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THE WEEKLY CHOKE REPORT |
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Earnhardt Jr. Bores Fan to Death! Finishes 6th.
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November 9, 2008 Phoenix Arizona |

In an unprecedented turn
of events a Dale
Earnhardt Jr. fan
appeared to pass away
during the late stages
of the Checker O'Reilly
Auto Parts 500 at
Phoenix International
Speedway yesterday after
saying repeatedly,
"Junior is the most
boring driver I've ever
seen."
Ron Sunderson of Tuscon
came to the race with
friends and family to
cheer on his hero, Dale
Earnhardt Jr. in person
for the first time, but
after watching the first
three hundred laps
finally realized what
many have suspected all
along: Dale Earnhardt
Jr. is the most over
rated driver in NASCAR
and a day spent watching
him drive without ever
taking chances and being
happy just maintaining
his starting position is
like a day spent
watching a Heifer graze
in a south pasture.
"As the race went on
Ron's eyes closed more
and more, like he was
going into a trance."
said Taryn Engle,
Sunderson's cousin. "We
kept telling him to
focus on a driver that
wants to win a race,
like Jimmie or Carl or
Kyle but he wouldn't do
it... And it killed
him!"
Preliminary reports
appear to show that
Sunderson's heart was
lulled into stopping
after the prolonged
focus on Earnhardt Jr.'s
race day and he passed
away peacefully as
Junior dropped one spot
from his starting
position of 5th to 6th
in the last couple of
laps.
"Even though Junior is
so boring, usually
something happens. He
cuts a tire, or makes a
mistake or stalls
himself in the pits."
said Reg Hartley of
Santa Fe. "But today was
just, I dunno, nothing.
He didn't do anything
and lots of people in
green and red were
sleeping under the
bleachers. I'm surprised
more people weren't
bored to death."
There were reports of
queasiness and other
trance like states for
members of Junior Nation
at the race, but many
chose to focus on much
maligned driver A.J.
Allmendinger who caused
at least two major
wrecks and was all over
the track all day.
Jimmie Johnson won for
the 7th time this season
and as long as he drives
in a "Junior-Like" un
aggressive style next
week, he should lock up
his historic third
straight Sprint Cup.
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Earnhardt Gambles... Loses Again!
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November 2, 2008 Texas Motor Speedway |

Remember back in June
when Dale Earnhardt Jr.
won the race at
Michigan? Everyone said
"Get ready, Junior is
going to take control
now!" or "Watch out for
Junior!"
Remember how Junior won
that race? He did it
gambling on fuel mileage
so he must have felt
like the race gods were
on his side at the
Dickies 500 last night
when late in the race he
had a choice to make...
Pit for fuel or stay out
and take a chance. He
stayed out, ran out of
gas, had to pit, stalled
himself out and finished
the race a paltry 20th.
It's getting pretty
obvious that when Junior
has the choice between
winning while racing
hard and winning with
tricks and gimmicks
he'll go for the
gimmicks every time.
That's what a lack of
talent will make you do.
How many drivers have
skipped late pitstops
for track position more
then Earnhardt this
year? None. How many
drivers have won more
races this year? Plenty.
Carl Edwards went on to
finish first and put
some needed pressure on
Jimmie Johnson going
into the final two races
for the Sprint Cup and
it will be nice having
some drama to finish the
season.
Earnhardt Jr. remains
entrenched in 11th out
of 12 cup qualifiers and
is easily the biggest
disappointment of the
bunch and Junior Nation
appears to be becoming
fractured.
"I named my son Dale
Jr." said Robert
Schiller of Houston "But
now I'm starting to have
second thoughts. Can't
he just try and win a
race, by getting to the
front and staying there.
I'm naming my next son
Biffle."
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Earnhardt Jr. Fails To Crack Top Ten In Atlanta
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October 27, 2008 Atlanta Motor Speedway |

