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Fans will be seeing double with Dale Earnhardt Jr in 2008.

NASCAR's most popular driver will drive the No. 88 for Hendrick Motorsports, and he will be sponsored by PepsiCo. brand Mountain Dew AMP Energy drink and the Army National Guard, the team announced Wednesday.

Earnhardt wanted to continue his association with the number, eight. The self-described NASCAR history buff said he liked the lineage of the No. 88. Darrell Waltrip and Dale Jarrett won championships with that number.

"Ralph Earnhardt drove the No. 88 Olds in 1957 and because of this number's history with the Earnhardt family, I felt car number 88 should continue with Dale Earnhardt Jr.," owner Robert Yates said in a statement. ``I'm proud to transfer this number to Dale Jr.''

- Miami Herald (read full story here)