Dale Earnhardt Jr. has been on a vacation of sorts. After winning the season opening Daytona 500, NASCAR’s most popular driver knew he had a spot in the Chase. This fact allowed him and his Hendrick Motorsports team a chance to relax a bit. They added two more wins to their total to claim the third seed in the Chase. Now his “vacation” over; Earnhardt and 15 other drivers set about the task of racing for the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup starting at Chicagoland Speedway next week.
Earnhardt’s final regular season race wasn’t exactly a good tune up for those last ten races. He started 24th and came home 12th Saturday night at Richmond. The finish left him a bit annoyed.
“I wasn’t really happy with our performance tonight” Earnhardt said. “It wasn’t too awful, but it was just real frustrating to see all those guys in front of me struggling late in the race, and not be able to do anything. Our car was struggling as well. I was struggling. that was kind of frustrating. “ MORE>>>
Greg is the author of "The Nuts and Bolts of NASCAR: The Definitive Viewers' Guide to Big-Time Stock Car Auto Racing" and has been published in major publications across the country including the Los Angeles Times, the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He was also a contributor to Chicken Soup for the NASCAR Soul, published in 2010, and the Christmas edition in 2016. He wrote as the NASCAR, Formula 1, Auto Reviews and National Veterans Affairs Examiner for Examiner.com and has appeared on Fox News. He holds a BS degree in communications, a Masters degree in psychology and is currently a PhD candidate majoring in psychology. He is currently the weekend Motorsports Editor for Autoweek.
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