Dale
Earnhardt Jr. couldn't
keep his car on the
track at the Pep Boys
Auto 500 last night.
After challenging the
field with a possible
top ten finish
throughout most of the
race he took his foot
off the gas and turned
up the complaining which
was no surprise. Junior
finished 11th.
Earnhardt appeared to be
fighting his National
Guard #88 all night long
and was trying find his
line at the top and
bottom of the track but
to no avail. While the
race leaders continued
to drive away from him,
Junior tried not to
wreck himself. He
appeared to be trying to
blow a tire.
Tony Eury Jr. got
frustrated with Jr.
about 3/4 of the way
through the race when
during a pit stop he
couldn't get any
information from his
driver to help make an
adjustment.
"It loose man! It's
loose!" was Earnhardt's
mantra as it usually is.
"What's it doing?" asked
Eury. "What's it doing?"
The question was met by
silence which was a
microcosm of the #88's
participation in the
Race for the Cup this
year. Silence. They
haven't been a factor or
challenged for anything
other then a second at
Martinsville that might
have been a better
finish with another
driver behind the wheel.
Carl Edwards won the
race and Jimmie Johnson
looks poised to win an
unprecedented third
consecutive Sprint Cup
finishing second. It's
obvious that the cream
is rising to the top and
the over rated are
finishing 11th.
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Junior Blinks. Finishes Second!
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October 17, 2008 Martinsville, Speedway |

Dale
Earnhardt Jr. had his
best chance in his
highly over rated career
to win a race at the
famed Martinsville short
track on Sunday
afternoon. The Tums
Quickpak 500 came down
to a Green, White,
Checker ending and
Junior started in second
position at the
re-start. The flag
dropped, Junior blinked,
Jimmie Johnson
accelerated and that was
the race.
It seems that every week
Junior finds a way not
to win. Sometimes it's
"tires", sometimes it's
incompetence, sometimes
it's "dumb luck" and
this times it was just
falling apart under the
pressure of the Junior
nation.
“I didn’t have a good
enough drive up off the
corner to catch Jimmie,”
said Earnhardt, who
gained one position to
ninth in the Chase for
the NASCAR Sprint Cup
standings but fell to
379 points behind his
Hendrick Motorsports
teammate. “They had such
an excellent racecar. I
did the best I could to
protect my position.
“I
didn’t have anything for
Jimmie. His car was so
awesome. We were
spinning the tires up
off the corner, and
that’s where we got
beat.”
Yeah, right. As the
excuses mount and the
goals that seemed
attainable just a month
ago drift away like the
whisps of burnout rubber
after a victory donut,
Junior doesn't seem to
mind. He just keeps up
his consistent losing
and breaking the heart
of the Nation.
"I thought for sure
Junior would win when it
came down to a re-start,
but he didn't even make
it close. I'm starting
to think he might not be
as skilled as I
thought." said Jeff
Delvin of Aurora,
Illinois.
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October 11, 2008 Lowe's Motor Speedway Junior Can't Handle The Heat Of The Chase... Again! |

It was all right there
for Junior Nation
tonight at the Bank of
America 500. The number
88 was starting in the
top 10, Goodyear had
assured all the race
teams that the tires for
the race would be up to
specs and the weather
was perfect. How could
anything go wrong for
Dale Earnhardt Jr.?
With what had amounted
to a nightmare Chase for
the Sprint Cup thus far,
Junior was poised to
turn things around and
live up to the
expectations of his vast
sea of devotees. The
stands were packed with
screaming Junior
followers decked out in
their best green and red
88 garb, Jessica Simpson
belted out a truly
chesty version of our
National Anthem, Olympic
Gold Medalist Aaron
Piersol gave the order
for the drivers to start
their engines and then,
unfortunately for
howling throng of the
"nation" the race
started.
Junior fell back,
floated around the top
15, complained
incessantly about being
loose to Tony Eury Jr.
and then finally had an
excuse to stop competing
when mercifully on lap
103 he cut a tire
(again), hit the wall,
went to the garage and
was never a factor
finishing thirty-sixth.
"While the car was in
the garage I heard
Junior trying to
convince Tony not to
make him go back out
there." said an inside
source. "Jessica Simpson
was hanging out in there
and Junior wanted to
take her to Applebee's."
But Eury would have none
of Junior's infatuation
with the sultry
Hollywood seductress and
Junior finished the race
in virtual pout mode,
barely chirping on the
radio to his team.
"Junior breaks my heart
every week. I don't know
why he can't get it
together. Who hits the
wall more then him?
Who?" asked Holly
Bertrom from Charlotte
as she packed her 88
blanket, 88 beer coozy,
88 seat cushion and 88
foam finger into her 88
tote bag, looked sadly
back at race winner Jeff
Burtons post race
celebration with his
crew and all seventeen
of his fans and
grudgingly left Lowe's
Motor Speedway.
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October
5, 2008 Talladega Earnhardt Too Nervous To Race - Crashes! |

