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Earnhardt Frustrated Again
By Reid Spencer, Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service



FORT WORTH, Texas -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. finished the race this time, but he fell far short in his bid to post a victory in his final season with Dale Earnhardt Inc. Though he led briefly after a restart on Lap 141, Earnhardt faded to 14th at the finish.

“We did the best we could with a car that just wouldn’t cooperate,” Earnhardt said. “I can’t carry that thing on my back all day. We couldn’t have been any better than we were in the practice session (Saturday), but the car and the track were both different today. Even when we were leading or were running up front, we never found the balance, and I knew we were nothing but a moving target for the faster guys to avoid.

“It’s hard to explain: It was loose ... it was tight ... it was slow. It ain’t no fun to run like that, but we hung in there and stayed on the lead lap. We made an extra stop (on Lap 276) for fuel-only, and we thought we might sneak in there on the fuel-mileage game, but when the next caution came out, that was it for that game.”

Earnhardt has two races left, at Phoenix and Homestead-Miami, to claim the elusive victory before he moves to Hendrick Motorsports next season.
 
that's all Jr does is bitch....he better do GREAT at HMS....if he doesn't...we know what the problem is.;)
 
He has sounded mighty whiny lately. Maybe he can take over the top spot for that. heh heh :D
 
I don't have any doubt that Jr will do well at HMS. His talent didn't dissappear, he still has it. He will be in the Chase next year, if there is a Chase, that is.
 
He bitches because the DEI cars suck. Engines blow all the time, wheels fall off for no reason, etc.. DEI should be better stuff than that in my opinion. We will see if he is the real deal or not next year. So far I am unimpressed with his skills, I always felt that it was hype, and I hope the cause is DEI.
 
I honestly thought he's done a pretty damn good job of saying the right things about his team.

He has every right to bitch and moan...anytime a team blows 7 motors in one year, the driver has a right to bitch. In fact, i feel he hasn't said enough. I personally feel like Jr has handled the departure from DEI in a very mature way.
 
Professur said:
Did we ever find out why the wheel fell off?
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The best info I've been able to locate is that a wheel was loose. That can cause the threads on the studs to get chewed up and the next wheel won't tighten down correctly.

That happened to Biffle in Sunday's race, but the crew caught it and put a spacer on to allow the lugs to tighten down correctly.
 
What I was wondering is if maybe they called a 2 tire change at the last minute and someone had already taken a couple of lugnuts off the wheel.
 
Go Panthers said:
I honestly thought he's done a pretty damn good job of saying the right things about his team.

He has every right to bitch and moan...anytime a team blows 7 motors in one year, the driver has a right to bitch. In fact, i feel he hasn't said enough. I personally feel like Jr has handled the departure from DEI in a very mature way.
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I'm not talking about the times he's had mechanical failures. He could bitch like hell about that!! I'm thinking of the times he's been driving like a maniac and taken others out and then made it sound like it wasn't his fault.
 
WNY24Fan said:
I'm not talking about the times he's had mechanical failures. He could bitch like hell about that!! I'm thinking of the times he's been driving like a maniac and taken others out and then made it sound like it wasn't his fault.
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Like the time He wrecked kyle busch in kansas, oh wait a minute he did say that was his fault.
 
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