Junior’s Stellar Season Continues
With yet another top-10 finish, at Charlotte – his seventh in the previous eight races – Dale Earnhardt Jr. now has nine top 10s in 2012. That’s more than any driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
Earnhardt boasts another “most” statistic. He has completed all 3,888 laps this season, the only driver to do so.
Can the trend continue? Well…
Earnhardt has struggled at Dover of late, having failed to finish in the top 10 in each of the last eight Dover races. His last one, last October, he finished two laps down.
1 7 5 Kasey Kahne Quaker State Chevrolet
2 8 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Ground Toyota
3 17 18 Kyle Busch M&M’s Red-White-Blue Toyota
4 4 16 Greg Biffle Fastenal Ford
5 24 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Dodge
6 12 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. NationalGuardAnAmericanSalute Chevrolet
7 23 24 Jeff Gordon Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet
8 14 29 Kevin Harvick Budweiser Folds of Honor Chevrolet
9 28 99 Carl Edwards Fastenal Ford
10 20 17 Matt Kenseth Fastenal Ford
11 3 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s Patriotic Chevrolet
12 15 56 Martin Truex Jr. NAPA Auto Parts Toyota
13 5 15 Clint Bowyer 5-hour Energy Toyota
14 16 39 Ryan Newman US ARMY Chevrolet
15 9 27 Paul Menard Menards/Serta Chevrolet
16 1 43 Aric Almirola US Air Force Ford
17 10 78 Regan Smith Furniture Row Chevrolet
18 18 83 Landon Cassill Burger King Real Fruit Smoothies Toyota
19 22 31 Jeff Burton Wheaties Chevrolet
20 29 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Target Chevrolet
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RACE RECAP | COCA-COLA 600
10 Matt Kenseth
9 Carl Edwards
8 Kevin Harvick
7 Jeff Gordon almost like a win
6 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
5 Brad Keselowski
4 Greg Biffle led the most laps (204)
3 Kyle Busch
2 Denny Hamlin moves up to 3rd in points
VICTORY LANE
1 Kasey Kahne grabs his 13th career win, 1st this year and with Hendrick Motorsports. It’s also Kasey’s 3rd Coca-Cola 600 victory
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1 2 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s / Kobalt Tools Chevrolet
2 8 11 Denny Hamlin Sport Clips Toyota
3 17 14 Tony Stewart Office Depot / MOBIL 1 Chevrolet
4 5 18 Kyle Busch Wrigley Doublemint Toyota
5 6 56 Martin Truex Jr. NAPA Auto Parts Toyota
6 19 17 Matt Kenseth Zest Ford
7 7 99 Carl Edwards Ford EcoBoost Fusion Ford
8 3 5 Kasey Kahne Rockwell Tools Chevrolet
9 28 9 Marcos Ambrose DeWalt Ford
10 21 20 Joey Logano The Home Depot Toyota
11 26 15 Clint Bowyer 5-hour Energy Toyota
12 1 16 Greg Biffle 3M / OH / ES Ford
13 14 27 Paul Menard Menards / Pittsburgh Paints Chevrolet
14 9 78 Regan Smith Furniture Row / CSX Play it Safe Chevrolet
15 15 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Dodge
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Hendrick Motorsports Reaches Historic 200th Win
Only Second NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Team To Accomplish Feat
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (May 12, 2012) – Every big stage, every big moment, every crown jewel – Hendrick Motorsports owns them all. The Daytona 500? The team boasts six trophies from The Great American Race. The Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway? Seven wins. The Coca-Cola 600? Nine.
Add another storybook accolade to the list: 200 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victories.
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RACE RECAP | DARLINGTON
10 Joey Logano
9 Marcos Ambrose
8 Kasey Kahne
7 Carl Edwards
6 Matt Kenseth
5 Martin Truex Jr.
4 Kyle Busch
3 Tony Stewart
2 Denny Hamlin
VICTORY LANE
1 Jimmie Johnson hangs on to grab Hendrick Motorsports 200th Cup Series win, Jimmie’s first of the season, breaking a 16 race winless streak
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Photo Credit: Tyler Barrick/Getty Images for NASCAR
By: Toby Christie – Follow on Twitter @Tobalical
Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career has caught a second-wind after horrid seasons in 2009 and 2010 where he finished outside the top-20 in the point standings. Last season Earnhardt began building a foundation with his new crew chief Steve Letarte. The two gelled nearly to perfection, and Earnhardt returned to the Chase for the first time since 2008.
This season Earnhardt is on fire. Through the first seven races he has racked up five top-ten finishes, and he has yet to finish outside of the top-15 in any event. Coincidentally now that Earnhardt has things turned around, the rest of Hendrick Motorsports seems to be struggling to find their way as the organization sits at 199 wins in the Sprint Cup Series.
Jeff Gordon and Kasey Kahne can’t seem to buy good luck, while Jimmie Johnson was mired in a cheating scandal during the early stages of the season.
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