To paraphrase an old saying, you don’t know what you’ll miss until it’s gone. And that’s exactly what Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s JR Motorsports finally broke into the NASCAR Cup Series this season with its debut at the Daytona 500, marking a milestone 25 years after the team’s founding.

NASCAR made a dramatic return to the 0.94-mile D-shaped track at Rockingham, North Carolina, with a high-octane two-day race ...