On May 10, 2007, Dale Earnhardt Jr. shocked the NASCAR racing world by revealing that he would be leaving Dale Earnhardt Inc. for Hendrick Motorsports at the end of the '07 season.
Dale Jr., who recently announced he would retire from the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series at the end of this season, had until that point spent his entire career with DEI.
We look back on the years he spent driving for the company that bore his father's name:
Rockin' at Richmond
Patriotic paint scheme
Happy with happy Junior
Smokin' at Phoenix
Daytona 500 champ
Unfortunate end
Phoenix phenom
Right at Richmond (again)
Time to move on
For the first time in his Cup career, Earnahrdt Jr.