the team attempted five races with earnhardt in the no. 81 supra, beginning at texas in march. additional races include chicagoland speedway in june, daytona international speedway in july and bristol motor speedway and darlington raceway in august. on july 3, 2019, xci racing unexpectedly withdrew from the july daytona race. on august 7, 2019, earnhardt announced that he parted ways with sponsor and xci affiliate ik9, as well as joe gibbs racing. jgr driver erik jones took over the no. 81 car at the bristol night race, where he finished 37th after being involved in a multi-car pileup with christopher bell, cole custer, and joey logano.