardt made famous, has said since last November that he believes that fans would accept a return of the slanted design that marked Earnhardts car for six of his seven Cup championships. Speaking on SiriusXMs NASCAR channel Wednesday morning, Childress reiterated that only a member of his family or the Earnhardt family would race the number in Cup. Childress grandsons Austin and Ty Dillon have raced the number in the Truck and Nationwide series in recent years, and Austin Dillon could run a full-time Cup schedule in 2014. ‘Were definitely in the process of discussing that’ Childress told the network Wednesday. ‘Austin Dillon, Ty Dillon did a great job representing it.” He said he wouldnt want to run the #3 in Sprint Cup with just a partial schedule. The #3 has not been used in Cup since Earnhardts death in 2001.(in part from the Sporting News )
