Dale Jr. unveils special Buddy Baker scheme at Darlington:

Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Nationwide unveiled a #88 special paint scheme for the Bojangles’ Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on Wednesday, April 13th. Earnhardt will drive a paint scheme version of Buddy Baker’s #28 Gray Ghost car that Baker drove in 1980, winning the Daytona 500. Earnhardt ran a similar scheme to pay tribute to the National Guard and Baker’s ‘Gray Ghost’ car in the 2008 All Star race. See images of the 2016 scheme on the #88 Team Schemes page