two-year anniversary of Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s last victory
1. Has it really been two years?
Indeed, this weekend marks the two-year anniversary of Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s last victory.
NASCAR’s most popular driver takes his 71-race winless streak into Michigan for Sunday’s race, looking to stop a five-race slide. He’s not finished higher than 18th in that span, and is now 16th in the points standings.
On the bright side, Michigan is a good track for Earnhardt, who scored his only points victory for Hendrick Motorsports there in 2008 – his first season with the team. Although that was his only career victory on the 2-mile oval – and he won it on fuel strategy – Earnhardt does have seven top 10s at the track.
“Michigan is a fun track,” he said. “It’s wide, and you’ll find a lot of side-by-side racing. You can move around. If the top doesn’t work, then you can run the bottom. I enjoyed running there, and we seem to have had some success there.”
Earnhardt has had five top 10s in his last eight races at Michigan and he was third there last August.
If he’s going to make the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship – right now he is 87 points out of the 12th spot with 12 races remaining – he’s going to have to turn it up a notch. Michigan, where luck and strategy often play a large role in deciding the victor, could be the place for him to snap his slump and make a run at the Chase.
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