Dale Earnhardt Jr Confident

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Dale Earnhardt Jr Confident Heading Into Richmond

Richmond is one of Dale Earnhardt Jr’s best tracks . He has 3 wins at the 3/4 mile D-shaped Virginia track, along with eight top 5 finishes and 10 top 10s. Hendrick Motorsports has 10 wins and 14 pole positions at Richmond.

2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Atlanta

Junior has completed almost every lap of every race he has competed in there. 7,919 of 8,003 laps. He has been the leader on 427 laps.

Last fall Dale Jr scored a 4th place finish after qualifying 4th. He lad 90 laps.

Earnhardt will be piloting Hendrick chassis No, 88-539 in Saturday night’s Chevy Rock and Roll 400. He last ran this car at Martinsville and finished 8th.

Junior will greet a special guest at the race track. Anthony Landowski of Ringgold, Georgia. He is a soldier with the Georgia Army National Guard. Landowski was injured in Afghanistan by a roadside bomb.

Dale Earnhardt Jr really likes the Virginia track. “It’s one fun racetrack. I love short-track racing, and Richmond is a lot of fun,” said Earnhardt. “You can move around and run different grooves, and the track is real, real slick. So it makes for a driver’s racetrack. I enjoy it.”

“It’s a driver’s track to where I feel like a driver can play a big role in making the car better. It’s easier for me to tell my crew chief what the car is doing at that track than some others, and how to fix it and what we can do to help it. I have a lot of confidence going into there. I really like it.”

Lance McGrew, crew chief on the 88 team, knows how good junior is at this track. “Junior is good there,” said McGrew. “It’s a short track, but it’s really fast. So it’s not like traditional short-track racing. You race it like a little superspeedway. It’s a driver’s track. There are some people that are really good there, no matter what you stick them in, and there are some people that no matter what you stick them in, they’re not.”

“Right now we’re racing for wins,” said McGrew.

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26 Comments on Dale Earnhardt Jr Confident

  1. Jack Daniels on

    2. GO 88, you can do it, put your head in the race not on your outside doing’s.

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  2. John Gee on

    3. I agree with you 100% Jack!

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  3. Regan on

    4. I HOPE JR STEALS THE SHOW!!! THE TEAMS NEEDS A GREAT WIN!!!! GO #88!!!!!!

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  4. HELEN on

    5. Well..I hope Dale Jr. stinks up the
    show by almost leading every lap and
    getting us a WIN!!!
    Goooo Jrrrrr!! #88

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  5. Regan on

    6. HOW ABOUT LEADING EVERY LAP? WOULD BE NICE BUT I WILL SETTLE FOR THE LAST LAP!!!!!

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  6. Shirley on

    7. Win or lose,D.E,Jr.is the only reason i watch the race.

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  7. EMAN3 on

    8. Something We Can Agree On……….

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  8. Joe From Florida on

    9. Go #88!!!!!!!! Woo :)

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  9. goldie on

    10. I’m hoping this Richmond race will be the turning point for Jr. All of Jr. fans have not lost confidence in him. We know he is among the best of drivers and will eventually prove the naysayers wrong. Show your stuff, Jr. and especially to some drivers who love putting you down…We’re with you 88 all the way!!!!

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  10. Jay Ray on

    11. Goldie

    I second Your comments!!!!!
    GO JR GO 88 wIN this one.

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  11. marcel on

    12. You die hard fans, Jr. is finished for the season. I think he will have trouble getting a good ride for next year just because he is stressed out and needs to sit out a year, or run just a few races to stay with it.

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  12. Janie on

    13. We are Dale Jr. fans for life. He is not finished for the year. If you don’t like him then keep your comments to your self. Win or lose just don’t mess with Dale Jr. Most of the people that read this are Jr. fans. We have faith in him. GO JR. 88 all the way.

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  13. marcel on

    14. Janie, never said I didn’t like him, it reality.

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  14. Terry on

    15. Good Luck Dale Jr. Race hard and clean and it will come, you got it and you can do.

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  15. DEE 'LIL BIT' WILLIAMS on

