Daniel Ricciardo will get to drive Dale Earnhardt’s well-known yellow and blue Wrangler NASCAR as soon as he scores his first podium for McLaren.
Earnhardt’s 1984 Wrangler Chevrolet, to be exact, which is a part of McLaren CEO Zak Brown’s personal automotive assortment.
Brown has made the provide to his new signing, who made his debut for McLaren on the Bahrain Grand Prix.
Earnhardt was Ricciardo’s boyhood hero which explains the Australian races with the quantity three made well-known by the seven-time NASCAR champion. Ricciardo has visited NASCAR races up to now and has hinted at desirous to race within the sequence someday.
In a video posted to McLaren’s Twitter, Ricciardo was given a miniature collectible model of the automotive by Brown, who then advised him he may drive the actual factor as soon as he will get his first podium for McLaren.
We all know how a lot you take pleasure in a podium wager, @danielricciardo.
How does a drive of certainly one of THE most iconic vehicles in @ZBrownCEO‘s heritage assortment sound? 🤩🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/yj17DLiEjM
— McLaren (@McLarenF1) March 31, 2021
Earnhardt’s Wrangler sponsorship preceded his iconic all-black automotive and tie-up with GM Goodwrench. Earnhardt gained his first three NASCAR titles in blue and yellow (1980, 1986 and 1987).
Ricciardo has made bets round podiums earlier than. Earlier Renault group boss Cyril Abiteboul agreed Ricciardo may select a tattoo for him if he scored a podium for the group.
Ricciardo scored a podium on the Eifel Grand Prix final 12 months. He and Abiteboul have since left the group, however he insisted this 12 months the tattoo will nonetheless occur sooner or later.