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I'm of the opinion that they never should have changed the number after Dale died. Dale wouldn't have wanted it. 8 was the original DEI number that Dale ran in the early Busch Series days and what he ran before NASCAR, 3 was Richard's number. Richard raced the 3 for years as an owner driver and Ricky Rudd got the first two wins for RCR in the 3. Dale had pretty well hand picked Harvick to be his replacement. Harvick should have been in the 3 to begin with.
That's like saying Geoff Bodine disrespected Alan Kulwicki by keeping the 7 when he bought out AK Racing after Alan died or Robert Yates disrespected Davey Allison by letting Kenny Irwin Jr drive the 28 or Kyle Petty disrespected Adam Petty by driving the 45 after Adam died
Lol. How are you gonna say Kyle disrespected Adam by driving the 45? It's his own son! HIS SON DIED. If the man wants to race his son's number as part of his grief, let him. Sometimes you need to think a bit before you hit send.