    16. HERE COMES TROUBLE: I HAVE SAID NUMEROUS TIMES THAT JR IS JR. I HAVE KNOWN HIM FOR FOURTEEN YEARS (14) AND CAN ALMOST READ HIM LIKE A BOOK. TAKE FOR INSTENSE THE LAST RACE HE LET ALL THE CHASE CONTENDERS PASS HIM ON THE LAST FEW LAPS I SINCERELY BELIEVE HE DID THIS TO NOT TAKE ANYTHING AWAY FROM THE POINT GUYS KNOWING HE IS OUT OF IT. THE DUDE JUST HAS HEART. AND I ADMIRE THAT QUALIY IN HIM THAT IS THE REASON I DO NOT CARE WHETHER HE WINS OR LOSES FOR THIS JR NATION FAN THERE IS NOT ANOTHER LIKE HIM NOR WILL EVER BE. ALSO, AS I HAVE SAID BEFORE HE STILL WALKS ON WATER. NOT EVEN WINNING A RACE NOW WILL EASE HIM UP TO BE IN CHASE CONTENTION. HE MIGHT GET UP THERE IN FIFTH OR EVEN SECOND OR LEAD LAPS BUT HE MAY OR MAY NOT WIN. HE IS GOOD ON THE LONG RUNS BUT NOT ON SHORT ONES. JUST LOOK OUT FOR NEXT YEAR ITS GOING TO BE ONE HELLOFA RIDE. BECAUSE EVERYTHING ABOUT DALE JR = HOT. AND FOR THE ONES WHO LIKE TO PUT HIM DOWN ITS JUST PURE AND SIMPLE JEALOUSY I DO NOT THINK THEY WILL SAY IT TO HIS FACE NOR ONE OF HIS FANS. I’M JUST SAYING. “LIL BIT”

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  16. Marie on

    17. GO JUNIOR GO!!! LUV YA WIN OR LOSE BUT SURE WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU WIN!!

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  17. HELEN on

    18. I wish Dale JR could lead every lap but
    that would be Impossible since he’s not
    starting in the first couple of rows!!
    But like Regan said up top I will settle
    for the Last lap too!!

    GOOOO JRRRRR!!!!

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  18. nascargirl88 on

    19. Marcel, shows how much you know, if you don’t like Dale Jr. don’t even comment, we Jr fans are tired of you naysayers always looking for an excuse to put Jr down, just shut up we don’t pick on your drivers. As for next year he has a 5 year deal now , and if he needed a ride, which he don’t, they’d be knocking down the doors to get him Go Jr

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  19. harry kimmey on

    20. THINK BIG,but 41others could win , i will say blaney will be out. i would like to see jr. win ,but i wouldn’t bet i nichel that will happen. THESE RACES IS JUST BORRING TO WATCH ANYMORE,IF BUSH IS OUT THE MIKE JOCKEYS MIGHT GO TO SLEEP.

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  20. Marilyn on

    21. What about the race 2 weeks ago when Jr was behind Mark Martin and had a really good car and they told him not to pass Mark because he was going for points for the chase. How can you have any confidence when you are told to stay behind. That was said for everyone to hear on his radio! Jr is a good driver, I for one will be really glad when Mark finally decides to retire~yeah they want to be the owners to get the glory for Mark finally gettin a championship at the cost of the other drivers. Jr was really mad and told Lance so. Go Jr and show them tomorrow night. Once a fan always a fan.

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  21. darlene on

    22. you think dale jr will have a hard time getting into a ride next year?thats the dumbest thing i have read all day.there will never be a day dale earnhardt jr has any problems with getting a ride.how foolish.you must not know anything about NASCAR.THINK BEFORE YOU WRITE.GO DALE 88

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  22. BT EXPRESS on

    23. Every driver has a time when racing that they go through tough times,Jr. is having one of those times but touble don’t last always.For all the haters of the 88,we will be back and it’s going to be great!!!!!!!!

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  23. Regan on

    24. MARCEL PLEASE!!! SHOWS YOU ARE EITHER A NEWCOMER TO NASCAR OR JUST PLAIN DONT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. IF JR SAT OUT ANY AT ALL NASCAR’S RATINGS WOULD FALL THE WORST THEY EVER HAVE!!! JR IS THE REASON MOST WATCH ANYWAY. GO #88!!!!!

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  24. ehege on

    25. I HOPE SINCE THEY TOLD DALE JR.TO STAY BEHIND MARK.THAT HE WOULD DRIVE AND WIN THE REST OF THE RACES.BUT THEY WOULD STILL SAY STAY BEHIND.BECAUSE OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP,WHICH I THINK IS WRONG.THERE WOULD BE NO RACE WITHOUT #88.GO DALE GO.

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  25. Richard Petersen on

    26. Well Dale Jr didn’t do so well……again. And while all his teammates plus Tony Stewart and Ryan Newman made the chase, he was the odd ball out. I hate it for Junior. Its hard watching his teammates having sucess and hes in 25th

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  26. Dyanne on

    27. AAAAAAAAAAAMEN TO THAT Regan. Jr sit out… lmao. win or lose, jr is NOT a quiter!

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