With the few wins
Earnhardt Junior has
been able to get in his
NASCAR racing career,
most have come in the
restrictor plate format,
so it's understandable
why Junior Nation was
excited about this week.
With Junior fading in
the points and tensions
growing between him and
owner Rick Hendrick,
it seemed the perfect
opportunity for him to
show his boss, teammates
and fans that he's not
content to just make the
chase and then fade into
obscurity.
However, after running
up front with the help
of his teammates (past
and present) Junior got
scared and expressed his
concern about the tires
on the radio and wanted
NASCAR officials to
reassure the drivers
that there were no
problem with tires -
that didn't happen.
After his radio
communication Junior was
visibly nervous and
seemed to run as high as
possible to try and
avoid a hard collision
should a tire fail,
however, that proved to
be the wrong place to be
and proved you cannot
compete in NASCAR when
you're nervous, he
slipped back a few spots
and when when a crash
occurred in front he had
nowhere to go and
crashed. A
frustrated owner was
seen just shaking his
head - I think it's safe
to say Junior maybe
looking for a new team
soon...maybe with
Stewart?
Meanwhile, Tony Stewart
showed that it's never
to late to get back in
contention and jumped
several spots with the
win. With an
exciting 3 lap sprint to
the finished Tony showed
why he's a champion and
was able to successfully
block his way to his
first win of 2008.
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September 21, 2008 Dover, Delaware Earnhardt Living Up To Expectations. |

After a week in which
Rick Hendrick, owner of
Hendrick Motorsports
confirmed what
over88ted.com has been
saying for months about
Dale Earnhardt Jr.s
incessant whining and
spoiled child syndrome,
Junior followed it up
with an expected 24th
place finish in
the Camping World RV 400
and drifted farther back
in the point standings
and now sits firmly in
9th.
On lap 144 the number 88
car cut a tire, spun
and was never a factor,
never led a lap and
never challenged the
leaders in the race .
Greg Biffle took his
second race in a row and
moved to within 10
points of leader Carl
Edwards.
Earlier in the week
Hendrick had admonished
Jr's childlike temper
tantrums saying, "If
you let things get to
you, you will not win
the Chase, You can't
choke and that is what I
am trying to get them
not to do. I think they
can be better. I know
Tony (Eury Jr) will be
better and can help
[Earnhardt] more if he's
calmer when he's giving
him information."
Earnhardt's emotions are
a symptom to another
major issue -- he has a
history of running well
early in a race and
fading late, costing him
potential victories.
Randy Shaw of Boston
said, "My wife and I
love Junior, but it
seems like when the
pressure is on he just
kind of stops trying.
But he's a good guy."
Too bad being a good guy
doesn't win races.
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September 14, 2008 Loudon NH
Junior Has Fastest Car! Loses and Blames Tires. |

Yesterday
at the
Sylvania 300 in Loudon New Hampshire
Dale Earnhardt Jr. led 79 laps to the
delight of Junior Nation, but then as
expected, gave up the lead late in the
race and finished fifth. Not a bad
finish for a driver still trying to win
his first championship, but
disappointing for a driver with the
fastest car on the track. Ask Junior:
"We
had the fastest car on the track."
Earnhardt Jr. said following his late
fade. "We put on that one set of tires
and we were a lot slower. It's too bad
because the crew was good on pit road
other then that one problem."
Tires? From the
grandstands it looked more like Junior
just got outraced by eventual winner
Greg Biffle, Hendrick Teammate Jimmie
Johnson and Carl Edwards. Three drivers
that have showed late in the season that
they're hungry for a championship. The
pattern for the 88 team seems to be to
start towards the top five, get to the
front and then wilt under the heat of
late race horsepower.
There are 9 races to
go and Junior is currently tied for
fourth in points with Jeff Burton at
-50, but listed ahead of Burton in the
standings by virtue of the win Tony Eury
Jr. handed him with fuel strategy in
May.
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September 7, 2008 Richmond, Virginia
Earnhardt In But Still Can't Win |

