In an interview on FOX Sport’s show NASCAR RaceHub, the mother of Dale Earnhardt Sr., Martha Earnhardt, said that it’s going to be hard to see her son’s iconic No. 3 car back on track in the Cup series.

Austin Dillon will drive the No. 3 Dow Chemicals / Cheerios Chevrolet in the Cup series this year for Richard Childress Racing (Dillon is the grandson of team owner Richard Childress).

“I have mixed feelings because I was told that I would never see a number three on the racetrack after Dale died,” Martha told RaceHub.

“I know it was Richard’s number when he drove and this (Austin Dillon) is his grandson, and I understand that. As long as they don’t make it look like (Dale’s car). If they painted it a different color, I could sort of deal with that, but I don’t want to see the black number three just like Dale’s.” Though Martha is a little uneasy with the debut of the number back in the Cup series, she did admit that it was out of her control.

“I can understand it to a point, but that’s not my decision.”

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