DALE EARNHARDT JR., NO 88 AMP ENERGY/NATIONAL GUARD CHEVROLET, FINISHED 34TH:

“That was one of my worst performances, I believe. We were trying something new and it just didn’t work out. We’ll keep working at it. I don’t think it’s something we’re going to give up on. We ran a rear spring package we’ve never run before, front spindles we’ve never run before; just trying to find something to help us get better. Running like we’ve been running all year long ain’t good enough, so we figured we’d try to go in a different direction, and it was a bad choice tonight. We’re going testing on Monday, and we’ll do as much testing as we can do the rest of the year to figure out what’s wrong and to get a package that will work.”

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Note: Mattias Ekstrom from Sweden, and German Touring Car ace has NEVER raced on an oval, and finished better than Dale Jr. at Richmond for Red Bull Racing

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