Did Dale Earnhardt, Jr. waste an opportunity?
In a word: yes. Earnhardt appeared to be toying with the field Sunday, moving through the pack at will. Teaming up with anyone who’d work with him, the No. 88 had enough horsepower to put anyone from Jimmie Johnson to your grandma up front. As the race wound down, everyone expected for racing’s favorite son to break a 65-race winless drought at his favorite track on the circuit. But that became the day’s big surprise. For when it came time to face the music, Earnhardt lost his voice. “When it counted at the end, we just didn’t make the right moves,” he said after a shocking fade to 13th. “The bottom line didn’t go very good, and on that last restart it cost us a couple more spots.” The veteran was quick to accentuate the positive — “It was a pretty fun day, and I’m happy with the car and how well we ran,” he said — but a look at the stats sheet leaves me concerned. Through three of his six best tracks on the schedule, he’s got an average finish of 11.0 with one top-10. That’s only ma
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