Dale Earnhardt Jr. gives Martin Truex Jr. hood from car driven in 2003

KANSAS CITY, KS - MAY 06: Martin Truex Jr., driver of the #78 Bass Pro Shops/TRACKER Boats Toyota Toyota, talks with Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the #88 Axalta Chevrolet, before practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Go Bowling 400 at Kansas Speedway on May 6, 2016 in Kansas City, Kansas. (Photo by Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images)

Martin Truex Jr. received a cool gift from friend and former team owner Dale Earnhardt Jr.

On May 2, 2003 at Richmond International Speedway, Truex made his first career start in the No. 81 Chevrolet in what is now the NASCAR XFINITY Series for Chance 2 Motorsports, an organization owned by Earnhardt.

Truex finished 31st in the race, but he went on score two championships and 12 wins for the team during it's three-year existence.

On Tuesday, Truex tweeted out a picture that featured him posing with a hood Earnhardt gave him off of the Richmond car.