The late Dale Earnhardt's famed No. 3 will be back on track in the elite Sprint Cup Series next season with Austin Dillon using the number. The move has been long anticipated because car owner Richard Childress has allowed his grandson to use the No. 3 as he's moved through NASCAR's ranks. ''I know in my heart, today, as I sit here, Dale Earnhardt is smiling down,'' Childress said at Wednesday's unveiling. But Dillon has been using it NASCAR national competition since 2009, when he made his Truck Series debut in the No. 3.
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