June 30, 2017

By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Dale Earnhardt Jr. may have just extended his Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career by one exhibition race with Friday’s pole-winning effort at Daytona International Speedway. Continue reading “Dale Earnhardt Jr. edges teammate Chase Elliott for Coke Zero 400 pole”

1 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
2 Chase Elliott
3 Brad Keselowski
4 Kasey Kahne
5 Kevin Harvick

Continue reading “Dale Earnhardt Jr. on Daytona Pole, Chase Elliott makes it Hendrick front row”

By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service

Although Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won at Talladega Superspeedway in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series’ most recent restrictor-plate race, the driver of the No. 17 Roush Fenway Racing Ford isn’t definitively locked into NASCAR’s playoffs – but the odds are heavily in his favor.

Continue reading “Even With A Win, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Has Some Catching Up To Do”

By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Could you have imagined the late Dale Earnhardt as the Rowdy Burns character in the 1990 stock car racing film “Days of Thunder?”

According to Dale Earnhardt Jr., who on Saturday night will make his last trip around Daytona International Speedway in the No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet, that casting scenario might have been close to the truth. Continue reading “Dale Earnhardt Sr. could have been Rowdy — and that doesn’t mean Kyle Busch”