Austin Dillon
Austin Dillon emerges from crashes to win Daytona 500
He drives Dale Earnhardt's No. 3 back to glory
Last-lap crash at Daytona almost spoils Jr.'s win
Dale Earnhardt Jr. moved up the NASCAR driver's rankings with a victory in the Coke Zero 400, but as the group of cars crossed the finish line, there was a massive crash behind him. The worst of the wrecks was from Austin Dillon who flipped into the catch fence but walked away.
Earnhardt's No. 3 returns to NASCAR Sprint Cup in 2014 [w/poll]
It's been almost 13 years since Dale Earnhardt, Sr. was killed during the 2001 Daytona 500, but the famed No. 3 will be making its return to the sport at that very track next month with NASCAR Sprint Cup rookie Austin Dillon behind the wheel. We first heard reports of this Jeffrey N. Ross
Dale Earnhardt's legendary No. 3 headed back to NASCAR?
They don't typically retire numbers in motor racing the way they do in other sports. Certainly not in series like F1 where numbers are assigned based on how the team did in the previous season. But even in American oval-track racing, it's a bit of a rarity. CART retired Greg Moore's number 99 after he died in a crash in 1999, but the number resurfaced after the Indy merger. Noah Joseph