Dale Earnhardt treated his team and his fans to
another expected dose of racing mediocrity when
he started and finished fourth in the Chevy Rock
and Roll 400 today in Richmond. Although Junior
"loves this track" and actually (surprisingly)
pulled off a win here way back in 2006 he seemed
content with sitting back and holding onto his
starting position. Hendrick teammate Jimmie
Johnson won for the second week in a row and
Tony Stewart finished a tight second in the
final qualifying contest in the 'Race for the
Chase.'
The final three slots for the Chase for the
Sprint Cup were up for grabs and were locked up
by Matt Kenseth, Jeff Gordon, Denny Hamlin and
Clint Bowyer respectively. David Ragan and Kasey
Kahne were both on the bubble and failed to
challenge.
"Junior either doesn't want to win or he just
can't win," said a source in the garage area
after the race. "He always has a non driving
related excuse and I know his team is
frustrated."
"Junior has enough car! He just can't stay in
front when he gets there! I'm getting sick of
it!" spat Josh Stephens of Morgantown, West
Virginia as he tore off his green Amp Energy
t-shirt and slammed it to the ground. "He just
can't keep up with the big boys in crunch time."
Earnhardt Jr. did lock up the fourth slot in the
ten race Chase for the Sprint Cup which begins
next week and his strategy of not trying to win
could help him contend if he continues to stay
unconcerned with victory. However, this week was
only his second top ten finish in the
past eleven races and drivers like Johnson,
Stewart, Greg Biffle, Kevin Harvick, Hamlin,
Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards have much more
momentum going into the Chase and appear much
more motivated.
You wonder how far back in the standings
Earnhardt Jr. would be without the backing of
Hendrick Motors sports and crew chief Tony Eury
Jr.
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September 1, 2008 Pepsi 500 - Fontana Cal.
Junior Locks Up Chase. Celebrates By Losing! |

By the 60th lap in last nights Pepsi 500 Dale
Earnhardt Jr. had secured himself a spot in this
years Sprint Cup Championship Chase. At that point
Earnhardt was running in the top ten and had been
reeling in more talented driver slowly but steadily
all afternoon. Unfortunately, for Junior Nation when
Junior got the word he'd be in the Chase he took his
foot off of the accelerator and drifted back to the
rest of the field.
Earnhardt Jr. finished 11th, but it was obvious from
the beginning that his Hendrick Motor sports Amp
Energy Chevrolet had the horsepower to keep up with
eventual race winner Jimmie Johnson and runner-up
Greg Biffle. It was also obvious that it's driver
was not motivated to be a factor in the race.
"Junior just wants to be part of the Chase. He knows
he can't win it." said one observer. "It's obvious
in a long race like this."
Number 88 crew chief, Tony Eury Jr. and the Amp
Energy crew did everything they could to keep Junior
in the race, but the driver just couldn't (or
wouldn't) make it happen. When track turbulence
broke a light standard from grandstands and it fell
to the track an obviously shaken and stunned
Earnhardt Jr. appeared to try to exit his car at the
next pit stop, but was "talked into staying in the
car and finishing the race" according to a source.
"I can't wait for the Chase to start. Juniors going
to be fun to watch finish in the top twenty every
week!" said Molly Tuffernan from Butte, Montana.
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August 23, 2008 Bristol Tennessee
Earnhardt Loses Race Before It Starts!
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Dale Earnhardt jr. seems to find a new and creative
way to lose a race each week. At the 250 mile, 500
lap, night race at Bristol Earnhardt Jr. set a new
standard for bad driving when he attempted to pass
cars after the green flag dropped to start the race,
but before crossing the start/finish line. This
course of action got Junior black flagged on lap
eight after officials reviewed his less than
sportsman like tactics.
When Junior received the black flag he slowed his
number 88 Amp Energy Chevrolet to 30 MPH and did the
drive of shame down pit row and was never a factor
again.
"Oh no!" cried the members of Junior Nation in
unison. "Oh yes!" howled everybody else.
Junior spent the final 490 laps using all of his
skill (or lack of..) to find a way onto the lead
lap. He failed, yet because of teammate Jimmy
Johnson's troubles he moved up a spot to third on
the Sprint Cup Points list. Clint Bowyer meanwhile,
wrecked his car, fell a lap down and still finished
in the top ten.
Carl Edwards and Kyle Busch continued their rivalry
finishing first and second respectfully, but Busch
wasn't happy with the way Edwards passed him for the
win and after the race broadsided the 99 with his
18. Edwards took offense and promptly spun Busch
out. After the race Busch referred to Edwards as Mr.
Ed and Edwards made no apologies for his driving.
Junior, of course was no where to be found.
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August 18, 2008 - Michigan International
Speedway
Junior Slams Into Wall On Purpose!

