Whats the deal with Earnhardt and his pit crew?
Earnhardt has always been hard on his pit crew — they let him down a lot last season, and Dale Earnhardt Inc. made some changes in the offseason to try to improve. But here’s what Earnhardt said about his crew after Talladega: “I expect 100%. I feel like, due to our sponsorship and our program and the prestige, that they get lackadaisical. “I don’t want them to relax. I want them to be on edge and 110% and wide open all day long. Sometimes they don’t seem like they’re in the game and I’ve got to shout at them. And they can do the same to me. “It’s a lot of fun, and we’re getting really good results out of it.” Q: Who has been good at Kansas Speedway? A: Jeff Gordon won the first two races there. If he wins Sunday, he will become the first driver to win the first three races at a track. Gordon said the race likely will come down to fast pit stops. Kansas still is relatively new, and there is so much grip at the bottom of the track that it’s hard to pass in a second high “groove.” “As mo
