No. 3 Chevrolet to be part of '09 Goodwood Festival

By Team Release

WELCOME, N.C. -- The Richard Childress Racing No. 3 Chevrolet that seven-time Cup Series champion Dale Earnhardt earned his 76th and final victory with will participate in this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed in England on July 3-5.

Taylor Earnhardt, 20, Earnhardt's youngest child, will drive the car in demonstration runs during the festival. It is her inaugural turn behind the wheel of a stock car. She will be accompanied by her mother Teresa Earnhardt, president and CEO of Dale Earnhardt Inc.

The Goodwood Festival of Speed is an annual event held since 1993 at the Goodwood House in West Sussex, a place of great British motorsports history. Race cars old and new will participate in both demonstration and competition runs up the nine-turn 1.16-mile hillclimb circuit. This year's gathering will include a number of NASCAR stock cars in honor of the 50th anniversary of Daytona International Speedway.

Earnhardt drove this particular No. 3 Chevrolet to victory in the 2000 Winston 500 at Talladega. It has been on permanent display at the RCR Museum since its grand opening in May 2003.

The car was prepared by and will be cared for at the Goodwood Festival of Speed by former No. 3 team crew members Danny Lawrence and Rich Burgess. Lawrence is currently the assistant head engine builder/trackside manager for Earnhardt-Childress Racing Engines and Burgess is the shop manager for RCR's No. 31 team in the Cup Series.