For the third week in a row the 88 team tried to pull off a race
by using pit strategy it didn't work... again. It has to be
frustrating for Tony Eury Jr. to know that his driver doesn't
have the skills to pull out a win without using tricks, but he's
doing what he can to keep Junior in position to win and he held
Dale Earnhardt Jr. on the track in lap 180 when the leaders
entered pit row during a caution.
Earnhardt (running ninth) moved into second place behind
David Ragan, but began to fade quickly at the re-start and on
lap 183, out of frustration, slammed the National Guard
Chevrolet into the wall and finished 23rd.
"We just couldn't get the car right today." Earnhardt said.
"It was too loose."
"That guy just can't drive a loose car!" said a source close to
the action.
After starting the race in the fourth spot, moving into the lead
and surprisingly holding it for much of the early going, the
real Junior showed up and the expected results followed. Carl
Edwards won the race in Michigan and Kyle Busch finished second.
Junior held onto his fourth spot in the Sprint Cup Point
standings, but the field continues to close on him and he'll be
fortunate to stay in the top 5 at the rate he's sliding with The
Chase approaching.
Official NASCAR Point Standings
August
11, 2008 Watkins Glen, NY
Earnhardt Jr. drops to fourth in cup points as expected
Dale Earnhardt Jr. continued to show the world why he is
possibly the worst road racer in NASCAR's Sprint Cup series when
after starting second yesterday at Watkins Glen he dropped to a
paltry 22nd place finish and lost 2 places in the cup standings.
Earnhardt's crew chief, Tony Eury Jr. is very aware of
Junior's lack of road course skill and tried to use strategy to
help the 88 win. He kept the blue and white bomber on the track
late in the race while all of the leaders tapped pit row.
Unfortunately the gamble failed when the caution flag flew and
by the time Junior made his fuel stop he'd been slotted back to
the 32nd position. You start to wonder if Earnhardt Jr. can win
a race (or even contend) without using a gimmick such as pit
strategy. He is slowly moving backwards in the points and that
trend should continue.
Meanwhile, the man he replaced at Hendrick, Kyle Busch, just
continues to dominate NASCAR in 2008. With his 8th Sprint Cup
victory and road course sweep he has solidified himself as the
best young driver in racing and should pass Junior in career
wins sometime in 2010.

August 4, 2008 Pocono, PA
Junior finishes 12th to prove point
Friday,
Dale Earnhardt Jr. loudly professed his desire to shorten the
length of the five hundred mile race at Pocono Speedway to four
hundred miles.
"It's a big, big race track," Earnhardt said. "It's no different
really than running at Indy [the Allstate 400] and that's 160
laps. It's a 400-mile race and that's probably what this should
be." Earnhardt continued, "I think the races are too long here,
I think that's obvious. I think NASCAR thinks it's too long, but
the people in charge of that will not change it for whatever
reason. Just for spite maybe, I don't know. But they don't have
to be out there running."
Sunday on the final lap of the rain delayed Sunoco Fuel-Red
Cross 500, Earnhardt allowed his car to run out of fuel and fell
from third place to twelfth showing the sellout crowd that the
race truly was too long. Carl Edwards finished first for the
fourth time this season followed by Tony Stewart. Both drivers
reported they had no problems with the length of the race at the
fabled triangle and an unnamed source said, "It seems like
Junior wants to make the same money for less work."

July 12, 2008 Chicagoland
Earnhardt Gets Lost on Way to Chicagoland
 Dale Earnhardt Jr. started the race in the second slot and
then quickly faded away to become a complete non-factor at
Chicagoland Speedway on Saturday night finishing 16th. There
was a lot of talk at over88ted.com during the race that
perhaps Junior had left the track and was occupying his time
with something other then racing. If you hadn't seen him
start the race in the front row you never would have known
he was there... He had to make a pit early in the race and
was never able to race his way back.
You know a guy had a bad race when A.J. Allmendinger beats
him. The streak continues.

