By The Numbers: Dale Earnhardt Jr. NASCAR National Series Career

1 – Won his first NASCAR XFINITY Series race (1998) and Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race (2000) at Texas Motor Speedway.

2 – NASCAR XFINITY Series championships (1998, 1999)

2 – Daytona 500 victories (2004, 2014)

6 – Most number Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career wins in a single season (2004)

8 – Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Playoff appearances

10 – NASCAR XFINITY Series career Coors Light poles

12 – Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series starts until his first series win

13 – Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career Coors Light poles – tied with Brad Keselowski, Dick Rathmann and Greg Biffle for 56th-most all-time

14 – Consecutive Most Popular Driver Awards won from 2003-2016, a NASCAR record

24 – NASCAR XFINITY Series race wins – ranked 10th-most all-time

26 – Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race wins – ranked 29th-most all-time

50 – Combined NASCAR national series race wins – ranked 20th-most all-time

67 – Career NASCAR XFINITY Series top-five finishes – tied with Clint Bowyer and Sam Ard for 21st-most all-time

88.9 – Career average driver rating in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series since 2005 – 12th-best in the series

90 – NASCAR XFINITY Series career top-10 finishes – ranked 38th-most all-time

149 – Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series top-five finishes – ranked 23rd-most all-time

253 – Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series top-10 finishes – ranked 24th-most all-time

603 – Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series starts – ranked 25th-most in series history

741 – NASCAR national series combined starts – ranked 33rd-most all-time

8,195 – Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career laps led – ranked 23rd-most all-time

171,861 – Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career laps completed – ranked 21st-most all-time