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Concern in Hendrick Motorsports Camp?

After the axle broke following Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s pit stop on lap 183, a lot of people were quick to point the blame toward Earnhardt Jr. Though in listening to his post race quotes, you also see that it could’ve started back the lap before.   "We tore up an axle or a drive plate–one of the two happened first," Earnhardt said. "Down in the center of [Turns] one and two, I just got back to the gas, and the car felt like it had a flat tire. I don't know. Something's going on there where we're chewing that stuff up and tearing it up. We've got to figure out why that's happening. They think it's a material issue, so we'll just have to see."   Lance McGrew, crew chief for Earnhardt Jr., also said they discovered the problem on the No. ...

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