June 29, 2008 Loudon, New Hampshire
Nice job Junior! All he did was complain
last week about road courses and then after starting in 5th he
ended up in 24th at Loudon. It was classic driver's incompetence
this week as when late in the race and running in the top ten
Junior decided to pit and slowed down and dropped into the path
of the number 26 of Jamie McMurray.
Junior quickly dropped to about 7 seconds
behind the leaders in Sunday's race at the stout New Hampshire
mile long track. He stayed there and did his usual complaining
to Tony Eury Jr. about too loose, too tight, and our favorite,
"Can I get some positive encouragement here?" That is an exact
quote and the new streak continues!

June 25, 2008 Sonoma, California
"I hate road racing and the best
thing about Sonoma is finishing the race so I
can go real racing next week!" whined Junior,
before and after this weeks road coarse
extravaganza in sweltering Northing California.
He actually finished a respectable 12th to Kyle
Busch.
Earnhardt was never a factor at Sonoma and made
it a point to avoid contact rather then
aggressively pursue victory. So now we all sit
back and wait to see if the new losing streak
will stretch to the vast distances of the
former... Go Dale Go! One and counting.

June 15, 2008 Michigan Super Speedway - Every dog has
it's day!
Well you have to give it to Junior, he somehow figured
out a way to win a race, but of course it was only 400
(not 500) miles and he won it when he finally shut his
mouth, listened to crew chief, Tony Eury Jr. and
followed directions. Junior wanted to pit late in the
race when he had the lead (because Eury told him to stay
out), but Eury decided to gamble and told Jr. to take a
chance on fuel mileage. Junior didn't want to ("what the
hell are we doing"), but followed directions and stayed
out..
The gamble could have been disastrous (not really, since
he's used to losing), but even with extra laps added due
to a late caution somehow Jr. pulled it out. Eury
instructed him to coast with the engine off as often as
possible to conserve fuel during the caution and even
when Junior almost messed it up with a warning from
NASCAR officials to stop passing the pace car while
coasting, the 88 team pulled it out...NICE JOB... See
you in 76 more races!

June 8, 2008 Pocono 500
Thousands of members of "Junior Nation" got to stand and
cheer loudly as their hero (Dale Earnhardt Jr.) slid up
the track and let Kasey Kahne pass him in lap 183.
Junior finished fourth and in doing so kept his losing
streak alive at the Pocono 500. He was lucky to be that
high up in the standings because his crew chiefs
decisions and race strategy are what got him there. Not
his driving skill.
After spending much of the race bickering with crew
chief, Tony Eury Jr., Earnhardt spent his post race time
pouting and sulking and whining about the length of the
race and the heat. It seems the mammoth losing streak is
heading towards 80 and it's starting to get to him. It's
hard to be the most over-rated athlete in American
sports.

June 1, 2008 - Dover Delaware
This week was a
disappointment because we didn't even have
the chance to see Dale Jr. somehow blow a
lead in the final laps or come up with some
lame excuse why his car was running good or
why his team wasn't performing up to par.
This week after qualifying poorly ("That car
just felt loose.") and being stuck in the
middle of the pack he got caught up in a
huge wreck on lap nineteen and finished the
race thirteen laps behind. 75 races without
a win and counting!!

May 25, 2008 - Charlotte, North Carolina
Dale Earnhardt once again snatched defeat from the hands of
victory when he hit the wall late in Sunday's Coca-Cola 600
in Charlotte.
Earnhardt mounted a strong bid to snap his 73-race winless
streak, leading 76 laps in the latter portion of the
evening. But he appeared to lose his right rear tire while
running out front, and his Chevrolet slid into the wall and
bounced along it until finally coming to a stop. He had
additional damage when J.J. Yeley ran into the back of him,
and he sped to pit road for repairs. NASCAR initially
penalized him one lap for speeding past the safety workers,
but rescinded it (no surprise) after further review. Tony
Stewart, who inherited the lead when Earnhardt wrecked and
held it after the ensuing pit stops, was baffled by the
non-call. "Now how does that work?" he called.
No one was quite sure, but Earnhardt rallied to finish
fifth. "I thought we were done, and then I got
motivated again," he said. "We got lucky. Got gas and made
it last."
Throughout the race Darrell Waltrip commented that he was
worried Junior was riding too high and he was right. Just
bad driving... Again.

