Earnhardt speeds past obstacles
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The Checker Auto Parts 500 turned downright weird at almost every corner, with more rain that stopped the race, a spate of tire trouble, more problems for the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series championship
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Dale Earnhardt Jr's free-agent price tag just might be rising as fast as his qualifying speeds. With his crew chief suspended and contract negotiations for next season still ongoing, nothing seemingly has served as a distraction of late on the track for the surging Earnhardt.
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(Daytona Beach, Florida-AP) Oct. 5, 2004 - A slip of the tongue has cost Dale Earnhardt, Junior, first place in the Nextel Cup standings.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. was docked 25 points and fined $10,000 for cursing during a postrace TV interview, NASCAR announced Tuesday. The loss of points drops Earnhardt out of first place in the Nextel Cup standings.
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. - Dale Earnhardt Jr. admits he was wrong to curse in a live TV interview last weekend but said that NASCAR wasn&#39;t right to penalize him so harshly.
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&quot;It was something I had to do for my crew,&quot; said Dale Earnhardt Jr. after winning the Checker Auto Parts 500. &quot;After I messed up so bad last week, it was important to me to pull this off.
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It&#39;s not often that the lead item in the blog is NASCAR-related, but we try to be versatile. So let&#39;s talk about Dale Earnhardt Jr.
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TALLADEGA -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. begins his last week at age 29 today, and &quot;Little E&quot; is laying plans for the future. The most immediate include a strategy for today&#39;s EA Sports 500 at Talladega Superspeedway
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. charged from 11th place to victory and the series points lead in the last five laps of yesterday's NASCAR Nextel Cup race at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Florida  - Tony Stewart, who has won almost every prize in the NASCAR series except the Daytona 500, held off Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the first of two 150 mile qualifiers and is favorite to win Sunday's race.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. liked the blue-and-yellow threads his Busch Series driver was sporting in yesterday&#39;s Bi-Lo 200. He liked the silver hardware he was hoist- ing afterward even better.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. pulled away from Jeff Gordon in a pair of overtime laps to win the NASCAR Nextel Cup race Sunday at Phoenix International Raceway and tighten the championship chase with two races to go.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. charged from 11th place to a victory and the series points lead in the last five laps of Sunday's NASCAR Nextel Cup race at Talladega Superspeedway.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Florida (Sports Network) - NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. has been fined $10,000 for cursing during a TV interview following his win at Talladega Superspeedway.
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Hendrick Motorsports has been practically unbeatable this season, with its star-studded lineup racking up 10 wins through the first 14 races. Now they've got Dale Earnhardt Jr., and the four-car stable has turned into NASCAR's version of the New York Yankees.
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Jeff Gordon has a chance to tie the late Dale Earnhardt&#39;s record of three victories at restrictor-plate racetracks in one season.
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RICHMOND - Elvis has left the building. Dale Earnhardt Jr., the 32-year-old son of NASCAR's late seven-time champion, failed in his bid to make the 12-man cut for NASCAR's 10-race Chase for the Nextel Cup Championship when his engine blew with six laps to go, effectively squashing his hopes to win a title in his last go-round at Dale Earnhardt ...