{"id":19093,"date":"2018-11-10T12:18:10","date_gmt":"2018-11-10T17:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/?p=19093"},"modified":"2018-11-10T12:18:10","modified_gmt":"2018-11-10T17:18:10","slug":"jeffrey-earnhardt-lands-ride-in-no-18-car-with-jgr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2018\/11\/10\/jeffrey-earnhardt-lands-ride-in-no-18-car-with-jgr\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeffrey Earnhardt lands ride in No. 18 car with JGR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19094\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/11\/jeffreyearnhardt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/11\/jeffreyearnhardt.jpg 600w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/11\/jeffreyearnhardt-594x396.jpg 594w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/11\/jeffreyearnhardt-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Two infamous last names in NASCAR have joined forces for nine NASCAR Xfinity Series races in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Jeffrey Earnhardt will compete in nine Xfinity Series races in the N0. 18 Toyota Supra for Joe Gibbs Racing next season<\/p>\n<p>Xtreme Concepts Inc., a worldwide leader in providing turnkey security solutions, along with training and technology integration to U.S. government, military and commercial clients on a global scale will provide sponsorship for the car.<\/p>\n<p>Earnhardt&#8217;s first race in the car will be the season-opening race at Daytona International Speedway on Feb. 16.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve worked incredibly hard for this opportunity and I\u2019ve got to thank Xtreme Concepts for making it happen,\u201d said Earnhardt, the grandson of seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Dale Earnhardt. \u201cYou see the level of expertise Joe Gibbs Racing has and the caliber of equipment they bring to the racetrack every week. As a driver, it\u2019s exactly where you want to be. It\u2019s the best opportunity I\u2019ve had in my career and I plan to make the most of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earnhardt has started 151 races between the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Xfinity Series and Camping World Truck Series but this is the first time he has been in a ride with the resources of JGR.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the time we first came to NASCAR in 1992, we\u2019ve always put forth maximum effort to have the best possible results on the racetrack,\u201d said Coy Gibbs, Vice Chairman and COO, JGR. \u201cOur Xfinity Series program is the perfect example of what happens when preparation meets execution. We\u2019ve had both up-and-coming and veteran drivers achieve success in our racecars, and that success has translated to the partners they\u2019ve represented. We think Jeffrey Earnhardt has the talent to win races and deliver strong results for Xtreme Concepts.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two infamous last names in NASCAR have joined forces for nine NASCAR Xfinity Series races in 2019. Jeffrey Earnhardt will compete in nine Xfinity Series races in the N0. 18 Toyota Supra for Joe Gibbs Racing next season Xtreme Concepts Inc., a worldwide leader in providing turnkey security solutions, along with training and technology integration [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19094,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,788],"tags":[789,722,319,708],"coauthors":[675],"class_list":{"0":"post-19093","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-xfinity","8":"category-news","9":"tag-front","10":"tag-jeffrey-earnhardt","11":"tag-joe-gibbs-racing","12":"tag-nascar"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19093\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19093"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=19093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}