Dale Earnhardt Jr. is hanging things up after 2017. (Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)Hendrick Motorsports announced Tuesday morning that Dale Earnhardt Jr. will retire from NASCAR Cup Series racing at the end of the 2017 season. The son of legendary driver Dale Earnhardt Sr. has 26 victories at NASCAR’s top level since 2000, his first full-time year in the Cup Series, but never was able to take home the season title. To see the words ‘Dale Earnhardt Jr.’ and ‘retiring’ sort of leaves a pit in the feeling of your stomach, because it’s really the end of an era,” NASCAR writer Jeff Gluck wrote after hearing the news. “I think Carl figured out a way to get into a place to make that decision easy,” Earnhardt said, per ESPN.

Source: Washington Post April 25, 2017 13:31 UTC