Earnhardt remains in control
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He follows team orders, stays clean late in race to win, steps up in chase for title. By Mike Harris. AVONDALE, Ariz. -- Dale Earnhardt Jr.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. is about to turn 30, and despite occasional indiscretions like being penalized for cursing on TV, he longs to be the go-to guy in NASCAR.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.âs victory in the first qualifying race at Daytona established him as the leading contender going into the Daytona 500.
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Phoenix, AZ (Sports Network) - Dale Earnhardt Jr. captured the Checker Auto Parts 500 Nextel Cup race at the Phoenix International Raceway for the second consecutive year.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Feb. 14 -- After slogging through the longest winless streak of his career, Dale Earnhardt Jr. won his second race in five days for Hendrick Motorsports, leading nearly half the distance in the first of Thursday's two qualifying races at Daytona International Speedway.
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Last season, when Dale Earnhardt Jr. finished 19th in the Nextel Cup points standings, his mouth often ran faster than his sluggish No. 8 Chevrolet.
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AVONDALE, Ariz. -- Dale Earnhardt Jr.&#39;s victory Sunday in the Checker Auto Parts 500 at Phoenix International Raceway, his second straight at the track, softened the emotional blow he suffered a week ago when he crashed late in a race near Atlanta.
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Even when he sat engulfed in flames in the cockpit of a burning Corvette C5-R during an American Le Mans Series event July 18 at Sonoma, Calif., Dale Earnhardt Jr. never thought his chances for a NASCAR Nextel Cup championship had gone up in smoke.
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DOVER, Del. | The day belonged to Ryan Newman, but not even his dominating performance could shake up anything in the drive for NASCAR&#39;s Nextel Cup.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. aced his first test with his new team. Earnhardt had a smashing debut in his Hendrick Motorsports ride, getting a boost from his new teammates to power past Tony Stewart to win the Budweiser Shootout on Saturday night.
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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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NASCAR's most popular driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. is aiming to mark his debut for Hendrick Motorsport on Sunday with victory in the 50th edition of the Daytona 500.
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Dale Earnhardt wins the exhibition Budweiser Shootout with a dominating run Saturday night in his new Hendrick Motorsports ride.
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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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Matt Kenseth held off Jeff Gordon this time. Kenseth easily kept the four-time NASCAR champion at bay in the final laps of Sunday's Nextel Cup race at Michigan International Speedway and won for the third time this season.
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Daytona Beach, FL (Sports Network) - Dale Earnhardt Jr. lost his appeal of a 25-point penalty and $10,000 fine for use of improper language while in Victory Lane following his win in the EA Sports 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on October 3.
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Kansas City, Kan. - Dale Earnhardt Jr. said Friday that he should have been punished for using profanity in victory lane last week at Talladega Superspeedway but taking 25 points wasn&#39;t the proper thing to do.