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7 reasons to watch the Sharpie 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway: No. 6 - Dale Earnhardt Jr.
By Art Weinstein - Associate Editor
Friday, August 21, 2009
Really, does anyone need help finding a reason to watch the popular night race at Bristol Motor Speedway? It’s like telling an avid football fan, “Hey, you should watch that Super Bowl, because it features the two best teams in football, and the winner takes home the championship!”
The Bristol night race is the race many fans look forward to each year, and not just the 170,000 or more fans in the seats and infield at the half-mile track. The race makes for great TV, too.
Here’s yet another reason to watch the race this year: How will Dale Earnhardt Jr. do?
After Earnhardt Jr.’s third-place finish at Michigan, his best finish since April, Junior Nation is ecstatic, thinking their driver is recharged and ready to reclaim his spot among the sport’s best drivers.
Bristol is fertile ground for Junior to make a statement that he’s truly back. Many fans have the perception that Earnhardt Jr. is only a threat on restrictor-plate and intermediate speedways, but he has shown some nice short-track skills, too. He won the August 2004 race at Bristol and has seven top-fives in 19 starts there. He’s led more laps at Bristol, 743, than at any other track besides Martinsville Speedway (758).
That’s a great record.
Earnhardt Jr. could make a statement with another great run this time around at Bristol. Yet another reason to watch the Sharpie 500.
Mentioned Drivers: Dale Earnhardt Jr.
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| 9 | Ryan Newman | -411 |
| 10 | Kasey Kahne | -476 |
| 11 | Carl Edwards | -520 |
| 12 | Brian Vickers | -666 |
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11 responses to "7 reasons to watch the Sharpie 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway: No. 6 - Dale Earnhardt Jr. ". Post a Comment.
sweetthings88 said:
Aug 21, 2009 at 7:03 AMVery good luck Dale Jr. and Lance and team #88 this Saturday night.Another third-place or a win looks good. I know Dale Jr. and Lance can do it, they proved it in Michigan. Dale Jr. you handsome little devil, I love it when your all happy and smiles. " GO JR. "
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» Confirm Abuse Reportbigal21 said:
Aug 21, 2009 at 2:49 PMYOU GO JR YOU AND SIR LANCE CAN DO ALOT
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» Confirm Abuse Reportsharpie51 said:
Aug 21, 2009 at 2:57 PMI'll be watching, and cheering you on every lap of the race. You will do great jr, show everyone what you and Lance are made of!!! WOOHOO!!!!
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» Confirm Abuse ReportWerner said:
Aug 21, 2009 at 3:09 PMonly thing i remember about Jr at Bristol is when he spun his car out to get a caution and admitted to doing so...
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Aug 21, 2009 at 3:13 PMWhy would anyone care how Jr does? Like most pop stars, he's all promotion and no substance.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportlhsjrf said:
Aug 22, 2009 at 1:47 AMJr. is ranked eight in cup wins. So if he has no substance then everyone ranked below him should not race. We should just have 7 cars in the race each week. One year does not a career make. IF a driver races long enough they will have more than one bad year.
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» Confirm Abuse Reporte_rock43 said:
Aug 22, 2009 at 9:18 AMjr is going to have to improve, jr's main sponsor is putting alot of pressure on rick h. brad k may be in the 88 car in 2011.jr may be let out of his contract early, thats the latest news around the garage area!
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» Confirm Abuse Reportlindiloo said:
Aug 22, 2009 at 12:36 PMWell if Jr. is going to be out in 2011, how come his main sponsors are making so much money off the fellow????? Geez, Just maybe Jr. needs to be Jr. All of the snide comments from the other competitors is really getting to be a drag and so is the nasty comments by some of you bloggers....Go Jr. Just drive it like you stole it.....JUST MAY BE YOUR DAY!!!!!
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» Confirm Abuse Reportghostdog7377 said:
Aug 22, 2009 at 12:50 PMerock43, you must be dreaming if you think Jr is gonna get released from his contract by Rick...If anyone wants out it would be Jr getting out of HMS to go somewhere else to get a better team...
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Aug 22, 2009 at 3:37 PMIf Jr. can find his pit, he might have a chance!
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» Confirm Abuse Reportdslund said:
Aug 26, 2009 at 12:53 PMI can tell you it was great to be at Bristol watching Jr. race ..What a great race and was glad to see him get a top 10 out it ..His car was not handling very good but he done the best he could with what he had and brought that baby home with a 9th place finish ..way to go Jr.
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