Junior on his chances for Daytona 500 win

Dale Earnhardt Jr has a chance to make history in Sunday’s Daytona 500 – no driver has ever swept Speedweeks with a win in the Bud Shootout, a win in the Gatorade Duels, and a biq win in the Daytona 500.

With his dominating performances so far Junior looks to at least have a shot at the Daytona triple – but, according to Dale Jr, he’s not the favorite to win.

“I feel like we’ve got a shot, you know what I mean,” Earnhardt said.

“Nobody’s boastful enough, I don’t think, personality-wise to come in

here and claim that (they are the favorite.” I wouldn’t expect anybody to do that.

“But I thought we’ve got a great shot. We’ve won some races down here,

so we’ve got to be in the group, if there’s a group of them.”

Junior’s driver rating is a mediocre 83.2 (13th best), but that’s

because his finishes in both Daytona races last year were 36th and 32nd.

He knows how to race at Daytona and has two wins and nine top 10s in 16

starts. He also won the Bud Shootout and the first Gatorade Duel 150.