NASCAR AdvoCare 500: Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s Early Struggles Could Doom His Chase

Dale Earnhrdt Jr.'s quest to end his two year drought of missing the field for the Sprint Chase for the Cup is in serious jeopardy of continuing as he is struggling big time at NASCAR's AdvoCare 500. Jr.'s teammate Jeff Gordon just blew past Jr. on the 92nd lap to put him a lap down. As Jr. runs in 28th.There is still plenty of race left for Jr. and team to get this figured out, but they have not shown they will be able to figure out this track. He could be heard telling his pit crew that his car was driving crooked, and it looks like it.What is especially troublesome for Jr. is the fact that Tony Stewart and Brad Keselowski are not struggling. Stewart is running in seventh and looking really strong and Keselowski is running in 10th.&n...

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