May 10, 2008
Dodge Challenger 500
Kyle Busch
wins! Kyle Busch wins! The man who was replaced by Dale
Earnhardt Jr. won his third race of the season. That's 3
wins in two months for Busch and 0 in two years for Jr.
One week
removed from last Saturday's controversial finish at
Richmond, where Busch spun Dale
Earnhardt Jr. in a late-race battle for the lead, Busch
finished 3.115 seconds ahead of runner-up Carl
Edwards and extended his lead in the Cup standings to 79
points in front of second-place Jeff
Burton.
Junior led his
standard few laps but began complaining of "wheels
chattering" in the late stages so he had an excuse finish
fourth at Darlington.
In the win
Busch also broke the race speed record formerly held by Dale
Earnhardt Sr.

May 3, 2008
Crown royal 400
Within three
laps of a victory that would have ended a two-year, 71-race
drought, Earnhardt Jr. smacked the outside wall in Turn 3
after Kyle
Busch slid up the track into Junior's No. 88 Chevrolet
as the two drivers battled for the lead on Lap 398.
I've seen the
replay, and Tony [Eury] Jr. [Earnhardt's crew chief] said it
looked like Kyle got loose underneath me," Earnhardt said.
"We'd been racing each other before, and we had no problem.
I've been priding myself on running good all year, and
[Saturday night] we got wrecked. It's disappointing."
It's always
something isn't it..
Busch had his
own version of events.
"Junior and I
were just racing hard into Turn 3," said Busch, who took
over the championship lead by 18 points over Jeff
Burton. "It was just a product of good, hard racing. If
I had wanted to do it deliberately, I would have waited till
the last lap, when I probably still could have won the
race."
Everybody from
Junior Nation should put their Buds and Amps down now and
start pondering the thought: Maybe you're backing the wrong
horse in the race...
Try something
new.. maybe Travis Kvapil.

April 27, 2008
Aaron's 499
Who is that
guy? It's Kyle Busch. He wasn't good enough to race for
Hendricks Motorsports, but he's good enough to beat
Hendricks new star drive Dale Earnhardt Jr. again. Let's
see, that's 2 wins in the last month for Busch and O wins in
the past 2 YEARS for Junior.
Junior did
however, lead his obligatory 46 laps at Talladega Super
Speedway before fading back to tenth to the dismay of the
100 plus thousand people that were there to watch their hero
hold his over88ted crown high.

April 12, 2008
Subway Fresh 500
Dale Earnhardt
Jr. started the race in 13th ended it in 7th and won the
Goodyear/Gatorade fastest lap award en route to finishing
his 70th consecutive race without a win in Phoenix
yesterday.
Once again
Junior led multiple laps, but "handling problems" prevented
a win. This is getting predictable... Let's see, Junior
qualifies in the top 15. Runs well until attrition brings
him to the front and then when things get down to it he
chokes... Odds the same thing happens next week... even!

April 6, 2008
Samsung 500
Dale Earnhardt
Jr. started from the pole position, The freakin' pole
position, and ended up in 12th place, a lap behind yesterday
in Texas.
As usual, Jr.
blamed his choke this week on handling problems (although
the car handled well enough to garner the pole). After
leading 36 laps the "handling" issues were too much for him
and he faded away.
This guy sure
leads a lot of laps. It seems like he must have a pretty
good equipment and team. Who's fault is it that he hasn't
won in 69 races? Must be "handling problems".

March 30, 2008 Goody's Cool Orange 500
Dale
Earnhardt Jr. led five different times for his race-high
total of 146 laps, and once again couldn't pull out a
victory in Martinsville finishing a fading 6th.
While he
admitted afterward that he had designs on breaking a
winless streak in points events that now sits at 68
races, dating back to the Richmond race in the spring of
2006, Earnhardt said he blamed himself for running too
hard at the start of the last green-flag run and using
up too much of his tires, too quickly. But he added that
he wouldn't allow himself to be upset.
"We got a
good finish. I am really happy about that," he said of
his No. 88 Chevrolet team. "We led a lot; we can't be
too upset. That would be ridiculous to be disappointed
with how we did, because we did really good."
You done
real good Dale... 68 race winless streak!!!

