2008 Finished 12th in series points. Earned his first victory since 2006 at Michigan in June … Earned 10 top-five and 16 top-10 finishes in 36 starts.

2007 Earnhardt Jr. enjoyed a year that was as newsworthy off the track as it was on it … He announced plans to move from Dale Earnhardt Inc. to Hendrick Motorsports beginning with the 2008 season, announced plans to have crew chief Tony Eury Jr. make that move with him and announced a shift from sponsor Budweiser to Amp Mountain Dew for 2008 … On the track, he narrowly missed the Chase For The Nextel Cup field, finishing 16th in the series standings with seven top-five and 12 top-10 finishes.… Voted Most Popular Driver for fifth year.

2006 Finished fifth in series points … Earned one win with 10 top-five and 17 top-10 finishes … Led a total of 444 laps over the course of the season, leading in 18 races … Voted NASCAR's Most Popular Driver for the fourth consecutive year … Ran a limited number of Busch Series races.

2005 Finished 19th in series points. ... Captured his only victory of the season under the leadership of DEI Technical Director Steve Hmiel, who took over for crew chief Pete Rondeau after the spring Charlotte race. ... Current crew chief Tony Eury Jr. led the No. 8 team from the fall New Hampshire race to the end of the season. ... Posted seven top-fives and 13 top-10s. ... Voted NASCAR's Most Popular Driver for the third consecutive year. ... Ran a limited number of Busch Series races, posting a best finish of third at Daytona.

2004 Finished fifth in series points. ... Had six victories, second only to the eight achieved by Jimmie Johnson. ... Victory in the Daytona 500 made the Dale Earnhardt Sr./Dale Earnhardt Jr. tandem only the third father/son combination to win The Great American Race, along with Lee and Richard Petty and Bobby and Davey Allison. ... Won two restrictor-plate races and was the only driver to post top-10 finishes in each of the four restrictor-plate races. ... Has at least two wins in each of his five full-time seasons. ... Voted NASCAR's Most Popular Driver for the second consecutive year. ... Had two NASCAR Busch Series victories while entering only four races.

2003 Finished third in series points, his best career finish. ... Was second in the championship points for 19 race weekends, the latest ranking coming after Phoenix. ... Posted two victories ... Talladega in April and Phoenix in November; his Talladega win was his record fourth straight at the superspeedway. ... He narrowly missed a fifth consecutive win at Talladega in September with a runner-up finish to DEI teammate Michael Waltrip; Earnhardt Jr.started 38th. ... Also ran well on short tracks, leading all drivers with 880 points at those venues thanks to two top fives at Martinsville, one at Richmond in May and a top 10 at the Bristol night race in August. ... Posted career bests with 13 top fives and 21 top 10s, totals that were fourth and third in the series, respectively. ... Led 24 races, a new career high, also led 1,046 laps; Earnhardt Jr. and Ryan Newman were the only drivers to lead at least one lap in 24 of the season's 36 races. ... Finished in the top 10 in nine of the season's first 11 races; six of those finishes were top fives, including his Talladega win. ... Ran a limited NASCAR Busch Series schedule as a driver/owner (Chance 2 Motorsports), winning all three races he entered (both Daytona events and Talladega). ... Voted NASCAR's Most Popular Driver, marking the first time a father and son have received the award; Earnhardt Sr. won posthumously in 2001.

2002 Finished 11th in series points. ... Won two races, via season sweep at Talladega Superspeedway. ... Won the No Bull $5 million bonus for the second consecutive season at Talladega with his October win. ... Two poles, at Michigan (August) and Kansas. ... Led 1,068 laps, more laps than any other driver. ... Finished second in all three nonpoints races ... the Budweiser Shootout, a Twin 125 qualifying race and The Winston. ... Recorded 11 top-five finishes, 16 top-10s and had the most consecutive top-five finishes (three) in his career. ... Also posted career bests with 13 top-five starts, and fewest DNFs (three). ... Five short-track (Martinsville, Bristol and Richmond) finishes in the top five. ... Won in his first NASCAR Busch Series race as driver/owner at Richmond (Sept).

2001 Finished eighth in series points. ... Scored a trio of dramatic, emotional victories. ... First win came in July at Daytona, the first race there since his father's death in the Daytona 500 on Feb. 18. He held off DEI teammate Michael Waltrip, to whom he finished second in February, for that win. ... Next victory came at Dover in the series' first race back after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, and he punctuated that win with a victory lap carrying an American flag. ... Third win came in October at Talladega, the site of his father's final career victory a year earlier. ... Talladega victory also earned him a $1 million bonus in the No Bull 5 program, helping him to a season total of $5,827,542 in winnings, more than his father won in any of his 26 seasons in the series. ... Finished with nine top-five finishes and 15 top-10s.

2000 Finished 16th in series points. ... Made a big splash with two wins and two poles in his rookie season. ... Came up 42 points shy of winning the Raybestos Rookie of the Year title behind former Busch Series foe Matt Kenseth. ... Joined Jeff Burton as second first-time winner at Texas Motor Speedway. ... Along with Tony Stewart, became second rookie in two years to win at Richmond when he won the Pontiac Excitement 400. ... Matched modern-era record (2 wins in first 16 races) set by the late Davey Allison in 1987. ... Became first rookie to win The Winston all-star race.

1999 Competed in five races. ... Best start was eighth in the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte. ... Best finish was 10th at Richmond in September.