Dale Earnhardt breaks silence on Lamar Jackson No. 8 dispute

Early in April, a feud was brought to light between former NASCAR racer Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson. It was a legal battle over the use of a specific No. 8. However, it was quickly dissolved and now Earnhardt finally opens up about what transpired.

The 26-time NASCAR Cup Series winner revealed that he learned Jackson was contesting one of his trademarks for the No. 8. During the latest episode of the “Dale Jr. Download“ Dale Earnhardt Jr. claims that he first believed it was for the version of the No. 8 for his Budweiser sponsored car. Instead, it was for the JR Motorsports font. Once he knew that, Earnhardt says he and the Ravens quarterback settled the situation relatively easily.

“I learned on social media about the same time as everybody else did that Lamar was contesting our trademark application,” Earnhardt said. “He wasn’t suing me. He’s just contesting it. When I learned about it, I thought for sure it was over the Bud 8. But when I dug into it, I learned that it was that JR Motorsports font. And we weren’t ever gonna use that again. Ever. So yeah it’s not an issue. It’s a non-issue. I didn’t wanna see this get nasty for no reason.”