7 reasons to watch the Carfax 400 at Michigan International Speedway: No. 2 - Dale Earnhardt Jr.
One reason to watch the Carfax 400 at Michigan International Speedway could well be Dale Earnhardt Jr.
It has been more than a year since the Hendrick Motorsports driver earned his last Cup win, but that victory came in a fuel-mileage race and snapped a 76-race winless stretch. Now it has been 43 races since his last win - and 13 since his last top-five.
Earnhardt Jr. and his Lance McGrew-led team are hungry. They've been besieged by misfortune in recent weeks, and you have to imagine that eventually his luck will change.
For Earnhardt Jr., a driver who took an admirably positive approach to the setbacks following a crash Monday at Watkins Glen, the season must be beyond trying.
Now, though, he's heading to the track where he has only one finish outside the top 15 in his last seven starts. Can he turn things around and challenge for the win again this weekend? Can he earn a morale-building top-10? Can he dodge fate and finish the race?
Tune in to find out.
