McLaren CEO Zak Brown has promised Daniel Ricciardo the chance to drive Dale Earnhardt Sr’s 1984 NASCAR stock c♛ar if he scores a podium for his new team during the 2021 Formula 1 season.

Last year, Ricciardo made a bet with his then Renault boss Cyril Abiteboul that the former team principal would have to get a tattoo if the Australian scored a podiu👍m in 2020. Ricciardo went on to claim podium finishes in at the Nurburgring and Imola, though Abiteboul is yet to honour his side of the bet.

However, a repeat of t⛦he tattoo bet was not on the cards for Brown, who re🍌vealed his fear of needles at the launch of McLaren’s MCL35M 2021 F1 car, though Ricciardo hinted at a different kind of wager.

“I know he’s 𝔉got a pretty good car collection, so maybe we could just bet on💜e of his cars or something,” Ricciardo said.

Brown has n♌ow made his offer to Ricciardo and it would see his new signing get a drive in one of Earnhardt’s𝕴 NASCAR stock cars, the 1984 Wrangler Chevrolet Monte Carlo.

Earnhardt was Ricciardo’s racing hero growing up, with the seven-time grand prix winner choosing to run the #3 as his permanent numbꩵer in F1 as a tribute to the seven-time stock car racing champion who died in a crash during the 2001 Daytona 500.

Brown gifted Ricciardo a model of Earnhardt’s iconic car as an extra incentive to earn his reward of getting a go behind the w💜heel of ♔the real thing if he finishes inside the top three this year.

“Get us that podium and the drive is all yours,” Brown twe𒉰eted on Wednesday.

Dale Earnhardt Sr's 1984 Wrangler Chevrolet Monte Carlo.

Get us 🅘that♛ podium and the drive is all yours, .

— Zak Brown (@ZBrownCEO)

We know how much you enjoy a podium bet, .

How does a drive of one of💝 THE most ico🌃nic cars in ’s heritage collection sound?

— McLaren (@McLarenF1)

Ricciardo finishඣed seventh o🎃n his McLaren debut at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, while teammate Lando Norris was fourth.