Dale Earnhardt Jr. gets out of his No. 3 Wrangler Chevrolet NASCAR Nationwide Series new car in Daytona International Speedway's Victory Lane Friday in Daytona Beach, Fla. (Jerry Markland/Getty Images for NASCAR)by Reid Spencer (Sporting News NASCAR ire Service)
Driving the No. 3 Wrangler Chevrolet in honor of his late father, Dale Earnhardt Jr. broke a NASCAR Nationwide Series drought of almost four years in winning Friday night's Subway Jalapeno 250 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Daytona International Speedway.

Earnhardt's emotional win was the result of a collaboration between owner Richard Childress, Teresa Earnhardt, JR Motorsports and Hendrick Motorsports, which supplied the engine for the No. 3 car.

The victory, the 23rd of Earnhardt's career, was his first in the series since Aug. 19, 2006, when he took the checkered flag at Michigan. It was his first points win in any of NASCAR's top three series since June 15, 2008, when Earnhardt captured the Lifelock 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup race, again at Michigan.

In a race that saw the debut of NASCAR's new Nationwide Series car, Earnhardt held off runner-up Joey Logano and third-place finisher Ricky Stenhouse Jr. in a green-white-checkered-flag finish that took the race two laps beyond its scheduled distance of 100 laps.

"I was so worried that I wasn't going to win, 'cause nothing but a win would get it—for everybody," Earnhardt said after getting hugs from Childress, crew chief Tony Eury Jr. and a multitude of others in victory lane. "If we didn't win, what a waste of time. …

"I worked hard to try to win, not only for daddy—I'm proud of him going to the Hall of Fame, and he would be proud of this, I'm sure—but just all these fans. I hope they enjoyed this. This is it—no more '3' for me. That's it."

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American Speed Association PR
It may be social media, podcasting, or e-mails. The American Speed Association continuously finds ways to keep its fans, ASA Members, ASA Member Tracks, and Sanctioned Series up to date. With the variety of communication available through the internet, ASA is taking advantage.

This past November, ASA got involved in the social media sites by creating a page on Facebook® and Twitter™. Since each has started, ASA has welcomed over 1,250 followers on Facebook and it grows every day. "We have been using Facebook to notify our Facebook Friends when a new story is posted on the site or when one of our Member Tracks and/or Series informs us of a rainout," Kevin Ramsell, ASA's Director of Public Relations said. "We also have that linked up to Twitter, so it quickly allows us to inform our followers to what is happening. Many use smartphones to get their updates from Facebook and Twitter which helps get the news out immediately."