“[Heroy] is a buddy of mine and he gave it to me,” Earnhardt Jr. said. “I’ve got 50 or 60 cars out there. I didn’t buy any of them.”
The Montoya car automatically became one of the most famous cars on Earnhardt Jr.’s property.
“That one ranks right up there,” Earnhardt Jr. said. “I’ve got the [Nationwide] car that [Dennis] Setzer flipped when he was driving for [Brad] Keselowski at Talladega. It ranks right up there. It’s one of the top two or three.
“I don’t even know where they put it. I’ll have to go find it.”
The jet dryer was the property of Michigan International Speedway.