March 16,
2008 Food City 500
Dale
Earnhardt Jr. stayed non-aggressive and accepted a 5th
place finish rather then "going for it" after a late
caution stacked up the field at Bristol yesterday.
It's
getting quite predictable watching the most over-rated
driver in NASCAR flirt with victory week after week yet
never quite be able to break through..
Prediction: Junior will win a race this year and then
say "This is just the beginning, We have all of our
momentum back" Then he won't win again... Can you win a
championship without a win? Yes, but isn't that a lame
way to do it?

March
9, 2008 Kobalt Tools 500
Kyle
Busch, the man that was unceremoniously booted from
Hendricks Motorsports so he could be replaced by the
big name, big excuses and extremely over-rated Dale
Earnhardt Jr. fired his first of what we predict to
be many volleys at his old team by winning the
Kobalt Tools 500 on Sunday in Atlanta.
Junior, as usual led the second most laps (62), but
when push came to shove he (as usual) got shoved and
finished 3rd. That makes it almost two full years
since Junior won a race. Surprised? We're not.

March
2, 2008 UAW-Dodge 400
Dale
Earnhardt Jr. lucked his way into a second place
finish when the cars passing him wrecked each other
at theUAW-Dodge 400 in Las Vegas yesterday.
On a
restart with five laps remaining, Earnhardt (second
at the time) spun his tires, Gordon dropped low and
Kenseth went high to pass the No. 88 Chevrolet. As
the cars exited Turn 2, with Edwards in the lead and
Kenseth and Gordon in his wake, the No. 24 Chevrolet
of Gordon washed up to the outside, clipped
Kenseth's No. 17 Ford and started a wreck that
crippled both cars.
In a
two-lap dash after NASCAR stopped the race for
nearly 18 minutes to clean the track. Edwards pulled
away from Dale
Earnhardt Jr. to win by .504 seconds.
"That
red flag just really killed us," Earnhardt said. "We
were terrible on cold tires. I had a good car, and
I'm really proud of my team, but I would have liked
to have had a shot at Carl on hot tires there."
Good
one Dale.. What'll it be next week? Low blood sugar?
Las
Vegas Motor Speedway has been the scene of some of Dale
Earnhardt Jr.'s greatest professional
frustrations. In 2004, weeks after winning the
Daytona 500, his team never found the setup and he
finished 71 laps back with handling problems. The
next year he finished next to last, getting caught
up in a crash after just 11 circuits around the
1.5-mile facility.

February 24-25, 2008 Auto club 500
After a rain delay on Sunday Dale Jr. parlayed a
15th place start to a crisp 41st after wrecking
in lap 203 of 250.
After bouncing off the wall, Earnhardt's
teammate Casey Mears collected the No. 88 Chevy
of Hendrick Motorsports. That wreck also
crippled the cars of Reed
Sorenson and rookie Sam
Hornish Jr.
Go
Dale Go!!!!

February 17, 2008 Daytona 500
Dale Earnhardt Jr. finished the
race on old tires after crossing signals with
crew chief Tony Eury Jr. and failing to come to
the pits under caution with 22 laps to go.
Earnhardt held on for a ninth-place finish and
was unable to complete a Speedweeks triple -- he
had won the Feb. 9 Budweiser Shootout and
Thursday's first Gatorade Duel 150 qualifying
race.
"It wasn't tires -- we had good grip at the
end," Earnhardt said. "The track was cooling
off, and the car was fine. I got great runs ...
just made poor choices on what to do with them.
That was the difference.
Poor choices = Bad race car driving... Man is
this guy over-rated or what?
"We started off a little bit tight, and we
adjusted on it. [Crew chief] Tony [Eury] Jr.
made some good changes that got me great at the
end of the race. We had great motors all week
and another one [Sunday]. I'm real proud of
Hendrick and the effort they gave me because I
have had a great time this Speedweek. I think
the year is going to be like that, and I am
really going to enjoy it."
We're sure you'll have a great car all year
too... but what can he do with it? Prediction:
the streak will continue.

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