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Nationwide Insurance, previously announced as the 2016 primary sponsor for Dale Earnhardt Jr., revealed Friday which races it would ride along with the No. 88 Chevrolet in 2016.
Time to mark your ��! Here is where you will see the No. 88 @Nationwide car in the 2016 @NASCAR season. #NW88JR pic.twitter.com/4ZboLmMG3K
— Nationwide 88 (@nationwide88) January 29, 2016
Earnhardt Jr. will debut the 2016 No. 88 Nationwide Chevrolet SS at Daytona International Speedway for the season-opening Daytona 500. Nationwide will also adorn the car at the July Daytona race, as well as at Atlanta, Las Vegas, Auto Club, Martinsville, Texas, Bristol, Talladega, Dover, Charlotte, Kentucky, New Hampshire, Pocono, Darlington, Kansas and Phoenix for a total of 21 races. The organization will serve as an associate sponsor for the remainder of the schedule.
Nationwide teamed up with Earnhardt and Hendrick Motorsports in 2014 and is signed to a three-year partnership with the organization. Earnhardt ran the Nationwide paint scheme for 24 races in 2015, making three trips to Victory Lane in the scheme at Talladega, Daytona and Phoenix.