Junior's No. 8 on display at DAYTONA USA

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- All of the cars that competed in last weekend's Winn-Dixie 250 presented by PepsiCo NASCAR Busch Series race are long gone from Daytona International Speedway except one - the No. 8 Chance 2 Dirty Mo Posse Chevrolet driven by Dale Earnhardt Jr.

For a limited time, visitors to DAYTONA USA, the "Ultimate Motorsports Attraction" located at Daytona International Speedway, will have the opportunity to get an up close view of Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s winning No. 8 Chance 2 DMP Chevrolet straight from Gatorade Victory Lane following the Winn-Dixie 250 presented by PepsiCo.

"This was an opportunity we had to paint the car anyway we wanted," Earnhardt Jr. said. "I thought the best way I could show my support to friends was to give them a race car. We started calling them the posse when I won races. I couldn't name every one of them. I just started calling them posse."

The No. 8 Dirty Mo Posse Chance 2 Motorsports Chevrolet can be found alongside the high banks of the Velocitorium in DAYTONA USA. There fans can get an up close view and take pictures of this dominating machine in race condition with confetti from Gatorade Victory Lane.

"This is the way things should be done," said DAYTONA USA visitor Robert Wilcher of Salem Va., earlier this week after checking out the No. 8 car. "As soon as they come off of the track, they should come straight in here."

"Usually when you get to see these cars they are all shiny and new looking," said Kris Riddell of Cornith, Texas. "To get to see them after the race is great. It gives the fans a better appreciation of what it took to get to Victory Lane."

Earnhardt Jr. led all 100 laps of the Winn-Dixie 250 presented by PepsiCo on July 4 and held off his Winston Cup teammate Michael Waltrip for his third Busch Series win of the 2003 season.

The victory was his fourth at Daytona International Speedway this year and his sixth career win at the historic 2.5-mile tri-oval.