Dale Earnhardt Jr

It is a happy day in JR Nation as Dale Earnhardt Jr won his first race at Pocono. He won the Pocono 400 taking the lead with just a handful of laps to go as Brad Keselowski was overheating due to debris on his grille. Dales previous best finish was 2nd which he has done twice. With this victory it guarantees Dale Jr will be in the chase. This is Dale Jr’s 21st time in Victory lane but his first at Pocono.

It was a strange day at Pocono as many teams were on different pit schedules and many drivers were dealing with tight race cars. Kasey Kahne has a bad crash which also took Carl Edwards out of the race. This is Earnhardt’s first multiple-win season since 2004, when he won six times.

Brad Keselowski (second) posted his fourth top-10 finish in nine races at Pocono Raceway. It is his seventh top-10 finish in 2014. Kurt Busch (third) posted his 15th top-10 finish in 26 races at Pocono Raceway. Kyle Larson (fifth) was the highest finishing rookie. Jeff Gordon leads the point standings by 16 points over Matt Kenseth. Jimmie Johnson overcame an accident with Marcos Ambrose on pit road to finish 6th.

Unofficial Race Results Pocono Raceway – 33rd Annual Pocono 400
UNOFFICIAL Provided by NASCAR Statistics Sunday, 6/8/2014 @ 4:26 PM Eastern UNOFFICIAL
Fin Car Driver Team
1 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. National Guard Chevrolet
2 2 Brad Keselowski Redd’s Ford
3 41 Kurt Busch Haas Automation Chevrolet
4 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Ground Toyota
5 42 Kyle Larson # Target Chevrolet
6 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s/Kobalt Tools Chevrolet
7 31 Ryan Newman Wix Filters Chevrolet
8 24 Jeff Gordon Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet
9 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Chevrolet
10 1 Jamie McMurray Cushman/Cessna Chevrolet
11 15 Clint Bowyer RK Motors Charlotte Toyota
12 18 Kyle Busch M&M’s Peanut Butter Toyota
13 14 Tony Stewart Mobil 1/Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet
14 4 Kevin Harvick Budweiser Chevrolet
15 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Zest Ford
16 16 Greg Biffle 3M Ford
17 3 Austin Dillon # Dow Chevrolet
18 34 David Ragan Taco Bell Ford
19 55 Brian Vickers Aaron’s Dream Machine Toyota
20 7 Michael Annett # Pilot Flying J Chevrolet
21 47 AJ Allmendinger Clorox Chevrolet
22 43 Aric Almirola Nathan’s Famous Ford
23 13 Casey Mears GEICO Chevrolet
24 9 Marcos Ambrose Stanley Ford
25 20 Matt Kenseth Dollar General Toyota
26 27 Paul Menard Moen/Menards Chevrolet
27 51 Justin Allgaier # BRANDT Professional Agriculture Chevrolet
28 38 David Gilliland Long John Silver’s Ford
29 32 Travis Kvapil Corvetteparts.net Ford
30 26 Cole Whitt # Burger King Toyota
31 23 Alex Bowman # Dr.Pepper Toyota
32 83 Ryan Truex # Burger King Toyota
33 40 Landon Cassill(i) Newtown Building Supplies Inc. Chevrolet
34 36 Reed Sorenson Theme Park Connection Chevrolet
35 98 Josh Wise Phil Parsons Racing Ford
36 66 Timmy Hill Land Castle Title Toyota
37 10 Danica Patrick GoDaddy Chevrolet
38 44 JJ Yeley(i) All City Leasing & Warehousing Chevrolet
39 33 Alex Kennedy Dream Factory Chevrolet
40 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford
41 99 Carl Edwards Kelloggs/Cheez-It Ford
42 5 Kasey Kahne Great Clips Chevrolet
43 77 Dave Blaney AmyRFochlerVtrnsLawAttrnyLLC/valor4vets.com

# = Rookie, Fin Average Speed: 139.440 MPH Time of Race: 02 Hrs, 52 Mins, 07 Secs. Margin of Victory: 0.439 Seconds
Lead Changes: 21 among 10 drivers Cautions: 7 for 26 laps

Dale Earmhardt jr at Daytona

DALE EARNHARDT JR., NO. 88 NATIONAL GUARD CHEVROLET SS met with media and discussed memories of Daytona, strategies of how to win, the NO. 3 car, and more.

TALK ABOUT COMING TO DAYTONA.

“It’s a really special racetrack and one we enjoy coming to. The track is a lot of fun. It’s a good town. There are a lot of great restaurants and there is a lot of history. Being around here for so long and coming here for so long you find a lot of things about it that you like and look forward to all those things when you come back every time. It’s been a bit of a challenge for us to win here in the last several years. We’ve come awfully close trying to win the 500 in the last few years. We’ve been finishing well, but haven’t really been able to figure out what I need to do to get into first place on the last lap. We’ve had no problem finding our way to the front, but not been able to overtake the leaders. So, I think we might need to try to be at a better position sooner, where we’re not having to have to do so much right at the end of the race and not have an opportunity to challenge for the win.

“So maybe throughout the race trying to be a little more proactive toward improving track position, being a little more aggressive just trying to improve track position might be in our best interest if we want to try to have a shot at winning. The way the 500 was going, it was a big risk to pull out and try to make a pass or try to do anything to move forward because you were out there by yourself and you basically would go to the back of the pack in just about every case. So it was difficult to find out how there was any other way to pass or move forward. And then we had that late restart where we were able to take advantage of some people.

“But I look forward to the race and I hope that the asphalt has aged a little bit. I know that the weather should improve the style of racing; we’ll see, where the handling is a lot more of a factor. Handling was a big factor in the Daytona 500 race and that’s important to providing a good race at this race track is when the handling on the cars is more of a challenge. We might have a good opportunity to see a real exciting race and I think when things get more exciting at the plate tracks, I’ve got a better shot at finding my way toward the front for an easier shot at it.”

Dale Earnhardt Jr Wins at Pocono

Dale Earnhardt Jr Interview From Daytona