People around the world have experienced a total solar eclipse Tuesday, but NASCAR fans are in for a solar flare this weekend at Phoenix.
For the first time, Dale Earnhardt Jr. will get behind the wheel of a new red, orange and yellow "Solar Flare" paint scheme will be featured on his No. 88 Axalta Chevrolet.
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It's the first of 13 races this season that Earnhardt will use an Axalta paint scheme. The company first sponsored Jeff Gordon back in 1992.